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January 2020

Valves, Pumps and Turbomachinery

Reveal the unmonitored risks in your rotating equipment—Part 1

On December 15, 2002, an anomalous event occurred in a steam turbine of Unit 2 at the South Texas Project Electric Generating Station, a pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear reactor near Bay City, Texas. The ensuing investigation concluded that a blade was ejected from a low-pressure stage, and detailed inspections revealed additional cracked blades in several stages.

Bently Nevada, a Baker Hughes Business: O’Connor, D.  |  Gutierrez, J.
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