Archived News
January 13, 2009
Engineering
Studies:
- Up-rate Study for The Essex Partnership 235 MVA
Generator/Motors.
- Up-rate Study for Hetch-Hetchy Water Power/City of San
Fransisco 50 MVA Generators.
- Complete Finite Element Analysis of Generator Rotor Spider
for The Essex Partnership.
Testing:
- Loss, Excitation, and Heat Runs on 235 MVA
Generator/Motors for The Essex Partnership
Manufacturing:
- 6 Surface Air Coolers complete with Support Shrouds for
Voith-Siemens
- 20 New Surface Air Coolers complete with support piping for
Corps of Engineers
- 12,000 Amp Shorting Bar used for Generator Short Circuit
Testing for Northfield Mt. Generator/Motors.
October 21, 2008
- GPEA moves to new 5,000 square foot manufacturing facility tripling our manufacturing capability.
January 2, 2008
Engineering
Studies:
- Up-rate Study for the Corps of
Engineer’s 29.47 MVA
Generator/Motor. Found to be feasible to up-rate to 36.37 MVa.
- Turbine Shaft Coupling to Switch Yard
Up-rate study for 325 MVA Unit as a Sub-Contract to
Devine-Tarbel & Associates (DTA). Found to be feasible to
up-rate to 455 MVA.
- Partial Up-rate Study for First
Light’s 235 MVA
Generator/Motor as a Sub-Contract to Essex Partnership. Found to be
feasible to up-rate to 333 MVA.
- Partial Up-rate Study for Oglethorpe
Power’s 314 MVA
Generator/motor as a Sub-Contract to American Hydro. Found to be
feasible to up-rate to 406 MVA.
- Performed a risk analysis on the 389 MVA
Dominion Resources Generator/Motor.
Testing:
- Loss, Excitation, and Heat Runs on
Oglethorpe Power Companys’
314 MVA Generator/Motor as a Sub-Contract to American Hydro
- Loss, Excitation, and Heat Runs on
324 MVA Generator/Motor as a Sub-Contract to DTA
- Heat Runs on 648 MVA Transformers
and Bus Duct as a Sub-Contract to DTA
Manufacturing:
- 4 Thrust Bearing Heating Systems as a
Sub-Contract to DTA
- 3 Oil Omission Systems as a Sub-Contract
to DTA/Duke Energy
- 72 Refurbished Surface Air Coolers for
the Corps of Engineers
- 2 Sets of Refurbished Surface Oil Coolers
for the Corps of Engineers
- 2 New Sets of Surface Oil Coolers for the
Corps of Engineers
- 2 New Surface Oil Coolers for
Voith-Siemens
- 16 New Surface Air Coolers
complete with Supports for
Voith-Siemens
Site
Refurbishment:
- Dismantled three 3.5 MVA
generators and Turbines for Pennsylvania Electric Coil/City of
Danville. Reinstalled three 4.25 MVA refurbished
Generators and
Turbines.
- Refurbished the voltage gradient system
on 50% of the Stator Coils at
the 52.6 MVA Kingsley Plant for Central Nebraska Public Power
Irrigation
District.
