DocumentCode
1305142
Title
Fatal failures
Author
Acker, F.
Volume
6
Issue
7
fYear
2011
fDate
8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
66
Lastpage
69
Abstract
Poor maintenance, poor engineering and lack of emergency training causes a catastrophic accident at one of the world´s largest hydropower plants, some 75 people were killed, generators destroyed and the powerhouse extensively damaged. This paper discussed the major accident occurred at Sayano Shushenkaya hydroplant in Siberia. The causes for the failure are explored and maintenance of power plant is discussed.
Keywords
accident prevention; failure analysis; hydroelectric power stations; industrial accidents; power generation faults; catastrophic accident; emergency training; fatal failures; hydropower plant maintenance; load demands;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering & Technology
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1750-9637
Type
jour
Filename
5995257
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