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May 9-12, 1999 * Cavanaugh's Hotel |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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