LOCKHART POWER / CITY OF COLUMBIA SC
COLUMBIA CANAL HYDRO PLANT
7 UNITS

10MW 

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NEW SWITCHGEAR, REWIRE, PLC CONTROLS, PROTECTION, HPU GATE CONTROLS, STATIC EXCITATION, AND FOUR DRAGRAKES

Columbia Canal was built in 1896 and was the first AC generating plant in the world to generate and transmit power to a textile mill. It is the second oldest continuously operating AC hydro plant in the world. NFEI contracted to design, fabricate and install all new equipment as shown below.

1896                                                                                                                   TODAY

 

OPEN BUS SWITCHGEAR

 ALL MEDIUM VOLTAGE WIRING REPLACED


 

 

ALL MEDIUM VOLTAGE WIRING REPLACED


 

OPEN BUS SWITCHGEAR

ALL MEDIUM VOLTAGE WIRING REPLACED


                     



OPEN BUS SWITCHGEAR

ALL MEDIUM VOLTAGE WIRING REPLACED

GENERATOR NAMEPLATE

ORIGINAL TURBINES

 

OPEN BUS AND 1980'S BREAKER RETROFIT

GENERATOR GALLEY BEFORE RENOVATIONS

 

1980'S WESTINGHOUSE WDPF CONTROLS

CONTROL RELAYS

 

1980'S CONTROL BOARD

 

TWIN-UNIT PLC CONTROL PANEL LOCATED BETWEEN TWO UNITS

REPLACES WDPF CONTROL

 

LOCAL TOUCH SCREEN HMI AND SEL 700 G PROTECTIVE RELAYS 

 

AUTOMATION DIRECT DO-MORE PLC PROVIDES FULL AUTOMATION AND PROTECTION

PLC CONTROL INCLUDES STATIC EXCITATION  VOLTAGE MATCHING AND VAR CONTROL

FULL AUTO SYNC FUNCTION

REAR VIEW OF SEL 700G PROTECTIVE RELAYS

 

FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM UNIT TO UNIT AND LOOKOUT HMI

 

 

32 DIGITAL INPUTS / 16 RELAY OUTPUTS / 8 4-20ma / 0-10VDC ANALOG INPUTS

0-10 ANALOG OUTPUTS

 

OVERALL VIEW OF REAR BACK PANEL

 

 

FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM UNIT TO UNIT AND LOOKOUT HMI

 

  

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