HERMISTON GENERATING PLANT

HERMISTON GENERATING PLANT

IN Electrical Projects, IT Projects, Turbine Installations
Investor Name:
HERMISTON GENERATING PLANT
Published Date:
November 4, 2020
Location:
PORTLAND, OR
Value:
$165K
Architecture:
About Project

Scope of Work: Electrical Installation
Removal of all instrumentation required to support diffuser changeout.
This included:
• All bearing instrumentation (vibration, thermocouples, etc.)
• All bearing fire detection instrumentation and electrical
• Exhaust thermocouples
• Third Stage wheel space thermocouples routed through bearing tunnel
• Under direction of Generator Specialist, determinate Unit 1 Gas & Steam Turbine Generator Main and Neutral Leads in preparation for Unit 1 Gas Turbine Generator Major
Inspection.

PROJECT BACKGROUND:
Hermiston Generating requested electrical upgrade installation services for Gas & Steam Turbines

PROJECT CHALLENGES:
(1) Working in multiple confines spaces with the mechanical team with a very tight job completion schedule for gas turbine (Mechanical issues resulted in schedule delays)

PROJECT SOLUTIONS:
(1) Assigned 1 team member to support the mechanical side to help them get back on schedule & obtained approval from the customer to start pre-installation services on
the exterior of the steam turbine while it was operating (Ran conduit, mounted panels, etc.)

PROJECT RESULTS:
Completed both turbines on time, under budget & on schedule