Author(s)

Luqman Muhammed Audu¹, Olugbenga Olanrewaju Noah², Ogaga Kenneth Ajaino³, Friday Chukwuyem Igbesi⁴

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria.
²Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
³Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashuku, Nigeria.
⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara, Nigeria.

In order to prolong the life span of a turbo-generator plant and sustain its performance at high efficiency, it is subjected periodically to regular test to monitor the operational profile and efficiency of power conversion from mechanical energy to electrical energy. Analysis of these test data serves as a measure to indicate deviation from normal operation profile and deterioration of plant performance. This present work implemented the heat balance tests process to three turb- generator units in order to assess the harmony, consistency, and accuracy of results to establish parallel correlation for the test process. The test process involves carrying out a heat balance for the turbo-generators at 50%, 75% and 100% load respectively through the determination of the heat losses through the hydrogen coolers, bearing oil, seal oil and radiation and convention to the atmosphere. Some important results were presented in the paper.

Efficiency, Turbo-Generator, Testing, Hydrogen-Cooled, Heat Balance

Audu, L. , Noah, O. , Ajaino, O. and Igbesi, F. (2016) Parallel Correlative Study of the Heat Balance Test Process for Testing the Efficiency of Turbo-Generators. Energy and Power Engineering, 8, 161-172. doi: 10.4236/epe.2016.83015.