Turbine hall
The turbine hall, generating hall or turbine building is a building or room in any steam cycle or hydroelectric
electric generators, and in the case of steam cycle plants, moisture separators and reheaters. A turbine hall is typically extremely loud
, and in the case of steam cycle plants, hot.
The turbine hall is of sufficient height to enable plant and equipment to be lifted and removed, sometimes vertically, for maintenance or replacement. The hall is often equipped with a travelling crane to facilitate such movements.
In nuclear power plants,
radioactive. This means that the turbine hall has to be slightly contained
and much unique maintenance must be performed. A typical plant will house one high-pressure turbine and two low-pressure turbines.
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