TURBO MACHINE WITH THERMAL EXPANSION CONTROL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH TURBO MACHINE

A turbo machine, especially gas turbine, comprises a rotor, which rotates about a horizontal machine axis, and which is enclosed by a coaxial enclosure (21) comprising a metal casing (24), whereby an electrical heating system (28-34, 35) is provided on the lower half of said metal casing (24). A saf...

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Hauptverfasser: Farkas, Janos, Cataldi, Giovanni, Rocchi, Matteo
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Zusammenfassung:A turbo machine, especially gas turbine, comprises a rotor, which rotates about a horizontal machine axis, and which is enclosed by a coaxial enclosure (21) comprising a metal casing (24), whereby an electrical heating system (28-34, 35) is provided on the lower half of said metal casing (24). A safe operation is achieved by having said heating system (28-34, 35) configured as a redundant system.