Its A Hard Life Part 2

[meggala]

T H E Y T H i N K U s M E x i c a n s T A L k T O Q U I C K

we just dont talk as slow as they do

[akeenan]

i hate the top of queensland! it too bloody hot there.... take me to ny anyday! i love the cold.

[Guest INASNT]

Check out 1 of the twin turbo 12,500bhp hydro turbines we pulled out yesterday.

[Guest INASNT]

akeenan

i am near a town called Tully, which has the highest rainfall in Australia every year, and when it rains its farkin rails hard and for ages, but the wet season is near christmas time so i wont be around them.

We are doing something similiar to high flowing a turbo, replacing the turbine runners with bigger runners, new shafts etc.

[NismoR34]

That looks like its magnetically driven, is it?

Or is it electrically charged?

[Guest INASNT]

Originally posted by nismoR34

That looks like its magnetically driven, is it?

Or is it electrically charged?

its a hydro electric turbine. The 2 big wheels on the ousides get driven by flowing water which flows in from the adjoining gorge which is 400m above the inlet valve. The wheels spin at 600rpm which produces 12,500BHP to the stator which inturn creates electrical power which is transfered to the transformer system and then into the main power grid.

There are 4 of these units which we are upgrading.

[NismoR34]

Nice

Would be a fair bit of lag though I imagine but once they're churning YEE HAA :whip:

The shaft in the centre looks very similar to that which drives the platter on a Technics 1200 [turntable] which is magnetically operated, thats why I was asking...

[Guest INASNT]

doesent take that long to get going as the intake pipe is a 35inch dia pipe which get feed water directly down 400m from the top of the mountain. But once going its noisy as all ***, about 110db.