“Turboatom” handed over to the customer a distributor for Kaniv HPP

In October 2019, JSC “Turboatom” handed over to the customer the fourth distributor out of seven planned for the ПЛ-15-ГК-600 type turbine for Kaniv HPP (station number 13).

Previously, the specialists of Kharkiv enterprise handed over to the representatives of PrJSC “Ukrhydroenergo”, acting as a customer, servomotors and an oil receiver.

It is also worth noting that the details of the production of “Turboatom” for this order are 100% manufactured.

According to the contract signed in November 2016, the company will manufacture and supply 7 fully-equipped ПЛ 15-ГК-600 hydraulic turbines for the reconstruction of two power units of Kaniv HPP.

This contract was the result of the first joint participation of “Turboatom”, which was the general contractor, and its partners - SE “Plant Elektrotyazhmash” (supply of seven generators under the contract) and the Consortium “RPA Ukrhydroenergobud” (supply of eight auxiliary systems of hydraulic units and installation supervision under the contract) An agreement on cooperation between partners was signed in October 2015. The contract is designed for several years; the final delivery date for all equipment is the end of May 2021.

The EBRD money tender took place in two stages over three years. In terms of price and quality, “Turboatom” defeated its competitors - the German consortium ANDRITZ HYDRO and the Chinese company Power China-Nari.

Note for information. The distributor controls the flow of water through the turbine, and also stops the access of water to the runner and to the downstream. Structurally, it is made of a conical type with 24 blades. The distributor includes: the outer and inner rings, the regulating ring, blades with swing mechanisms, etc. The blades are controlled by two servomotors through the rotation mechanisms of the blades and the regulating ring.

The rotation of the blades of the distributor is carried out synchronously with the rotation of the runner blades in combinatorial dependence, providing shock-free inleakage of flow on the runner blades and, as a result, the optimal turbine efficiency.