LOWER BAKER

UNIT 4
POWERHOUSE

INTRODUCTIONS

JASON MCLAUCHLIN
PROJECT ENGINEER

DANNY ROBERTS
FIELD ENGINEER

PROJECT TEAM

THE PROJECT
32 MW Francis Turbine/Gen
1000 Steel Lined Power Tunnel
Subterranean Concrete Structure
and Tailrace: 7,949CY placed
Mechanical and Electrical Building
Systems
Integrated Facility Controls of
Units 3 and 4
Upgraded Unit 3 controls and
Governor
Synchronous Bypass

PROJECT GOALS
Manage In-stream
Flows of the Baker and
Skagit Rivers
Restore Facility
Generating Capacity
Lost in 1960s landslide
Maintain Water Supply
to Lower Baker Adult
Fish Trap

PROJECT STRATEGY
Design-Build Delivery
Collaborative Team Approach
Focus on achieving PSEs
performance requirements
Phased Design and
Construction

CONSTRUCTION

PHASE I - EXCAVATION

PHASE 1 EXCAVATION

PHASE 1 EXCAVATION

PHASE 1 EXCAVATION

PHASE 1 EXCAVATION

PHASE II TUNNELING

PHASE II - TUNNELING

Surge Shaft Tie In

1000LF
Drill and shoot
12 dia steel lining
Full Penetration Welding
Carboline Coating

PHASE II - TUNNELING
Unit 4 Tie-In
Bottom of 270
Surge Shaft
50LF in 22day
shutdown

Laser Scanned

PHASE II - TUNNELING

PHASE II - TUNNELING

PHASE II - TUNNELING

PHASE III POWERHOUSE

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Draft Tube
Elbow
Liner

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Scrollcase and
Stay Vanes

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Inlet Pipe
lowering
into
position for
fit up to
Scroll Case

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Fitting Pit
Liner onto
Scroll Case

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Structural work built
concurrently with
embedment of
turbine components

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Generator
Foundation Core

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Removable Draft Tube Cone
Tripping Runner/Turbine Shaft

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Installing Wicket Gates

Runner and Turbine Shaft

lowered onto Bottom Ring

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Lowering
Head Cover
over the
Turbine
Shaft

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Lowering
Bottom Ring
into
Powerhouse

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Lower
Bearing
Bracket
and Stator
prepped
for Rotor
install

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Tipping the Rotor
90tons

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Shaft Coupling
Lower Bearing Assembly

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Installing
the Slip Ring
Housing

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Turbine Pit and Cooling
water piping systems
nearing completion

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

Gate Guides for the
Draft Tube Gate

PHASE III - POWERHOUSE

GSU and
Transmission
Structures

PHASE IV TAILRACE

PHASE IV - TAILRACE

PHASE IV - TAILRACE

PHASE IV - TAILRACE

FINISHED PRODUCT

SUCCESSFUL PROJECT
Tunneling Operation Extremely Accurate
Achieved all Tolerances in Stacking Unit
Digital Upgrade of Unit 3 Control Room and
hydraulic system
Commercially Operational 100 days ahead of
schedule
Successful Overall Design Coordination with
Owner provided Unit
No interruptions to ongoing Unit 3 generation

LOWER BAKER
UNIT 4
POWERHOUSE

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