Kirloskar Ebara Pumps Ltd, a sister concern of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd and a manufacturer of critical process pumps and API steam turbines, has completed the testing of indigenously-developed API steam turbine K-TUR, at the KEPL Kirloskarvadi works in Maharashtra. The turbine will be supplied to Indian Oil Corporation’s Vadodara facility in Gujarat.
The test on this 340 kW steam turbine was conducted in accordance with the API 611 specifications. The No Load Mechanical Run Test (NLMRT) is an hour long test of the steam turbine where the steam machine is run at its rated speed (measured in rpm or revolutions per minute) and various parameters are monitored before the turbine is dispatched to the customer, a KEPL release said.
K-TUR is among the most efficient single-stage steam turbines and is currently available in three frames, depending on power requirements, the release further said.
