Transformer Deluge System

This shot is not related to the project im working on but thought it would be neat to share with you. The station is performing a monthly compliance test of the fire suppression system.
This water deluge system will automatically activate if the heat detectors pick up around the transformer.
Awesome SHOT!....I feel for the guy getting soaked!

Day 8...Heros on a half-shell...TURBINE POWER!

Day 8 was very productive....we finally got the unit on its halfshell with the turbine and compressor section fully exposed. We started removing the upper half blades near the horizontal joints for shim and blade pinning. Mechanics started removing the nozzles and shrouds in order to facilitate removal of the buckets. Second stage nozzles were a pain in the A$$. We fought the second segment for about 6 hours...it finally came out.
See photos of the three rotating section aka. "buckets". The inner barrel was sent to the shops for machining along with the stator blades removed for pinning.
We finally pumped corning into the generator end shields and will set up the 24 hour air test. I hope it passes!

The unit is completly on its half shell..almost ready for cleaning and inspections!
As of now we are right on schedule....without any delays for the additional vendor work.

Day 7....almost apart.

Combustion section:
All of the combustion section hardware were removed. The Transistion pieces and flow sleeves in the photos need to be inspected and their condition recorded. No cracked transistion pieces!!

turbine section:
nothing much going on.. the upper half inner barrel was removed today

Compressor section:
This was the biggest challenge to get the combustion discharge casing off! it took over two shifts to break the bolts and we ended up cutting most of the nuts off.
sweetness. The forward compressor casing also came off today which was really easy to break considering the bolts were not exposed to high temperatures. Blades are exposed!! SCARY! good thing we didnt find anything seriously damaged.
Good job to the crew... they get to take Sunday day shift off for Easter.
We will be Co2 cleaning the unit that day so it'll be all up to the vendor.

Day 5.. Turbine EXPOSED!

Combustion:
Guys were in the street mating the combustion caps to the end covers..got the interns taking serial numbers for parts tracking. They dont seem very motivated...im feeling they might fudge things up but im ON IT *thumbs up*
all of the sleeves, liners and some TP's are removed.... ready to pull the CDC casing!
Turbine:
Night shift removed the turbine casing... its all wrapped up due to the inclement weather. Daym drainage systems was USELESS and created the 6th US GREAT LAKE on 15th street. I was flipping out since water was about to submerge the new turbine hardware!! even more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ !!!!!

Generator:
My boy LArry told me late afternoon that he discovered some dusting on one of the stator bars. The dusting was caused by loose fiberglass ties rubbing against the frame. we are trying to source some RED EYE EPOXY to touch it up.. no biggie but im just VERY pissed since it was mentioned during the 11th hour of the generator work....right before we are ready to button it back up.

FME

FME=Foreign Material Exclusion
these guys are doing a pretty good job with FME.. see the yellow tape and red bags?
not too shabby!

Day 4 almost stripped.

Day four:
Generator: opened end shields and exposed windings. Looks okay.. thank GOD! We will find out once the inspection robot crawls into the entire body

Turbine:all of the piping and forward combustion cans have been removed. almost ready to take the CASING OFF! *gasp*

Crisis in the morning! When we opened one of the fuel nozzle boxes we noticed the interior packaging was damaged possibly caused by some careless handler. The fuel nozzles will need to be shipped out for testing and repair if necessary.

9 weeks of hell....day 2

I've officially entered the gauntlet of man vs. man vs. machine....oh yea mother nature too! We are at day two of a 9 week outage (24hours 7 days a week) of both turbines. The units have roughly 24,000 fired hours on the machine and requires an overhaul. Just as you would replace the timing belts on your car at 100,000miles, these power generating beasts require a hardware change out. I had the luxury of preparing for this long awaited outage now we will see how well the leg work paid off.
Photos are of the combustion turbine work where the turbine roof has been removed and 80% of the fuel piping.
In parallel with this work, we are preparing the generator for a "Magic" inspection which entails running a small robot into the field air gap for the inspection. The roof was lifted from the generator collector cab this morning and the mechanics are in the process of removing the end shields.
See the staging outside on 15th st. and the FDR... nice set up right?
Big shouts to the crew for being slightly ahead of schedule. keep the coffee and bagels coming in the morning..... stay tuned.
sorry about the poor quality photos with my phone.