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ok.. so i fucks wif big shit. this is small stuff at the moment. this is all from kentucky at this time. the big fuckin 450Mw generator in the first pic had a bad bearing leak. it only runs 15psi of oil so, a leak is nooo good. the stator weighs probably.. shit 30,000 or so? the turbine is rated at a guaranteed 455Mw, which of you do the math equates to about 603,000 HP. not a typo. 600KHP
this turbine and plant is the DB Wilson plant. uses 7000 pounds of coal a minute at full load. fuck me. lol i have a bunch of numbers and stats on it but i don't have them here at the hotel with me.. but, ya. coal-fired boiler. holds 787,000 pounds of water, makes over 1 million pounds of steam an hour at 1095°F at 2400psi. high pressure turbine is 2400psi, low pressure is 600psi. not sure what the intermediate is. probably 1200psi.
the yellow section in the front is the exciter. it provides the juice to the stator for the magnetic field it needs. this is whats manipulated to change output. the stator is rated (IIRC) at 24,000volts and 13000 amps and is hydrogen cooled. the entire generator is filled with hydrogen, actually.
round orange section is the generator.
red is the low pressure turbine
big fuckin orange section is the valves, controls, huge ass pipes and high pressure section.
this pic is from about 40 feet in the air.
if you look close you can see someone sitting at the end of the low pressure turbine section by the scaffolding
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entire thing is probably.. 200 feet long
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we found a small fuck up and some slop on the seals. i have pics but not on this SD card. those at the house ( i hope). i had to machine the $6000 seal another .1850" for some reason. blueprint said it was 7" from the center of the radius of a slot to the edge of the flat where the 2 pieces of the seal divide ( ya. the seal is 14" in diameter) lame. lol but it came out well and wowed the owner of the company i think since this was my first job with them. i saved the day machining less than a quarter inch from a slot on a $6000 seal that shoulda been money from the start. we also replaces a shitload of pipe flange seals, hydrogen cooler seals, pressure tested a bunch of stuff and they cleaned the hydrogen and turbine oil cooler heat exchangers out.
ok. moarrrrrrrrr
this is the kentucky utilities green river station
theres 4 small units here. the one were on is 113Mw, which is about 151,000HP. stator output is 13.8Kv @ 5000 amps. after that it goes to a switchyard where the power is bumped to 69Kv and 141Kv. its supposed to be 138Kv, but for some reason the KU grid is 141 instead of 138. probably makes up for losses.
2 of the generators here are the same 113M units. the other 2 are small as hell. can't recall how big. i think 59Mw or somethin like that.
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the inside of the low pressure section. this fan is about 8 feet in diameter.
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HP section and throttle valves.
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heres a transformer for this generator. its one of the step-ups. takes 13.8Kv and turns it into 138Kv. weighs a little over a quarter million pounds. 277,507 pounds total. wired in wye-delta configuration
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a peek inside the guts of the turbine..
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everything is fucking HUGE in power plants.
heres the boiler. which is 200 or 300 feet tall. thats a fucking scaffold inside it the messicans built. the walls are pipes if you look closely. the fire is where you'd be standing in here.
i could not straight up enter it since it's considered a confined space and i don't need fired for not having an entry permit.
but this is whats called a water-tube boiler. theres also a fire tube boiler but those are old skool, antiquated dangerous shits that suck. the water flows thru the pipes here.. in a fire tube, the fire flows thru the pipes instead and they're surrounded by the water to be heated.
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probably 50 feet up in the air.. lol
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more huge shit. look at my big fuckin balls!
these are 12.5" 90 pound steel balls used in the ball mill that crushes the coal into dust.
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look at my huge fuckin nuts!
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they need to be hand-lapped to ensure theres no high spots. everything is like, uber precise on these stupid ass things
they came off this massive fucking dumb piece of shit called an intercept valve.
i can literally fit in that bore with room
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as you can see, they're fucking upside-down and about goddamn retarded. you will see what was removed in a second..
the river is up about 12 feet. theres actually a rock wall there somewhere.
massive fucking flooding goin on. dodged 3 tornados since i've been here.
