• Title/Summary/Keyword: Parallel Slide Gate Valve

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Thermal-structural Analysis and Fatigue Life Evaluation of a Parallel Slide Gate Valve in Accordance with ASME B&PVC (패러럴 슬라이드 게이트밸브의 열구조해석 및 ASME B&PVC 기반 피로수명 평가)

  • Kim, Tae Ho;Choi, Jae Seung;Han, Jeong Sam
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2017
  • A parallel slide gate valve (PSGV) is located between the heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) and the steam turbine in a combined cycle power plant (CCPP). It is used to control the flow of steam and runs with repetitive operations such as startups, load changes, and shutdowns during its operation period. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the fatigue damage and the structural integrity under a large compressive thermal stress due to the temperature difference through the valve wall thickness during the startup operations. In this paper, the thermal-structural analysis and the fatigue life evaluation of a 16-inch PSGV, which is installed on the HP steam line, is performed according to the fatigue life assessment method described in the ASME B&PVC VIII-2; the method uses the equivalent stress from the elastic stress analysis.