BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 20
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
Power Machines Russian power engineering company has manufactured and delivered a guide vane and a bearing for a hydraulic turbine to the construction site of the Farkhad hydroelectric power station in Uzbekistan, Trend reports referring to the press service of Power Machines.
This is the last set of hydraulic equipment designed for the modernization of the hydraulic unit No. 3.
In addition, Power Machines continues the installation of the previously supplied equipment for hydroelectric unit No. 1. The assembly and installation of the rotor and stator of the hydro-generator have been completed, and the enlarged assembly of the suction pipe cone and the impeller chamber is being completed.
Also, the turbine shaft is being installed and the annulus is being concreted. The production of additional turbine equipment for hydroelectric unit No. 4 is being completed.
All the main power equipment for the modernization of the Farkhad hydroelectric power station was manufactured by the St. Petersburg power engineering enterprises - the Leningrad Metal Plant and the Electrosila plant, as well as the Kaluga Turbine Plant.
The contract for the modernization of the Farkhad HPP was concluded between Power Machines JSC and Uzbekhydroenergo JSC in 2017. In total, four hydroelectric units will be modernized with an increase in the total capacity of the HPP by 11.4 percent - from 114 MW to 127 MW.
In addition, the efficiency of two Kaplan hydraulic turbines will be increased by 4.8 percent and two radial-axial ones - by 5.1 percent. The full-service life of the hydraulic units will amount to 40 years.
The implementation of the project will allow the renewed hydroelectric power station to increase the annual power generation by 84 million kWh to 531.2 million kWh per year.
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