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A large section of the upper reservoir failed, draining over a billion gallons of water (4 million m³) in less than half an hour. There were no fatalities, but five people were injured. The failure resulted in permanent damage to the surrounding landscape and power generation did not resume until 2010. 2005 [13] [14] [15] Itaipu Dam: Paraná (BR)
A model of a power unit, comprising turbine and generator, of the Sayano-Shushenskaya power plant. Turbines of the type used in this power plant have a very narrow working band at high efficiency regimes. If this band is exceeded the turbines begin to vibrate, caused by the pulsation of water flow and water strokes.
The system had battery backup power, called an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), but, concurrently with the manual switch to the power system, that went offline before full power was restored. [34] An RVAMag report said that the IT battery backup system ran out too quickly, [ 18 ] after about an hour into the two-hour power loss. [ 36 ]
[7] [9] The Final Report of the Independent Review Board, released 11 months after the crisis, did not cite the outdated manual as a significant factor. [10] The dam complex was designed with four routes for water to pass from Lake Oroville: Through the hydro-electric generators, which have a combined maximum flow rate of 16,950 cu ft/s (480 m ...
Preliminary reports attributed the cause of the explosion to a test of the plant's energy systems. The plant was still under construction and scheduled to start supplying energy in June 2010. [38] The number of injuries was eventually established to be 27. [39] Five people died in the explosion. [40]
Cuba’s electrical grid shut down on Friday, plunging the whole country into a blackout after one of the island’s major power plants failed, according to its energy ministry.. In a statement on ...
An investigation is being caried out after a hospital was left running on battery power when its back-up generator “failed” during a power outage in the midst of Storm Eowyn, MSPs have been told.
A flooded engine is an internal combustion engine that has been fed an excessively rich air-fuel mixture that cannot be ignited. [1] This is caused by the mixture exceeding the upper explosive limit for the particular fuel. An engine in this condition will not start until the excessively rich mixture has been cleared. [2]