Heat-Rate Test Results of the 100,000-Kw Essex Turbine Generator

Abstract

Abstract A 3600-rpm, tandem compound, 100,000-kw turbine generator was recently installed at the Essex Generating Station of the Public Service Electric and Gas Company of New Jersey. Since it was, at that time, the largest machine of its type ever built, the first of a new class, and had initial steam conditions of 1250 psig and 1000 F, careful and extensive heat-rate tests were made jointly by the operating company and the manufacturer. The paper presents the results of the tests as an example of progress made in power-generating equipment.