How Electricity is Generated in one of the World's Largest Coal-Fired Power Stations - KUSILE

[@ecologicaltime]

0:00 Introduction 0:52 The Water Treatment Plant 4:07 Fuel Oil 7:15 Coal Stockpiles 10:24 Crushing and Burning the Coal 19:34 Overview of Steam and Turbines 21:04 The Generator Floor 28:05 Cooling the Generator 33:40 Overview of Measuring Generator Voltage and Current 35:42 Generator Busbars 36:24 Stepping up the Generator Voltage 39:32 Why Voltage must be Stepped Up 44:26 The Sound of 400kV 46:43 The Dry Cooling System 47:37 The Sound of Kusile's Dry Cooling System 50:12 Powering the Plant: Unit Transformer 53:23 Byproducts and Pollution 56:25 The Control Room 1:00:30 Managing the Power Plant 1:13:33 Credits

[@norbertwetoyi6550]

They are still using brushes on generator 😮😮😮. It's very tiresome, inspection and maintenance.

[@mphilisintonyela]

Musa Ngwane knows his job,it sounds like he knows everything there as a senior engineer. He is the person who should explain to the county when things are not working. He should be the minister of electric or the next Eskom ceo. Great stuff, Mfo ka Ngwane.

[@phalengholdings8239]

i am so proud of this guy, he speaks sense with confidence, i see the next CEO of eskom who understands the process of power generation

[@kgapholasegadimanebethuel3873]

Unfortunately Politics will get in the way

[@absaly]

coal gas oil is about 25% efficient and 10% loss due to continous generation (NO storage for excess electricity production) so its really 15% efficient... no wonder theres global warming !

[@Tizza.21]

We need channels like this to actually give engineers bk their voice,instead of politicians and journalists who actually failed maths

[@modelcreationz]

Absolutely... 😂

[@ecologicaltime]

thank you!

[@paulsiebert4863]

Amen

[@thandomashego9103]

Beautiful content, just what we need in South Africa, our own Megastructures content, very inspiring especially for the kids, students and pupils, Please do more, the biggest dams, biggest sewer treatment plants, Biggest Water Treatment Plant, deepest mine, longest road construction projects and so on .... include drone images too, talk to me for that.

[@abbym9886]

I am so proud of the engineers at Kusile Power Station. This video made me so happy as the talent at Kusile Power Station was showcased. This video proves that there are capable engineers in South Africa. Keep up the good work all technical staff at Eskom!

[@gilliandeklerk3393]

Very professional and informative

[@tapiwajokomo2766]

Thank you for this very informative and technically well explained documentary. Hats off to all the dedicated Engineers and Technicians who are keeping this vital infrastructure running 24/7.

[@davedixon2068]

some of the time

[@Revnge7Fold]

Love your channel dude! Keep up the great work!!

[@ecologicaltime]

Thanks a lot

[@phillipmmameshi3518]

Excellent content and greatly presented. As someone who who studied mechanical engineering, I could relate easily. I just don't understand why it's taking so long to complete this project, seems like it is cash cow for certain connected individuals.

[@ecologicaltime]

Thanks

[@xolanimpila]

Excellent presentation of the generation process!... Well done!!

[@hosealumadi5869]

This is a brilliant video. Well explained and I like the notes that popup every now and then

[@SA_CrimeWatch]

I am proud to have been part of the team that built this powerstation, i was there when Unit 1 was built and left few days after it got commissioned😅 we used to earn a lot of money yoh as Artisans i miss those days

[@kgapholasegadimanebethuel3873]

Hope they bring you back

[@kgotsoD]

very detailed. This is excellent! Well done to all involved.

[@tsikimupombwa5807]

@Musa ,very knowledgeable and easy going youngman keep up the good work learnt a lot from this humble engineer!

[@synthwave7]

Great channel - thanks for sharing all your knowledge.

[@manwithoutcountry1]

KUSILE is a ATM for the connected.

[@craigfrancisy24u]

Very true especially if you are part of the cartels

[@sicelomlotywa1357]

🤔interesting

[@aprilsmith3683]

"Was" an ATM... Corruption was rife... Being addressed... For example... British ex CEO subcontractor who misappropriated over one billion rand has been extradited and is facing seven charges... 🇿🇦

[@bulelaniskaap683]

Excellent work Philip, wish you do more of these videos, it's educational and informative. Eskom team was great and know their job.

