WaterMan22
Mechanical
- Apr 18, 2007
- 8
Is anyone aware of a procedure and/or design for installing maintenance platforms in the draft tubes of vertical hydro-turbines?
In one of our facilities we "float the boat". Which entails raising the water in the draft tube to just below the man-door and a maintenance person on a makeshift raft bolting the platform brackets to the wall. Obviously, not the ideal way to perform this work.
I am curious to know if there are any designs and/or procedures for installation that keep personnel safe during the process. Or what other utilities are using in their units.
Thanks in advance.
In one of our facilities we "float the boat". Which entails raising the water in the draft tube to just below the man-door and a maintenance person on a makeshift raft bolting the platform brackets to the wall. Obviously, not the ideal way to perform this work.
I am curious to know if there are any designs and/or procedures for installation that keep personnel safe during the process. Or what other utilities are using in their units.
Thanks in advance.