Eskom recently announced that Medupi’s Unit 1 produced power for the first time on 27 August 2019 at 17h36, generating 190 MW, making it the last of the six of the Medupi Power Station’s units to be synchronised to the national grid. The synchronisation process ensures that the new generating unit is aligned with all […]
Virtual Gas Network supplies large-scale industries with natural gas. Natural gas is in high demand, and industries should implement conversions sooner rather than later, to ensure access to the lower gas prices. The company currently delivers natural gas, in uninterrupted supply, to the equivalent of up to 736 400 l of diesel per site. Natural […]
Instrotech has developed an acoustic steam leak detection (ASLD) measurement system called Inspecta, currently in use in the boilers of power generating facilities worldwide. The current system Inspecta FFT, first released some 20 years ago, is reaching its end-of-life, and the company’s design engineers felt the time was right to upgrade to newer technology, by […]
An exclusive ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today at the new Sasol and BP Southern Africa Alrode depot. The multi-million rand fuels depot is the culmination of a four-year construction project, commissioned by Joint Venture Partners to address fuel storage and throughput constraints and to improve customer service levels. The depot ensures a minimum storage capacity […]
In order to improve the performance of Hydro-Québec’s turbines and generators and to make maintenance as simple as possible, the company uses the latest technology from the Siemens PLM software solution portfolio. With this solution, onsite tests and measurements can be performed at the generators, which provide important information about the systems’ status. Based on […]
Skyriders Access Specialists set a new record when it deployed its Elios SkyEye confined-space drone for the first time in the massive internal space of the back-pass ducting at a major coal-fired power station in Limpopo. The back-pass ducting conveys the hot exhaust gases and fly ash to the precip hoppers, and ultimately to the […]
World Environment Day, which encourages worldwide awareness and action for protecting the environment, is celebrated on 5 June each year. This year’s theme was “Air Pollution”. Fossil fuel combustion is the biggest contributor to air pollution. The leading culprits are traffic, factories and power plants. Power plants which burn coal to produce electricity emit hazardous […]
Magnetic particle inspection (MPI), a form of non-destructive resting (NDT), is far more cost-effective and efficient as a maintenance method if it is carried out using rope access. This was proven recently at a large coal-fired power station in Limpopo, where Skyriders Access Specialists was called upon to examine three specific areas in a large […]
Comtest, the local representative of Industrial Scientific, has announced that firmware version 2.1 for Ventis Pro Series multi-gas monitors is now available and offers support for additional sensor and language options. Ventis Pro Series monitors are small, highly configurable instruments which offer Lens wireless and a guaranteed-for-life warranty. The new sensors for these monitors include […]
Any industry with a boiler installed has a potential for cogeneration using a steam turbine. The electricity cost savings usually pay back the investment in less than three years, but this payback period can be further reduced depending on the applicable electricity price tariff in effect. Power plants, sugar mills, pulp and paper mills, steel […]
