Method for installing an electric power plant
AssigneeTokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuo Ogimoto, Tomohiro Inoue, Susumu Tanaka, Yoshio Kobayashi
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Abstract
A method for installing an electric power plant comprises preparing a plant yard in the form of a shallow pool connected to a water area. The electric power plant is in a package form comprising a floatable base, and is mounted on a submersible barge and towed. Near the plant yard, the package is unloaded and moved into the plant yard when the water is at a high level. Water is then introduced into a ballast tank of the base of the package to cause the package to sink onto the foundation forming the bottom of the pool.
Claims6
A method for installing an electric power plant comprising the steps of:
- preparing, at a site where the plant is to be installed, a plant yard in the form of a shallow pool having a foundation forming at least part of the bottom of said pool, said plant yard being connected to a water area whose level varies with time due to ebb and flow, the bottom of said pool being at a lower level of said water area at least when said water level is at a high water level,
- mounting, in a dockyard, equipment forming the plant on a floatable base to form a floatable package,
- submerging a submersible barge having ballast tanks,
- moving said package over said submersible barge for support thereon, said barge including ballast tanks,
- towing said barge with said package supported thereon to said water area,
- unloading said package from said barge by submerging said barge whereby said package floats,
- moving said package into said plant yard when the water is at a high level, and
- introducing water into said ballast tank of said base of said package to cause said package to sink onto said foundation.
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