What is thrust bearing and where it is located in GE gas turbine
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It's located in the No. 1 bearing housing, which is in the front of the bellmouth, accessible from the Accessory Compartment.
It is a Kingsbury-type, tilting pad bearing assembly.
If you want to be a good GE gas turbine technician you really need to start studying the Operation & Maintenance Manuals provided with the machine. You also need to get your own copy of the P&IDs AND the Generator Control elementary (it's not really an SLD, it's better than an SLD, actually, but it has the same or more information). And you also need a copy of the Device Summary for the machine. And you need to know how to use all of that information. Start by just slowly paging through the manuals, and use sticky note to mark pages/sections you want to return to. You will be AMAZED at the amount of information in the manuals--but you have to familiarize yourself with the manuals and what's in them and where. (There IS a method to the organization of the manuals--but you need to get familiar with it, and that takes times and dedication.)
AND, to be a good technician you also need to be a good operator--or you need to have access to good operator(s) you can trust and communicate with. You need to understand what a good START is, what a successful synchronization looks like (by watching the Synch Display on the Mark* HMI), and what a successful shutdown looks like. If you don't have any operational experience you're going to have to rely on experienced personnel at the site to help you. And, NOT EVERYONE on site is good at explaining things to others. Some people are good at what they do, even very good, but they aren't very good at explaining it to others. If ANYONE ever answers your question by saying, "Because we've always done it that way!" think long and hard about anything they tell you. (Some people will say that in the heat of troubleshooting, and later you can ask again and get a good explanation. Others? Well, they aren't worth your time and energy if they always answer like that.)
It is a Kingsbury-type, tilting pad bearing assembly.
If you want to be a good GE gas turbine technician you really need to start studying the Operation & Maintenance Manuals provided with the machine. You also need to get your own copy of the P&IDs AND the Generator Control elementary (it's not really an SLD, it's better than an SLD, actually, but it has the same or more information). And you also need a copy of the Device Summary for the machine. And you need to know how to use all of that information. Start by just slowly paging through the manuals, and use sticky note to mark pages/sections you want to return to. You will be AMAZED at the amount of information in the manuals--but you have to familiarize yourself with the manuals and what's in them and where. (There IS a method to the organization of the manuals--but you need to get familiar with it, and that takes times and dedication.)
AND, to be a good technician you also need to be a good operator--or you need to have access to good operator(s) you can trust and communicate with. You need to understand what a good START is, what a successful synchronization looks like (by watching the Synch Display on the Mark* HMI), and what a successful shutdown looks like. If you don't have any operational experience you're going to have to rely on experienced personnel at the site to help you. And, NOT EVERYONE on site is good at explaining things to others. Some people are good at what they do, even very good, but they aren't very good at explaining it to others. If ANYONE ever answers your question by saying, "Because we've always done it that way!" think long and hard about anything they tell you. (Some people will say that in the heat of troubleshooting, and later you can ask again and get a good explanation. Others? Well, they aren't worth your time and energy if they always answer like that.)
