https://www.engineeringnews.co.za
Coal|Gas|Generators|Power|Repairs|Service|Storage|Turbines|Maintenance|Turbines
Coal|Gas|Generators|Power|Repairs|Service|Storage|Turbines|Maintenance|Turbines
coal|gas|generators|power|repairs|service|storage|turbines-company|maintenance|turbines-person

Cascading problems after Kendal coal conveyor belt broke led to Stage 4

The Kendal power station

The Kendal power station

Photo by Creamer Media

13th September 2022

By: News24Wire

  

Font size: - +

Eskom had to jump to Stage 4 load-shedding on Tuesday morning after a coal conveyor belt broke at Kendal, leading to cascading problems and the failure of three units at the power station. 

"In the early hours of this morning a conveyor belt feeding coal into Kendal Power Station failed. To conserve coal, the power output of the generators was reduced, but this required fuel oil to be used to sustain the boiler combustion," Eskom said in a statement. 

"Subsequently, the fuel oil plant supplying the units experienced a failure and shut down. This resulted in the trip of the three generating units. The Kendal units are anticipated to return to service by the weekend." 

Before this a generating unit each at Arnot and Medupi power stations had been taken offline for emergency repairs.

Eskom said there has been "intense" use of its pumped storage schemes and open cycle gas turbines to fill the generation gap due to the breakdowns. 

"While some generation units are anticipated to return to service over the next 24 hours, it is necessary to increase the load shedding to conserve the emergency reserves." 

Eskom said that 5 446 MW is out on planned maintenance, while another 16 985 MW of capacity is unavailable due to breakdowns.

Stage 4 started at 10:00 on Tuesday and is expected to last until 05:00 on Thursday morning. After that it will be lowered to Stage 2 until midnight on Friday. 

Edited by News24Wire

Comments

Showroom

VEGA Controls SA (Pty) Ltd
VEGA Controls SA (Pty) Ltd

For over 60 years, VEGA has provided industry-leading products for the measurement of level, density, weight and pressure. As the inventor of the...

VISIT SHOWROOM 
Showroom image
Alcohol Breathalysers

Supplier & Distributor of the Widest Range of Accurate & Easy-to-Use Alcohol Breathalysers

VISIT SHOWROOM 

Latest Multimedia

sponsored by

Photo of Martin Creamer
On-The-Air (26/04/2024)
26th April 2024 By: Martin Creamer
Magazine cover image
Magazine round up | 26 April 2024
26th April 2024

Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):

Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format

Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):

All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.

Already a subscriber?

Forgotten your password?

MAGAZINE & ONLINE

SUBSCRIBE

RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA

SUBSCRIBE

CORPORATE PACKAGES

CLICK FOR A QUOTATION







sq:0.103 0.164s - 180pq - 2rq
Subscribe Now