Component Failure and Life Analysis Maintains Superior Equipment Performance and Avoids Costly Downtime
Are you tired of the costly and disruptive breakdowns that plague your gas turbine equipment? These unexpected issues not only lead to significant downtime and revenue loss but also bring about the stress and frustration of dealing with repairs. Fortunately, Liburdi Turbine Services offers a solution through its advanced Component Failure and Life Analysis services. Our experts employ state-of-the-art techniques to swiftly pinpoint the root causes of failures, minimizing downtime and the risk of recurring problems. Additionally, our Component Life Analysis services allow you to plan maintenance activities proactively, saving you money in the long term by scheduling them during planned downtime. Don't let unplanned failures and downtime halt your operations; trust Liburdi Turbine Services for expert analysis and recommendations to keep your equipment performing at its peak.
Liburdi's team of skilled engineers brings expertise in various fields, including engine and component design, aerodynamics, metallurgy, and more. With this diverse knowledge, we analyze turbine failures comprehensively, identifying root causes and offering solutions to prevent recurrence. Our advanced computer programs and analytical capabilities cover everything from stress and flow analysis to rotor dynamics, ensuring optimal gas turbine performance.
At Liburdi, we excel in metallurgical examination of hot gas path components to assess their remaining service life. We go beyond mere damage characterization, quantifying material degradation and providing informed, cost-effective repair or replacement recommendations. Our techniques, detailed in the "Gas Turbine Blade Life Assessment and Repair Guide," have set industry standards, and we continue to advance our methods for even more valuable insights.
Liburdi introduces a cutting-edge approach to determining disc life in gas turbines. While blades and vanes face hot, corrosive conditions, discs endure extreme stress loads. Our mechanical design methodology, employing finite element stress analysis, allows us to accurately calculate disc life expectancy. This modern approach provides a more accurate alternative to outdated component life estimates, ensuring long-lasting and reliable gas turbine operation.
"Liburdi have carried out repairs to [11N2] Turbine Blades, Turbine Vanes, Segments and EV Burners. A substantial number of parts that had suffered impact damage to the gas washed surfaces were sent to Liburdi for life analysis and an assessment of their reparability. The vast majority of the components were classified as repairable, and following the repair process re‐ entered service for another operational cycle (approx.24,000 hours)."
For the same reasons that it’s wise to get a regular check up with your doctor, a life analysis is an evidence-based approach to determination of:
- The life limiting factor(s) for the blade set
- Whether there are operational factors (fuel and air quality, firing temperature, cycling behaviour)influencing the life expectancy of the blade set.
- Whether the parts are serviceable in their existing condition or can be life extended through repair
- The repair scope required to returnparts to service.
Typically, only a single part is required for destructive testing; a blade which has irreparable damage can be selected to avoid destruction of another wise repairable blade. Analysis of additional blades may be necessary if a blade set has a multiple populations, but only if the populations of a similar vintage – analysis of the oldest blade group can often suffice.
Turbine disks operate at temperatures below which metallurgical degradation is evident. Cracks can develop over time, however, so determining safe operating intervals beyond OEM life limits requires determination of the disks operating conditions (stress and temperature) through finite element analysis (FEA) and estimations of cracks growth rates under these conditions, using the principals of fracture mechanics. Safe operating intervals can then be established, based on the expected time for cracks to grow from a detectable size to a critical size.
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