Calope Hydro Plant

Turnkey on-site overhaul of a hydro generator in Ecuador.

The Calope hydro power plant consists of two 9MW generators (720rpm - 6900V) coupled to Francis turbines.

The plant started operation in 2006 and is operated by Enermax.

In 2014, after a period of continuous operation without major incident, a routine electric maintenance performed by Leroy-Somer allowed to detect weak resistance spots on one of the rotors, requesting an immediate overhaul of the machines windings...

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