Francis Hydro Turbines Articles
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Project - 455 KW, MA
Year: 2016 Running Gear: 3 units: Vertical shaft synchronous generator driven by a Francis turbine. Vertical shaft synchronous generator driven by a propeller turbine, and a vertical shaft induction generator driven through a flat belt by a Kaplan turbine. Scope: Replacement control system, switchgear, excitation, wicket gate operators.. Located in Massachusetts, this hydroelectric plant ...
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Project - 4 MW, MA
Year: 2018 Running Gear: 2 Vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system and exciters This hydroelectric plant is located in central MA on a highly developed river, with multiple hydro plants operating both upstream and downstream of the project. Originally constructed in 1918 by a local manufacturing company, the project today consists of ...
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Project - 3.4 MW, NC
Year: 2022 Running Gear: 2 vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system, excitation, and governors Set in a resort town in the mountains of North Carolina, this hydroelectric project was originally constructed in 1925-1926 by a private developer. Its primary purpose was to create a beautiful lake as the centerpiece of a huge resort/real ...
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Project - 600 KW, NY
Year: 2018 Running Gear: Three units: One vertical shaft Francis turbine with synchronous generator. One horizontal shaft turbine with synchronous generator. One horizontal shaft double-runner turbine with synchronous generator. Scope: Replacement control system, switchgear, and HPU. Black start capability. Located in a small town in the Adirondak mountains in upstate NY, this ...
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Project - 1 MW, NC
Year: 2021 Running Gear: 2 Vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system, exciters, and HPUs Originally part of a large cotton mill complex in North Carolina dating back to the 1800s, this 1 MW hydropower plant stayed in operation into the 2000s, longer than the rest of the declining mill town. The cotton mill itself finally shut down in ...
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Kennet Square, PA - Case Study
This is the first install for the T-MH turbine. The turbine was tested with francis and propellor runners. Several different generators and alternators were also tested. AERL in Australia modified one of their Maximum Power Point Trackers for hydro applications at our request. To the best of our Knowledge this was the first application of it’d kind. The tracker was a great success and ...
By Nautilus LLC
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Eesti Energia AS - Linnamae, Estonia - Case Study
Linnamae plant is located in northern Estonia in Jagala-river, about 1.5 km from the coast of Baltic Sea and 30 km east from the city of Tallinn. The original plant has been designed by Finnish professor Axel Verner Juselius in the year 1917 and it has been constructed during 1922-24. The plant has been exploded during the Second World War in 1941. The original plant consisted of spillover dam, ...
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HPP Rätan, Sweden – Refurbishment of turbine G2 - Case Study
We have started implementation of a project for the refurbishment of the G2 turbine unit, HPP Rätan in Sweden. The power plant, put into operation in 1968, currently operated by UNIPER, is equipped with 2 Francis turbines – each with an output of about 30 MW and runner diameter of 2700 ...
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PLTM Karekan, Indonesia - Case Study
Strojirny Brno Co. has put into operation its two units with Francis turbines each of power output 4 MW at SHPP Karekan, Central Java, Indonesia in March-April ...
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Gorham hydro - Case study
The Gorham plant is located on the Androscoggin River in Gorham, New Hampshire and is owned and operated by Great Lakes Hydro America, a subsidiary of Brookfield Power. CHC provided three 890 mm replacement Francis runner assemblies as part of the Gorham Hydro upgrade project. Commissioning of the three new turbines was completed in ...
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Medway hydro - Case study
n operation since 1923, the Medway Hydroelectric Project is a run-of-river generating facility located on the Penobscot River in Medway, Maine. The plant was restored by Black Bear Hydro Partners LLC in 2011/2012 under the Penobscot River Restoration Agreement. CHC provided two 2500 mm replacement Francis runners to fit to the existing draft tubes. The new turbines provided a combined generating ...
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Newport hydro - Case study
The Newport Hydro plant was acquired by Great Bay Hydro Corporation in 2004. The powerplant, located on the Clyde River in Newport, VT, is one of four hydro plants owned by the hydro developer and is a three unit production facility with an operating capacity of over 7 MW. Two of the plant’s Francis runners have been replaced with new equipment. In 2010, CHC provided a new 620 mm Francis ...
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East millinocket hydro - Case study
The East Millinocket Hydro Facility is located on the Penobscot River in the town of Millinocket, Maine. The plant was originally constructed by the Great Northern Paper Company, and was acquired by Brookfield in 2002. The plant’s configuration consists of six quad-Francis assemblies, each assembly having four runners on one shaft. CHC provided a total of ten replacement Francis turbines ...
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Gilman dam hydro - Case study
The Gilman Hydro Project is located partly in the Village of Gilman, in Essex County, Vermont and partly in the town of Dalton, New Hampshire. In effect, the boundary between the two states passes through the plant, so that two of the facility’s four generating units are in New Hampshire, and the other two are in Vermont. In 2010, CHC supplied a 1225 mm camel back turbine assembly ...
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Livermore Falls Hydro - Case study
Located on the Androscoggin River in Maine, the Livermore Falls hydro project required the installation of a turbine unit that would meet government minimum flow requirements on the river. CHC provided a water-to-wire equipment package which included a 1500 mm axial flow propeller turbine along with generator, hydraulic power unit, switchgear and controls to comply with the minimum flow ...
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Complete Overhaul of unique hydro power plant Želina - Case Study
The small hydro power plant Želina built on Ohre river has been commissioned since1908 year and these days is being listed as technical heritage of the Czech Republic. Generating technology is still oparated by CEZ. Scope of Želina power plant works is complete overhaul and modernization of two Francis turbine units, installation of new intake trash racks, up-grading of trash raking machines and ...
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Enhancing small hydro automation using distributed micro-controllers and simulation
The past ten years has seen significant advances in low-cost micro-controllers, data communications and personal computing. Applying these technologies to small hydro automation, affordable multifunctional distributed processing solutions is now a commercial reality. The ability to reduce costs is facilitated by innovative low-cost simulation tools. The successful application of these ...
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