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established at the shaft seals . A typical seal oil circuit is given below. Now seal oil system is
coming as a skid item where every item is connected ,pre-wired and instrumentation
completed. Only job is left to connect the lines from different places with proper slope.
However only small disadvantage is there i.e. the size of the skid is fairly big because of
cooler and tank fitted on it. If proper co-ordination is not done there will be problem on
shifting the same to foundation in one piece. One must keep in mind pre-plan its path before
hand.
Scavenging Type
To keep the hydrogen inside the generator, various places in the generator are
required to seal against hydrogen leakage to atmosphere.
Picture beside is from Siemens Generator which use scavenging system that is
very easy to understanding how seal oil works. There are two type of generator
seal oil system, scavenging type and vacuum type.
Vacuum type
The seal oil itself actually a portion of the lube oil, diverted from the lube oil
system. It is then fed to a separate system of its own with pump, motor,
hydrogen de-training or vacuum degassing equipment, and controls to regulate
the pressure and flow.
The seal oil pressure at hydrogen seals is maintained generally about 15 psi
above the hydrogen pressure to stop hydrogen from leaking past the seals.
Once of the critical component of the seal oil system is the hydrogen degasifying plant. The most common method of removing entrained hydrogen and
other gases is to vacuum treat the seal oil before supplying it to the seals. This is
generally done in the main seal oil supply tank. As the oil is pulled into the
storage tank under vacuum through a spray nozzle, the seal is broken up into the
fine spray. This allows the removal of dissolved gases. In addition there is often
re-circulate oil back to the tank through a series of spray nozzles for continuous
gas removal.
After passing through the generator shaft seals, the oil goes through the
detraining sections before it returns to the bearing oil drain. As a safety feature
there is often a dc motor driven emergency seal oil pump provided. This motor
will start automatically on loss of oil pressure from the main seal oil pump. This is
to ensure that the generator can be shut down without risk to personnel or the
equipment.
water and air, and up to 80% of the dissolved water and air present in the oil.
This will result in improved performance and reliability of both the hydrogen seal
oil and main turbine lube systems