Know-how
Kilowatts for the island of maritinique
After surveys revealed an explosion in demand for electricity, and to cope with possible network cuts without penalizing users, EDF had to increase its capacity on Martinique. New generators of more than 1200 metric tons each were installed in 1995 in the Pointe des Carrières power station. Polyrésine had already been involved for a long time in the preparation of this project.
The diagnosis
TAs this was a new-build intervention, the diagnosis consisted of evaluating the scale of the work and of seeking technical proposals appropriate to what was at stake.Chocking each of the Sulzer 12RT 84 engines and their alternators had to be both reliable and stable...
The solution
Polyrésine proposed to proceed in the following manner: resurfacing and leveling the foundation cap and protecting it from seepage. Chocking the beams supporting the engine. Then chocking the engine on the beams with the resin. The procedure concerning the chocks for the alternator was to be the same.All the products used were NF standardized and had high performance characteristics.
The Polyrésine solution is:
- The choice of quality.
- The guarantee of good resistance and long life of the application,
- The insurance against deterioration, with products recognized for their mechanical qualities of resistance and elasticity.
Site memories...
The preparations left nothing to chance: 2 years of research and exchanges with EDF preceded the actual installation. Polyrésine drew up a Quality Assurance Plan satisfying EDF specifications, with a view to mastering each phase of the work.The project itself was long, 3 months of preparation then 1 month of chocking, for the one technician who went out from Paris, assisted by local workers. The impression remains that it was something of gigantic proportions: the size of the engines, the scope of the work, hundreds of meters of poured resin…
And finally, more than one more year after Polyrésine completed the work, the Electricity fairy created even more magic under the palm trees, competing with the tropical sun for the greater comfort of the people of the Island of Reunion.