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CAUSE OF FAILURE
Short Circuit
Human Violence 5%
5%
Force Majeure
9%
Weather Event
Temperature 31%
9%
• The flood may make the plant inoperable with the submergence of
outdoor switchyard equipment and control boards in powerhouse.
• It may cause the water inlet and tail water outlet to close, and
accumulation of debris, mud and boulders
•Those cables may have many cracks, scratches, rubbing and dust
accumulation at the sheath and insulation layer, and the insulating
property may be seriously degraded under the wet condition and this lead
to short circuit.
• Close the cable penetration of wall with anti-fire materials ensure the
escape routes.
FIG 1: Fire Occur at Srisailam Hydroelectric Plant
( Source:- Indiatoday Newspaper)
TURBINE TROUBLE
Generator has many troubles in the stator, rotor, bearings, exciter etc.
The serious generator failures are the electric breakdowns of stator and
rotor windings as well as the mechanical breakdowns of bearings, stator
and rotor components etc.