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 />
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