REPAIR OF A HYDROELECTRIC GENERATOR
The customer needed to repair a hydroelectric generator, and we were commissioned to look after rewinding of the stator and reconditioning of the rotor coils, including asbestos abatement. The stator winding had to be completed on the site since the generator comprised two halves.
Project key data
- Manufacturer/type: BBC
- Power: 1,710 kW
- Voltage: 6,300 V
- Current: 157 A
- Speed: 214 rpm
- Number of poles: 28
- Frequency: 50 Hz
- Outside diameter: 3,450 mm
- Number of slots: 288
- Type of coil: High-voltage form-wound coil
- Insulation system: Resin Rich
- Insulation class: F
- Weight: 2 x 5,500 kg