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this turbine and plant is the DB Wilson plant. uses 7000 pounds of coal a minute at full load. fuck me. lol i have a bunch of numbers and stats on it but i don't have them here at the hotel with me.. but, ya. coal-fired boiler. holds 787,000 pounds of water, makes over 1 million pounds of steam an hour at 1095°F at 2400psi. high pressure turbine is 2400psi, low pressure is 600psi. not sure what the intermediate is. probably 1200psi.
the yellow section in the front is the exciter. it provides the juice to the stator for the magnetic field it needs. this is whats manipulated to change output. the stator is rated (IIRC) at 24,000volts and 13000 amps and is hydrogen cooled. the entire generator is filled with hydrogen, actually.
round orange section is the generator.
red is the low pressure turbine
big fuckin orange section is the valves, controls, huge ass pipes and high pressure section.
this pic is from about 40 feet in the air.
if you look close you can see someone sitting at the end of the low pressure turbine section by the scaffolding
entire thing is probably.. 200 feet long
we found a small fuck up and some slop on the seals. i have pics but not on this SD card. those at the house ( i hope). i had to machine the $6000 seal another .1850" for some reason. blueprint said it was 7" from the center of the radius of a slot to the edge of the flat where the 2 pieces of the seal divide ( ya. the seal is 14" in diameter) lame. lol but it came out well and wowed the owner of the company i think since this was my first job with them. i saved the day machining less than a quarter inch from a slot on a $6000 seal that shoulda been money from the start. we also replaces a shitload of pipe flange seals, hydrogen cooler seals, pressure tested a bunch of stuff and they cleaned the hydrogen and turbine oil cooler heat exchangers out.
ok. moarrrrrrrrr
this is the kentucky utilities green river station
theres 4 small units here. the one were on is 113Mw, which is about 151,000HP. stator output is 13.8Kv @ 5000 amps. after that it goes to a switchyard where the power is bumped to 69Kv and 141Kv. its supposed to be 138Kv, but for some reason the KU grid is 141 instead of 138. probably makes up for losses.
2 of the generators here are the same 113M units. the other 2 are small as hell. can't recall how big. i think 59Mw or somethin like that.
the inside of the low pressure section. this fan is about 8 feet in diameter.
HP section and throttle valves.
heres a transformer for this generator. its one of the step-ups. takes 13.8Kv and turns it into 138Kv. weighs a little over a quarter million pounds. 277,507 pounds total. wired in wye-delta configuration
a peek inside the guts of the turbine..
everything is fucking HUGE in power plants.
heres the boiler. which is 200 or 300 feet tall. thats a fucking scaffold inside it the messicans built. the walls are pipes if you look closely. the fire is where you'd be standing in here.
i could not straight up enter it since it's considered a confined space and i don't need fired for not having an entry permit.
but this is whats called a water-tube boiler. theres also a fire tube boiler but those are old skool, antiquated dangerous shits that suck. the water flows thru the pipes here.. in a fire tube, the fire flows thru the pipes instead and they're surrounded by the water to be heated.
probably 50 feet up in the air.. lol
more huge shit. look at my big fuckin balls!
these are 12.5" 90 pound steel balls used in the ball mill that crushes the coal into dust.
look at my huge fuckin nuts!
they need to be hand-lapped to ensure theres no high spots. everything is like, uber precise on these stupid ass things
they came off this massive fucking dumb piece of shit called an intercept valve.
i can literally fit in that bore with room
as you can see, they're fucking upside-down and about goddamn retarded. you will see what was removed in a second..
the river is up about 12 feet. theres actually a rock wall there somewhere.
massive fucking flooding goin on. dodged 3 tornados since i've been here.
