Kusile quick-fix will take at least 10 months - Eskom

Despite the obvious problems with the design, something got too dry or too wet. The build up in those pipes should not have that amount of build up in it. Not for the time frame that it was in use. I think there was human error involved here.
 
Neptuner said:
This is combination of poor workmanship and possibly design. But I highly doubt the design is the issue here. We saw on Medupi post-weld-heat-treatment was omitted in the boiler tubes construction, which is why those boilers kept on failing. The workmanship of contractors building power plants are just pathetic. In most cases you going to find its what we deem reputable OEM’s who are making these big schoolboy mistakes.

Whats astounding about this failure is the operating parameters around these ducts are not what I would refer to as severe. The duct is under negative pressure venting particulate through the smoke stack. This might be as result of movement or unaccounted vibrations between the scrubbers and the smoke stack. But here again these things are typically simulated prior during the design stages.

Anyways seems they can’t operate all three units as this damaged duct compromises the vacuum needed to vent the particulate.
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The design is not completely flawed, but it is easily sabotaged
Burning the wrong grade of coal and rocks will release all sorts of particles that will clog up these ducts which is what happened
Like any sophisticated machinery the intricacies need to be met or else it will break
 
TheChamp said:
Only 18 months...

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Eskom chair says it will take 18 months to two years to fix load shedding | Business

Eskom board chairperson Mpho Makwana says it will take 18 months to two years to fix load shedding, but there is no 'shortcut', and SA needs to play a role in terms of reducing demand.
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Laughable. Deeds not words. Easy to say things. Load shedding has been going on for 12 years. Only now that things are at a dire point, and elections are next year, so the pretend to jump into action. I don’t believe a word they say. Rather start showing us - and for starters get to the bottom of these cartels, start making arrests and convictions and keep the lights on.
 
Please help me understand. Currently, we are jumping up and down when it comes to load shedding.

As of writing this post, we are sitting on 24.3GW, and we are load shedding 5.3GW. Eskom's total capacity is around about 33GW. How the hell are we in the red? We are only missing about 8.5GW, give or take.

I don't understand.

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Romy_ said:
Please help me understand. Currently, we are jumping up and down when it comes to load shedding.

As of writing this post, we are sitting on 24.3GW, and we are load shedding 5.3GW. Eskom's total capacity is around about 33GW. How the hell are we in the red? We are only missing about 8.5GW, give or take.

I don't understand.

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I don't think Eskom does either.
 
Romy_ said:
Please help me understand. Currently, we are jumping up and down when it comes to load shedding.

As of writing this post, we are sitting on 24.3GW, and we are load shedding 5.3GW. Eskom's total capacity is around about 33GW. How the hell are we in the red? We are only missing about 8.5GW, give or take.

I don't understand.

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When you only have about 50% of the 44GW up and running you're short.
 
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Seriously, when has anc ever fixed anything.
 
Lupus said:
When you only have about 50% of the 44GW up and running you're short.
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According to those numbers, if we stopped LS, demand would still be less than available capacity and then we still have an extra 3GW on top.
 
wingnut771 said:
According to those numbers, if we stopped LS, demand would still be less than available capacity and then we still have an extra 3GW on top.
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I don't know anymore with Eskom, sometimes it does honestly feel deliberate as yesterday we shouldn't even had shedding but we did at stage 4 on a Sunday
 
Romy_ said:
Please help me understand. Currently, we are jumping up and down when it comes to load shedding.

As of writing this post, we are sitting on 24.3GW, and we are load shedding 5.3GW. Eskom's total capacity is around about 33GW. How the hell are we in the red? We are only missing about 8.5GW, give or take.

I don't understand.

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Where are you getting that? Looks like figures for the middle of the night. Maybe pumped storage recharge is not included in demand?
 
Could probably be done in 2 months if they just got down and did the repairs but the cadres need to make sure the tenders for repairs have enough gravy to feed all the BEE/cANCer fatfuk piggies
 
Mekon said:
Could probably be done in 2 months if they just got down and did the repairs but the cadres need to make sure the tenders for repairs have enough gravy to feed all the BEE/cANCer fatfuk piggies
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I mean the road collapsed on Hendrik Potgieter here close to me in December, it's now end of March, still can't use it. If this was any other country or time it would've been fixed in a week
 
Lupus said:
I mean the road collapsed on Hendrik Potgieter here close to me in December, it's now end of March, still can't use it. If this was any other country or time it would've been fixed in a week
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It's about 2 km's from me. I had a look it's not a sophisticated fix nor any fancy engineering required. The fill over the concrete pipes washed away so instead of filling up with earth it only needs proper refilling and support with gabians and surfacing.
 
Mike Angelo said:
It's about 2 km's from me. I had a look it's not a sophisticated fix nor any fancy engineering required. The fill over the concrete pipes washed away so instead of filling up with earth it only needs proper refilling and support with gabians and surfacing.
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Yup, yet it's now almost 4 months and nada
 
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