• DocumentCode
    1024674
  • Title

    Repair and upgrade of a 1950 vintage hydro plant

  • Author

    Casey, R.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Boston, MA, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    12/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    632
  • Lastpage
    638
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the step-by-step process of repair and upgrade which restored a damaged 40-year-old 3.5 MW hydroelectric power plant to service after nearly six years of downtime. Detailed information is provided on the approach to the restoration work taken by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (USA). Hidden damage, outdated turbogenerator protective relaying, and inadequate surge protection are discussed
  • Keywords
    hydroelectric power stations; machine protection; maintenance engineering; project engineering; relay protection; surge protection; turbogenerators; 3.5 MW; USA; damage; hydroelectric power plant; maintenance project; protective relaying; repair; restoration; surge protection; upgrade; Coils; Lightning; Power generation; Protective relaying; Reservoirs; Stator cores; Substations; Testing; Turbines; Water resources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8969
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/60.260974
  • Filename
    260974