[@muzihlungwane5540]

I'm so happy to see South Africans with the ability to explain and take us through the details of electricity production. It shows some progress in education and capacitating ordinary people in running mega-projects. We need to see more of this type documentation in other fields as well.

[@denniskhumalo193]

South Africans are always good, is just the ANC tht has undermined us by importing poor & cheap labour from countries they're in exile and those countries tht said they supported their nonsense freedom struggle cowards. This is a good country more of out ANC government out of power, they're destroyers of good infrastructure built by apartheid government izinja

[@williamwatitwa3534]

Anyone with high school education should be able to explain electricity generation

[@nkanyisoaubrey2514]

WOW THATS WAS WELL EXPLAINED, THANKS FOR DOING THIS DOCUMENTARY...

[@Get-into-the-game]

Ae you know, your work station bra yaka danko vir die hard werk sacrificing for your country risking life.

[@portiamsipa2818]

Well done very knowledgeable and informative.im Zimbabwean and work at a power station 👌

[@gibsonmzinda]

Very knowledgeable young engineer .

[@furn2313]

Can't wait til' Eskom hires me to work here

[@blessingndlovu9037]

Nice stuff. Very informative and great watch for newly appointed engineer. Keep up the good work!

[@basilkatakuzinos659]

All your videos are amazing,I've become the handyman of my friends and family by learning from your channel, I really like this longer format documentary video, super cool and informational, more so than anything you'll find on TV today.

[@ecologicaltime]

thank you

[@kgotsoD]

very detailed. This is excellent! well done to all involved

[@Nikx012]

There are still some very excellent and hardworking people in eskom ❤

[@moosesnWoop]

Title should be "How Electricity is NOT Generated in one of the World's Largest Coal-Fired Power Stations"

[@awesomegraczgie2131]

why is that?

[@aprilsmith3683]

Five of the six units are online and fully operational... The sixth and final unit will be up and running by the end of November 2024... 🇿🇦

[@Msendy101]

The best GM ever! Hands down!!

[@Clemiristo]

Should hav said "Kusile" is a Nguni word, because in Zulu,Xhosa,Siswati and Ndebele its the same

[@siphomolefe7233]

We need content like these to motivate, encourage our learners and also to teach citizens what is happening behind that switch or plug in their homes. This is great

[@TutukaMining]

Eskom Top performing General Manager is Mr Terrence Masilela, the power stations are coming back to life because of his , one the best Engineers buy far😇😇

[@SibusisoMthembu7729]

This video was very helpful and important thank you

[@justicemahlake97]

Excellent content, as one of the guardians I can relate and wish we could have more content like this😊

[@Unknown124k]

Im glad they being guided by engineering people instead of some marketing person who knows nothing about the plant. Engineers on this clip knows their job because they can explain the process smoothly and in basic terms for anyone to understand.

[@kgapholasegadimanebethuel3873]

Definitely

[@BigAmp]

Brilliant feature. Brings back memories of m earlier working days 40 years ago on steam power station construction though much smaller than Kusile (only 4 x 250MW gas/oil/coal fired sub-critical). Great places steam power stations.

[@senatlekagiso866]

Thanks for this fascinating presentation, I am not an engineer but really enjoyed this content.

[@ayandamasina3816]

Excellent presentation and a get to know of the Power plant, thank you.

[@wilsonmanana6468]

Truly grateful for this content 🙏🏾👌🏾

[@martinblake1158]

A very informative video explaining the broad process used in coal fired boilers for electricity generation. There are some discrepancies about the process and equipment though, specifically in relation to Kusile.

[@Mo_Ebee]

Amazing! Thank you for this.

[@vusimahlobo5378]

Nicely done...

[@Mshengu]

Very informative, thank you very much for this.

[@masvingozimuto]

Thank you for such an infomative documentary. If possible please may yiu produce another one on broadcasting centres like SABC.

[@moosesnWoop]

Awesome interesting video! Will ovefffer a lot of persepctive to the public!

[@ThisRandomUsername]

This was a very interesting watch. It would have been nice if you were to ask what their efficiencies are. One of the advantages of supercritical power plants is their high efficiency, but it would be nice to know the actual efficiency numbers.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

38% maximum for a subcritial power station to 42% to 47.5% thermal efficiency for a supercritical power cycle.

