Industrial steam turbines are designed for flexible, reliable and robust operation with the ability for short start-up times. Basically assigned to the power class up to 250 MW, this type of turbine is normally operated over an extremely wide range of speed, loading and backpressure. In order to ensure safe turbine operation, even in blade resonance condition, part-span connectors (PSC) are mounted between adjacent blades. However, additional losses are generated, affecting the turbine performance.weiterlesen