ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRO-MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF BAKOLORI SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANT FOR REFURBISHMENT AND MODERNIZATION

K. R. Ajao, A. A. Ogunmokun, F. Nangolo, S. Shaanika, O. S. Balogun

Abstract


The 3.2 MW Bakolori small hydropower plant was commissioned in 1978 but has been out of operation since 1989 after a decade of continuous operation. The self-priming pumping unit installed to evacuate leakage water from the turbine’s carbon seal of the coupler was damaged and allowed water seepage to mix with oil in the turbine resulting in plant shut down. Upgrading the electromechanical components of the plant by refurbishment or modernization will lead to increase efficiency and reliability of the plant.


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