[@ThisRandomUsername]

@@gregorymalchuk272 Thanks Gregory! So this power station is not too far behind the most efficient. It's sad that we cannot operate at much higher temperatures to increase efficiency more, but I assume that would need a different working fluid.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

@@ThisRandomUsername Materials science and first cost including cost of materials is what limits initial steam conditions. The hottest superheaters are barely dabbling with austenitic stainless steels. I don't know of any station using inconel or other super alloys in superheaters. One way around this is increasing the average temperature of heat addition to the cycle with double reheat. All of the most efficient thermal power stations are double reheat, Philo Unit 5, Eddystone, Nordylland, Avogdore, Wai Gao Qiao Unit 3, etc.

[@handlemk]

Excellent.. wow...

[@afrikaazanialuti]

Thank you for this informative video.

[@Septumsempra8818]

I'm watching this during load-shedding.

[@rickmorty7284]

💀💀

[@metalcake2288]

Apparently it's not finished yet.

[@lungalunga1470]

​@metalcake2288 i bet its been 200 years😂AnC criminals are unbelievable

[@draatman]

can use this as a training video well done

[@ecologicaltime]

thank you that is the purpose of this video

[@Ngwanya2010]

This was awesome.

[@muzinhleko5380]

Great educational content

[@nathamazambs2965]

48:35 change in phase of water is to maintain and creating vacuum which is very important in the efficiency of the turbines

[@brucenezambe8026]

Very informative thank you 👌🏼

[@zubenathisobhuza]

thank you Dr for such an informative video.

[@jorgeparis5262]

I love it. Nice Content

[@drmanhattanjunior3254]

i fell in love with boilers from starting my new job dealing with a 5mw firetube boiler, i have been running it for five years from water to the final product, what a beautiful feat of engineering i just wished people didn't take this stuff for granted, we would be making a lot better decisions politically.

[@R.I100]

Biggest problem with Eskom is the high corruption and mafia type business happening inside of eskom.

[@neogiftletebele9126]

Excellent

[@nkeletsengsabasaba]

Insightful video

[@pierreschreuder7328]

Such a knowledgeable man whose work is spoiled by politics and corruption.

[@simphiweradebe542]

i love informative content like this ;).... keep it up

[@MduduziTshabalala]

This is incredible

[@GOAT4Ever29]

Fascinating

[@atk55]

wonderful

[@t.kmartin1026]

"How electricity is NOT generated at the Kusile power plant"

[@nkullykabini9845]

nice 1 👏🏽

[@brucemcdonald8529]

Thanks for an informative look at how and where our electricity comes from. Questions -When a power station first starts up, from what you've shown, it would require outside power, yes? If so, where would that come from? Once it is producing "its own power", I assume the power station consumes its own power, where required, yes?

[@heinvosloo45]

There must be external power during the start-up. This is obtained via the transmission grid by another power station or, if none are available during a national blackout, this power will be obtained from pumped storage stations in the Drakensberg

[@brucemcdonald8529]

@@heinvosloo45 Thank you Hein.

[@ecologicaltime]

52:59 the power station can become a load on the grid and energy flows from grid to plant when plant is not generating

[@modisamashishi216]

There's a unit out of the 6 units that is called auxiliary unit, it supplies all the electrical component with power...hope that answers you.

[@brucemcdonald8529]

@@modisamashishi216 Many thanks Modisa. Always wondered and now I know.

[@topweddingsa4059]

Well done

[@01thomasss]

Why must coal be supplied to Kusile by truck? Wasn't Kusile built at this location so that coal could be supplied by conveyor belt, as at other power stations?

[@ecologicaltime]

its a pity that coal is brought in via trucking and the supply is not very close to the plant.

[@stevengill1736]

Interesting that hydrogen gas is used for generator cooling....I believe it supresses arcing as well. Also, what kind of huge inverter do they have to energize the stator? If anyone wants to see what power plant control rooms look like, a YT channel called "The Proper People" features urban explorers that have visited closed power stations.... beautiful engineering and classic art deco architecture. This plant is on another level - however one feels about coal, it's clear that they're doing everything they can to make it more efficient. Someday this plant will be energized by geothermal or fusion, who knows?

[@forevabright]

this is the level i want to become on my job. i want to know everything about it

[@craigfrancisy24u]

So how is it possible that we use more electricity after 16:00when companies close at that time an all workers are traveling at that time

[@philipread7741]

Evening peak.Every country has a different peak time. Depends on climate, heating or air conditioning demands. Or people cooking food and making hot drinks.

