Bearing assemblies in many respects determine the operating reliability of turbine generator units. Experience in operating a number of hydropower plants indicates that these assemblies remain a problem and require redesigning. This article describes the authors’ technical developments in modernizing bearings and experience in their implementation, showing the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed solutions.
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 5, May 2019, pp. 38 – 43.
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Novkunskii, A.V., Novkunskii, A.A. & Pak, V.V. Experience in the Development and Implementation of Modernized Designs of Sliding Bearings of Turbine Generator Units. Power Technol Eng 53, 404–409 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-019-01091-z
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