The Year in Infrastructure 2007 - (Page 137) Tarucani Hydroelectric Power Plant engevix engenharia s.a. The Tarucani hydroelectric power plant in Peru has been designed to make use of the resources currently derived from the high basin of the Colca River, using a 342-meter head from the terminal tunnel inlet. In constructing hydroelectric power stations, designers need to be able to foresee hydraulic transients created by closings and openings of hydraulic control equipment, such as valves and gates. The use of Bentley’s hAMMER to calculate hydraulic transients at the Tarucani Plant’s penstock allowed visualization of the pressure in each point of the duct for conditions of closing. For instance, the formation of an air pocket caused by negative pressures could be visualized to reveal an interruption that could create very high overpressures. This information was inaccessible prior to using hAMMER. Oil Preparation & Refining and Gas Processing Complex at LLC Usinsk Refinery giprokauchuk Giprokauchuk’s goal was to provide detailed documentation for the Usinsk Refinery in Russia. With a capacity of 1 million tons of crude oil per year, the refinery’s goal was to increase that to 1.3 million tons of crude oil per year. The Giprokauchuk team’s challenge was to optimize the selection of pipes, valves, and fittings depending on pipeline classes. An interface provides data transfer from PlantSpace for pipeline strength and longitudinal stability design as well as into the software for insulation thickness design and selection of heat insulation materials. PlantSpace software was customized to issue detailed reporting data. Currently, more than 5,000 valve items of various design are included in the database. BE AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE 137
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