Steam turbines are subject to accelerated ageing due to flexible operation imposed by the energy transition. There have even been an increasing number of events involving rotor cracking.

How can operators manage this?

Programme

Our expert Frits Petit will guide you through the subject:

• What mechanisms are causing the damage and what is the risk and potential impact?
• Frits will elaborate on the comprehensive screening that was made of the entire ENGIE fleet in Europe, which clearly surfaced the vulnerabilities of a wide variety of installations of different OEMs.
• He’ll outline Laborelec’s risk screening service as well as the type of actions that can be taken to reduce the risk.

Meet the expert

Frits Petit is a vibrations engineering expert, with expertise in troubleshooting, measuring, and resolving vibration issues in power plants. He has a broad knowledge of underlying degradation mechanisms, and experience with identifying the root cause of incidents and structural issues as well as the impact of flexible operation. He works in close collaboration with experts in the field of non-destructive testing, material technology and welding.

Ask your questions

There will be a 20-minute Q&A session at the end where you can bring specific cases for discussion. Frits will offer his advice, and any questions not answered during the webinar will be handled by email follow-up.