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  1. GE's Power Conversion Technology Drives Innovative 'Pumped Storage' Hydropower Project in Portugal; Voith to Install GEâ(EURO)(TM)s Power Conversion Technology in Variable Speed Pump Turbines for ...

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    Wed, 25 Apr 2012

    supplying two reversible pump turbine sets and electromechanical ..... facilities. The two- pump turbine sets will feature GE ..... variability of the pump turbines enables continuous ..... with each of the pump turbine sets able to handle

  2. GE to provide equipment for 1,000-MW hydropower station in China

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    Wed, 17 Mar 2004

    received a $78 million contract to provide four 250-megawatt pump / turbine and motor/generator sets, auxiliary equipment and services ..... important factor in being chosen for this project." The pump turbines are vertical shaft, single-stage, reversible Francis

  1. -GE's Power Conversion Technology Drives Innovative 'Pumped Storage' Hydropower Project in Portugal

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    Fri, 27 Apr 2012

    supplying two reversible pump turbine sets and electromechanical ..... facilities. The two- pump turbine sets will feature GE ..... variability of the pump turbines enables continuous ..... with each of the pump turbine sets able to handle

  2. Vibration Monitoring System Enhances Troubleshooting

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    Wed, 1 Sep 1999

    vibration trip logic on the reactor feed pump / turbine offered an easy opportunity for an inadvertent ..... monitors the main turbines and the feed pump turbines , and provides alarm and trip functions ..... condition measurements from a reactor feed pump turbine at Peach Bottom. One of the three feed

  3. hitachicontract

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    Wed, 6 Oct 2010

    Lewiston Pump Generating Plant’s pump - turbine units. Hitachi will replace parts of the 12 pump - turbine units and associated equipment which ..... as well as a design and test of a pump turbine model runner. The field upgrade will

  4. Alstom to supply a 207 MW turbine to Salamonde pumped storage plant in Portugal

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    Wed, 15 Jun 2011

    EUR55m ($79m) in total, Alstom will supply and install the entire unit, consisting of one 207 MW Francis reversible pump turbine , a 244 MVA motor-generator, butterfly valve and other hydromechanical equipment, and mechanical and electrical balance

  5. Opportunities in Pumped Storage Hydropower

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    Tue, 1 Jun 2010

    pumping the water back to the upper reservoir. Reversible pump / turbine and generator/motor assemblies act as both a pump and a ..... the provision of ancillary grid services. A 150-ton pump turbine runner is transported to the Jocassee powerhouse. Photo

  6. Bearings & Seals: Innovations and Good Ideas

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    Wed, 1 Sep 2010

    well as the access to the seal area for assembly and disassembly of the seal unit without having to dismantle the entire pump turbine . A Fugesco axial type F5000 was installed. But the design alone was not the cure. The material selection was key. This model

  7. ABB wins order for new pumped storage plant in South Africa

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    Tue, 14 Sep 2010

    waterways to a subterranean generating plant with four 333 MW pump turbines . During times of peak energy consumption, water will be released from the upper reservoir through the pump turbines to the lower reservoir to generate electricity. When energy

  8. Air and Oil Do Mix

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    Tue, 1 Feb 2011

    maintenance instructions” resulted in “a loss of lubrication and subsequent bearing failure” on an auxiliary feedwater pump turbine at the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby, Md. This failure resulted in one of only seven “yellow findings,” the