Teamwork, Planning, Communication, Prove to be The Key Elements of an Aggressive Rotor Weld Repair

摘要

A 520 MW unit down because of a crack in the midspan of the HP/IP rotor, current electrical demands at system capacity, and little hope of returning the unit back to service for the start of the Olympic games four weeks away. That was the situation Georgia Power faced when the Hammond station unit #4 suffered a forced outage. That is until plant manager Perry Boren and plant turbine engineer Harry Briscoe talked with representatives from ABB.