CASE STUDY

Power Generation Hydro

Helicopter lift to critical equipment in Highlands

THE PROJECT

To design and manufacture an automated valve operating system for a remote eight megawatt hydro power station at Loch Sloy in the Highlands.

THE PROBLEM

The existing system was a hand operated arrangement requiring operators to travel up the hillside to the valve house by off-road vehicle to physically open or close the valve.

DESIGN BRIEF

  • Eliminate operator input.
  • Facilitate remote control operation.
  • A unitised construction is required to simplify installation and achieve a demanding commissioning programme.

THE SOLUTION

  • Design a system using a motor driven pump unit.
  • A suitable control system incorporating alarms for remote monitoring of system status.
  • Integrate system in to bespoke hydraulic circuit manifold assembly

THE OUTCOME

  • Client no longer has to make the long journey to site to operate the valve; the new hydraulic system is operated from central control.
  • Environmental concerns have been eliminated with the new leak-free system.
  • New system shall provide many years of trouble free operation.
  • The equipment was of course completed for the scheduled Helicopter delivery.
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