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Loup Generator — Fall 2020

The Ruthie cabin cruiser makes a big splash in 1939, the Lake Babcock Amusement Resort works to develop the lake into a "boating mecca", protecting the piping plover and interior least tern at the Genoa Headworks.

The Ruthie cabin cruiser makes a big splash in 1939, the Lake Babcock Amusement Resort works to develop the lake into a "boating mecca", protecting the piping plover and interior least tern at the Genoa Headworks.

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Above: The inside of a digital<br />

governor cabinet at the Monroe<br />

Powerhouse.<br />

Right: The Monroe Powerhouse<br />

has three digital governors. The<br />

electric components are being<br />

replaced.<br />

Engineer at Voith, completed factory testing on site<br />

at the Monroe Powerhouse.<br />

Matson and <strong>Loup</strong> personnel followed a step-by-step<br />

procedure to calibrate the governor and make sure<br />

it interfaced correctly with auxiliary equipment.<br />

He also simulated different generator operations to<br />

ensure the alarms work correctly.<br />

Morton said these new governors are computerbased<br />

so they can be upgraded as needed. They are a<br />

definite improvement from the governors installed<br />

in 1997 and especially the original equipment dating<br />

to the 1930s.<br />

“When we went to digital governors we gained<br />

increased reliability and equipment protection that<br />

wasn’t available with the original equipment,”<br />

Morton said. “The digital governors made it possible<br />

to interface with SCADA systems and modern<br />

generator auxiliary support equipment.”<br />

Kent Matson, Lead Project Engineer at Voith Hydro, tested and<br />

commissioned the first of three digital governors at the Monroe<br />

Powerhouse in July.<br />

FALL <strong>2020</strong> 11

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