Determination of Transient Fluid Temperature and Thermal Stresses in Pressure Thick-Walled Elements Using a New Design Thermometer

Magdalena Jaremkiewicz, Dawid Taler, Piotr Dzierwa and Jan Taler
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Magdalena Jaremkiewicz: Institute of Thermal Power Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31-866 Cracow, Poland
Dawid Taler: Department of Thermal Processes, Air Protection, and Waste Utilization, Cracow University of Technology, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Cracow, Poland
Piotr Dzierwa: Institute of Thermal Power Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31-866 Cracow, Poland
Jan Taler: Institute of Thermal Power Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31-866 Cracow, Poland

Energies, 2019, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-21

Abstract: In both conventional and nuclear power plants, the high thermal load of thick-walled elements occurs during start-up and shutdown. Therefore, thermal stresses should be determined on-line during plant start-up to avoid shortening the lifetime of critical pressure elements. It is necessary to know the fluid temperature and heat transfer coefficient on the internal surface of the elements, which vary over time to determine transient temperature distribution and thermal stresses in boilers critical pressure elements. For this reason, accurate measurement of transient fluid temperature is very significant, and the correct determination of transient thermal stresses depends to a large extent on it. However, thermometers used in power plants are not able to measure the transient fluid temperature with adequate accuracy due to their massive housing and high thermal inertia. The article aims to present a new technique of measuring transient superheated steam temperature and the results of its application on a real object.

Keywords: fluid temperature measurement; new design thermometer; dynamic error; steam superheater; steam transient temperature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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