Saturday, June 25, 2011

Russian Hydro-Electric Explosion, Part Three

This is the last part our series on the  'explosion' at the Sayano-Shushenkaya hydro-electric plant in 2009.











Estimated cost to repair the damage is over M$310.

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Russian Hydro-Electric Explosion, Part Two

Continuing on with our series on the  'explosion' at the Sayano-Shushenkaya hydro-electric plant in 2009.



The two photos above are taken from the same angle. Before and after.





There's the turbine.





The final part will be next week.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Russian Hydro-Electric Explosion, Part One

In August 2009, there was a large 'explosion' in the Sayano-Shushenkaya hydro-electric plant.

What occurred was that a catastrophic water-hammer incident ejected the No. 2 Turbine and its associated equipment (some 900 tonnes worth) from its seat.

While not a true explosion, as you can see from the photos below, the damage is on par with a large explosion.

In the days that followed the incident, over 76 people were found dead.

The dam before the incident:







And after the incident.



Continued next week.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Oxy-Acetylene Explosion

These amazing set of photos are from some oxy-acetylene cylinders that leaked then ignited in the back of a van. As you can see, the damage spread out over a very wide area.