IEEE IEMDC'99
International Electric Machines and Drives Conference

May 9-12, 1999 * Cavanaugh's Hotel
Seattle, Washington, USA

Hydrogenerator Workshop

 

Workshop Sessions Day 1: Tuesday, May 11, 1999
Session Title Orientation Presenter
Workshop Introduction & Background General Machine Overview Jim Edmonds - MCM Enterprise Ltd.
Description & Theory of Operation General Machine Overview

Jim Edmonds - MCM Enterprise Ltd.

Bill Moore - National Electric Coil

Stator Configuration & Function Stator - Key Principles Bill Moore - NEC
Failure Mode Analysis and Testing Stator - Key Principles Jim Edmonds - MCM
"Synchronous Machine Outages Resulting From Winding Failures" Stator - Case Study Bill McDermid -Manitoba Hydro
"Rehabilitation of Flood-Damaged Hydroelectric Generators" Stator - Case Study Lori Rux - US Dept. of the Interior
"Early Detection of Internal Stator Winding Faults Using Rotor-Mounted Infrared Sensors" Stator - Case Study Jim Rasmussen - MCM Enterprise Ltd.
"Electrical Unbalance Assessment of a Hydroelectric Generator with Bypassed Stator Coils" Stator - Case Study Jim Dehann - US Dept. of the Interior
"Overview of Hydrogenerator Stator Winding Monitoring" Stator - Case Study Greg Stone - Iris Power Engineering


Workshop Sessions Day 2: Wednesday, May 12, 1999
Session Title Orientaton Presenter
Rotor Configuration, Function, Failure Modes, Testing and Monitoring Rotor - Key Principles Bill Moore - National Electric Coil
"Turbine Imbalance and Problems With Shaft Resonance and Other Issues" Rotor - Case Study - Projects at BC Hydro's Revelstoke Power Plant Doug Franklin - PowerTech
"Bearings and Problems Maintaining Electrical and Magnetic Balance" Rotor - Case Study - Projects at BC Hydro's Kootenay & Peace Canyon Power Plants Doug Franklin - PowerTech
"GE Hydro Thrust Bearings - Applying Development Work to Upgrading Existing Bearings" Rotor - Case Study - Examples of modifications and resulting improvements in performance Jim Ferguson - GE Hydro
"ZOOM Air Gap Monitoring at Thompson Falls GS" Rotor - Case Study Randy Wallman - VibroSystM

Workshop Sessions: Day 2 continued
Hydrogenerator Uprates & Refurbishment Electrical / Mechanical Considerations - Key Principles Bill Moore - NEC
"Ventilation Improvements Can Be Easy" Electrical/Mechanical Considerations - Case Study Jim Timperley - American Electric Power
"On-Line Generator Condition Assessment Using Rotor-Mounted Sensor Technology" Electrical/Mechanical Considerations - Case Study David Thompson - TVA
"Comparative Evaluations of Coil Insulation Systems in Hydrogenerator Uprates and Refurbishment" Electrical/Mechanical Considerations - Case Study Bill Harder - National Electric Coil
Recent Hydroelectric Uprate Case Studies Electrical/Mechanical Considerations - Case Study Mel Johnson - General Electric
"Mechanical Considerations for Uprate and Rehabilitation of Hydrogenerators" Electrical/Mechanical Considerations - Case Study - Rehabilitations of early 1900s hydro rotors Bill Moore- National Electric Coil

Workshop Sessions: Day 2 continued
New Technology Review Introduction - Product Review Jim Edmonds - MCM
"World's Largest Fully Water-Cooled Hydrogenerators in the Bieudron Power Plant (Switzerland)" Product Review Daniel Shafer - ABB Switzerland
"Powerformer, A Giant Step in Power Plant Engineering" Product Review Torbjorn Sorqvist - ABB Sweden
Workshop Wrap Up Topical Review Jim Edmonds and Bill Moore

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