Open AccessDOE Project 353: TAMS Prototype and production coupling alignment units
Author(s) -
K.V. Field
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/197162
Subject(s) - transducer , coupling (piping) , displacement (psychology) , strain gauge , generator (circuit theory) , direct coupling , turbine , electrical engineering , automotive engineering , environmental science , computer science , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , power (physics) , psychology , quantum mechanics , psychotherapist
TAMS is an electronic measurement system used to determine the alignment of turbine-generator shafts at the coupling interface. The displacement transducer is a strain gage based sensor mounted in a portable probe. The measurement system was experiencing zero input drift and temperature induced drift. This project endeavored to determine the source of these problems and to revise a unit to be returned to a customer, Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), within a period of five weeks