At the Height of Coronavirus Outbreak, an Overhaul of a Turbine was done by Employees of Persian Gulf Fajr Energy Company for more than 4,000 hours

Here is Persian Gulf Fajr Energy Company. A company which is responsible for supplying petrochemical companies located in PET. Zone with vital energy. It should be mentioned that electricity power, water, air and other essential services are considered as a part of products which this company provides to its customers. Consequently, stopping production of these products for a moment can cause irreparable damage to petrochemical industry.

We go to Power Plant of Fajr 1, Turbine No. 13, which produces 117 MW of electricity; according to turbine operating hours and its conditions, as well as its manufacturer’s instructions and roadmap, this turbine must be overhauled now; experienced experts and workers started to take appropriate actions and prepared the turbine to be overhauled on January 18^th, 2020.

On January 18^th, fifty working days were finished after starting the overhaul of the above – mentioned turbine by experts and workers and it is going to be run now. This overhaul has been done in four stages including turbine, generator, combustion chamber and Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG). In total, the overhaul of these parts has been carried out with opening and closing of more than 2000 parts and in 4264 man – hours.

These overhauls included visits, measuring, doing appropriate tests, replacing parts and modifying settings; required parts have been purchased with more than 4 million euros and replaced in these overhauls; moreover, reconstructing of those parts which could be reformed was done by Iranian companies.

In order to launch and overhaul this turbine, experienced experts and workers of this company could run the turbine at the specified time to maintain stable production conditions at the height of Coronavirus Outbreak and during New Year’s holidays.

These overhauls are part of the roadmap of Persian Gulf Fajr Energy Company, which has been created with the intention of maintaining the continuity of production and creating maximum efficiency.