[@ecologicaltime]

the demand ramps up from afternoon as the millions of people go home to cook and bathe collectively is a huge demand. This is also the time when consumers use most of their electricity, lights, TVs etc...

[@44Mat]

How the Hell did you get access to this footage this is Excellent😎😎😎😎....

[@ot.bot.249]

So do they have 5 mills for each unit and a 2 fans for each unit?

[@mothagp6754]

@sasol we need something like this for the production of petrol from coal

[@nbz3528]

So that we can produce our own 😅

[@Jplay573]

I work in a coal powered plant!

[@hothmandon]

Simcity 2000 first taught me the word "power plant" when I was 6 years old. Back then, I thought it was the facility that grew special plants that gave off electricity. That's when I had to learn the hard way that it's more complicated than that.

[@KatlehoMotake]

Film a nuclear power station next, please.

[@louisdebruyn4395]

It should actually say how it is NOT generating power and just keeps on costing us more money

[@MartinKotze-n3t]

so when will it actually be in full commission? It's been years and still not in full production...

[@souravsekharnayak]

You didn't explained excitatir system and grid synchronization at all.

[@fezilebrilliant672]

While they told us the coal is wet that’s why we have load shedding

[@TutukaMining]

Eskom Top Performing Power Station General Manager to date is( Mr Terrence Masilela ), powers are coming back to life under his leadership best engineer by far.😅😅

[@jameserskine532]

nice power station, would hate for this to break down or have any maintenance issues

[@souravsekharnayak]

You have to explain excitator system and grid synchronisation. You blurred the central control room.

[@ecologicaltime]

Eskom did not allow us to show the footage in the control room owing to the law in SA. The control room is considered a key point and not allowed to be in the media.

[@jackcampbell2479]

I love it

[@marabunya]

09:30 - There is no point anywhere in the operations of electricity production where Eskom Kusile Power Station "wets" the stored coal to avoid spontaneous combustion. The coal is simply compactified immediately after it is offloaded from the trucks to eliminate development of air pockets within the heap.

[@takithetutor8300]

Great turbine spinners, except the POLLUTION

[@mike160543]

Three crucial units at Kusile, the problematic, unfinished power station beset by fire and the collapse of a flue duct, which is at the heart of the corruption case against former acting Eskom CEO Matshela Koko, are all expected to be back online by the end of the year.11 Sept 2023 “Only 10 years late and 1000% over budget

[@conradroedern2514]

Excellently presented. But still for me the transition to renewables with storage should be much swifter. SCATEC PV with BESS at Kenhardt is a good example and there are international investors on standby for more. Go smaller, modular and less centralised. Have privately owned storage added to all new and existing Solar and Wind parks and provide regulations so that storage can be operated profitably by investors.

[@naughtiusmaximus830]

Demineralized water tears the shit out of stainless steel.

[@santoshpatnaik30]

Sir any 2 reasons why coal self ignited???

[@StefanoWiehahn]

Maybe consider g pin to the rotors to run it syst drive with magneto force.

[@mxolisivilakazi5585]

There actually no need to use the HP, IP and LP stages of having the generator turned.. I work for a company that’s uses methane gas fueled SGT 400 SIEMENS turbines which run at minimum 9600 output power where 2 eskom turbines can be interconnected and run at the same speed. How I hope super heated steam can be done away with and have methane gas generate our electricity NO MORE LOADSHEDDING FOR SA.

[@George246-zg1zw]

Nice thought but as long as we have the ANC interfering in any system things are not going to work like intended. Railways Harbours Post Office Denel you name it and we can see the decay. There was a similsr video about a power station in the U.K.. difference is like chalk an cheese.

[@philipread7741]

Those big gas turbines drive a generator off their output shaft. The hot exhaust gases go to steam generator raise steam for use in a steam turbine to drive generator also. Its called a combined cycle gas turbine power plant. You won't get away easily from steam in thermal power generation.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

The only cost-effective way to use methane for base load power generation is to use the hot turbine exhaust to boil water to drive a steam turbine which provides about a third of the power.

[@Y_Hamilton]

I'm watching this is stage 5 darkness 😂😂😂

[@KieraCameron514]

Why wouldn't you burn the oil and propane in combustion turbines (especially run in a combined cycle)?

[@caidenrandall5034]

No Deaerator ?????

[@philipread7741]

The feed heating system was not discussed at all.

[@SA-Napalm]

Love how it opens.. once it's complete... for 5 sacks.. its gone on long enough. Should have just bought solar panels and batteries..