The Shaturskaya GRES Branch of Unipro PJSC removed out of service its power units Nos. 1 through 3 for a scheduled repair. Medium repair works are scheduled at the unit No.2, current repair of equipment and correction of defects are scheduled at units Nos. 1 and 3. Examination of industrial safety of pipelines, manifolds, steam-circulating pipes is scheduled, as well. Repair of the stack No.1, which includes its examination and restoration of its internal and external coatings, shall be carried out simultaneously with the repair of the power units.
Works at power units Nos. 1 and 3 will continue until May 14; at power unit No.2, until May 24.
Additionally, within the repair campaign, the power plant started preparations for the major inspection of the combined-cycle gas turbine at the power unit No.7. The inspection will take place after 48 thousand operating hours of the power unit, commissioned in November 2010. In collaboration with a General Electric subcontractor, Shaturskaya GRES specialists prepared the work schedule, bill of required materials, and took actions aimed to improve the occupational safety and health during the inspection. These works will include the major repair of the gas and steam turbines and the generator. The major inspection will continue from mid-May to July 8, 2017; after that the power unit will be reconnected to the grid.