Hydro Power Plant Turbine and Generator Maintenance

Horizontal Hydrogenerators Maintenances

Disconnection of rotor from turbine according to turbine type
Dismantling pedestal, bearings and endshields, extracting the rotor from stator
Stator core test (ring flux test or ELCID method)
Stator wedge tightness tests ( By wedge tightness tester or by hammer method)
Looseness check of endwindings’ bandages and blocks, remedy if there is any problem
Corona control at slot ends
Winding resistance and insulation measurements, PI/DAR Calculations, Power factor, Tip-up capacitance, impedance measurements, step down voltage measurements for salient type rotor poles if possible, pole impedance measurement, inspections of dampening windings and connections
Measurements and checks of bearing shells, bearing seats, bearing journals, pedestals
Dynamic balances of rotors
Cleaning, maintenance and drying of rotors and stators
Electrical tests to stator and rotor
Varnishing and drying
Assembling of generator, line alignment
Commissioning and vibration measurement and analyse

Vertical Hydrogenerator Maintenance

According to the type of turbine, hanging of the rotor, disconnection the generator rotor from turbine
Dismantling stationary parts of exitation and upper brackets, taking the rotor out
Stator core test (ring flux test or ELCID method)
Stator wedge tightness tests ( By wedge tightness tester or by hammer method)
Looseness check of endwindings’ bandages and blocks, remedy if there is any problem
Corona control at slot ends
Winding resistance and insulation measurements, PI/DAR Calculations, Power factor, Tip-up capacitance, impedance measurements, step down voltage measurements for salient type rotor poles if possible, pole impedance measurement, inspections of dampening windings and connections Inspections and
Measurements of thrust bearings, guide bearings, breaking systems, remetalling of bearing shells and pads if necessary
Measurements and checks of bearing shells, bearing seats, bearing journals, pedestals
Dynamic balances of rotors
Cleaning, maintenance and drying of rotors and stators
Electrical tests to stator and rotor
Varnishing and drying
Assembling of generator, line alignment
Commissioning and vibration measurment and analyse

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