The paper describes the results of performance tests and enthalpy drop tests for a large scale turbine of power plant. The objectives of performance test is to exactly evaluate the degradation of the steam turbine generator in order to provide plant information to help performance engineers identify problems, improve performance, and make economic decisions about scheduling maintenance and optimizing operation. To see the performance changes, thermal performance calculation modelling has developed. We can obtain the detailed performance calculation methods for turbine cycle, based on the reference of ASME PTC. And also the enthalpy drop test has been carried out. The technical and economical assessment for each turbine section is analyzed based on the result of turbine enthalpy drop test By comparing the performance changes throughout the operation period, we confirmed the performance reliabilities of the turbine and its conditions.

An Emergency Diesel Generator (EDG) installed in a nuclear power plant is the primary power source, supplying AC power to Class 1E power systems when the main turbine generator and offsite power source are not available. Thus, reliability of the EGD is essential for plant safety and availability. In this paper, the EDG is selected for a Long Term Asset Management (LTAM) strategy and the results are summarized briefly. The LTAM strategy is intended to provide an effective long-term planning tool for minimizing unplanned capability loss and then optimizing maintenance programs and capital investments consistent with plant safety and an identified plant operating strategy. Such an operating strategy might include license renewal or retaining the option for license renewal.

An emergency diesel generator(EDG) manufactured by a French company Wartsila SACM is a tandem type engine and consisted of two 10 cylindered diesel engines on each side. The maintenance manual provided by the manufacturer recommends that engine bearing be inspected every 15 years. However, it is difficult to inspect them because the manhole located in the lower compartment of the engine is too small for maintenance worker to access engine internals. Furthermore, the EDG should be disassembled and then overturned to inspect bearings unlike other EDG type. Such process will take longer period time than ordinary maintenance period. So it is not possible to inspect the main engine bearing and crank shaft during a routine or scheduled maintenance. In this paper, five methods are proposed and estimated to resolve the problem and the optimal maintenance method is chosen among them. The proposed optimal maintenance plan makes it possible to perform proper maintenance during regular maintenance period and to lower maintenance cost considerably.

The objective of this study is to apply a constitutive damage model for cyclic response of E-shaped dampers as well as metal and metallic plate dampers in order to be used in more broad area such as material and component level. Seismic isolation system using sliding bearings and metallic dampers experience almost elastoplastic behavior due to seismic excitation. Accordingly, a cyclic damage model is applied to understand inelastic behavior and to evaluate a potential damaged state of E-shaped dampers in seismic isolation system. This damage model is originally formulated through a thermodynamic approach based on entropy production equation. The proposed cyclic damage model is implemented as a user subroutine in the finite element software ABAQUS. Finally, numerical results of E-shaped energy dissipation devices in seismic isolation system are compared with experimental data to check the validity of this model