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
@norbertwetoyi65505 ай бұрын
They are still using brushes on generator 😮😮😮. It's very tiresome, inspection and maintenance.
@tibozx9637 ай бұрын
We need channels like this to actually give engineers bk their voice,instead of politicians and journalists who actually failed maths
@modelcreationz6 ай бұрын
Absolutely... 😂
@ecologicaltime6 ай бұрын
thank you!
@paulsiebert48635 ай бұрын
Amen
@phalengholdings82396 ай бұрын
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
@kgapholasegadimanebethuel38735 ай бұрын
Unfortunately Politics will get in the way
@mphilisintonyela5 ай бұрын
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.
@ScissorN6 ай бұрын
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
@kgapholasegadimanebethuel38735 ай бұрын
Hope they bring you back
@manwithoutcountry17 ай бұрын
KUSILE is a ATM for the connected.
@craigfrancisy24u6 ай бұрын
Very true especially if you are part of the cartels
@sicelomlotywa1357Ай бұрын
🤔interesting
@phillipmmameshi35187 ай бұрын
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.
@ecologicaltime6 ай бұрын
Thanks
@tapiwajokomo27666 ай бұрын
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.
@davedixon20686 ай бұрын
some of the time
@abbym98866 ай бұрын
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!
@Revnge7Fold7 ай бұрын
Love your channel dude! Keep up the great work!!
@ecologicaltime7 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot
@muzihlungwane55406 ай бұрын
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.
@denniskhumalo1936 ай бұрын
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
@williamwatitwa3534Ай бұрын
Anyone with high school education should be able to explain electricity generation
@thandomashego91035 ай бұрын
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.
@hosealumadi58697 ай бұрын
This is a brilliant video. Well explained and I like the notes that popup every now and then
@Get-into-the-game6 ай бұрын
Ae you know, your work station bra yaka danko vir die hard werk sacrificing for your country risking life.
@tsikimupombwa58076 ай бұрын
@Musa ,very knowledgeable and easy going youngman keep up the good work learnt a lot from this humble engineer!
@kgotsoD7 ай бұрын
very detailed. This is excellent! Well done to all involved.
@gilliandeklerk33936 ай бұрын
Very professional and informative
@synthwave77 ай бұрын
Great channel - thanks for sharing all your knowledge.
@nkanyisoaubrey25147 ай бұрын
WOW THATS WAS WELL EXPLAINED, THANKS FOR DOING THIS DOCUMENTARY...
@aml64006 ай бұрын
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.
@kgapholasegadimanebethuel38735 ай бұрын
Definitely
@moosesnWoop6 ай бұрын
Title should be "How Electricity is NOT Generated in one of the World's Largest Coal-Fired Power Stations"
@awesomegraczgie21315 ай бұрын
why is that?
@xolanimpila6 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation of the generation process!... Well done!!
@furn23136 ай бұрын
Can't wait til' Eskom hires me to work here
@portiamsipa28186 ай бұрын
Well done very knowledgeable and informative.im Zimbabwean and work at a power station 👌
@TutukaMiningАй бұрын
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😇😇
@gibsonmzinda6 ай бұрын
Very knowledgeable young engineer .
@Septumsempra88187 ай бұрын
I'm watching this during load-shedding.
@rickmorty72846 ай бұрын
💀💀
@metalcake22886 ай бұрын
Apparently it's not finished yet.
@lungalunga14703 ай бұрын
@metalcake2288 i bet its been 200 years😂AnC criminals are unbelievable
@Nikx0126 ай бұрын
There are still some very excellent and hardworking people in eskom ❤
@basilkatakuzinos6596 ай бұрын
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.
@ecologicaltime6 ай бұрын
thank you
@blessingndlovu90376 ай бұрын
Nice stuff. Very informative and great watch for newly appointed engineer. Keep up the good work!
@Clemiristo6 ай бұрын
Should hav said "Kusile" is a Nguni word, because in Zulu,Xhosa,Siswati and Ndebele its the same
@R.I1007 ай бұрын
Biggest problem with Eskom is the high corruption and mafia type business happening inside of eskom.
@kgotsoD7 ай бұрын
very detailed. This is excellent! well done to all involved
@t.kmartin10266 ай бұрын
"How electricity is NOT generated at the Kusile power plant"
@justicemahlake976 ай бұрын
Excellent content, as one of the guardians I can relate and wish we could have more content like this😊
@senatlekagiso8666 ай бұрын
Thanks for this fascinating presentation, I am not an engineer but really enjoyed this content.
@martinblake11586 ай бұрын
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.
@louisdebruyn43956 ай бұрын
It should actually say how it is NOT generating power and just keeps on costing us more money
@hothmandonАй бұрын
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.
@draatman6 ай бұрын
can use this as a training video well done
@ecologicaltime5 ай бұрын
thank you that is the purpose of this video
@SibusisoMthembu77296 ай бұрын
This video was very helpful and important thank you
@masvingozimuto6 ай бұрын
Thank you for such an infomative documentary. If possible please may yiu produce another one on broadcasting centres like SABC.
@ThisRandomUsername6 ай бұрын
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.
@gregorymalchuk272Ай бұрын
38% maximum for a subcritial power station to 42% to 47.5% thermal efficiency for a supercritical power cycle.
@ThisRandomUsernameАй бұрын
@@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.
@gregorymalchuk272Ай бұрын
@@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.
@drmanhattanjunior3254Ай бұрын
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.
@wilsonmanana64686 ай бұрын
Truly grateful for this content 🙏🏾👌🏾
@ayandamasina38166 ай бұрын
Excellent presentation and a get to know of the Power plant, thank you.
@stevengill17366 ай бұрын
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?
@forevabright6 ай бұрын
this is the level i want to become on my job. i want to know everything about it
@nathamazambs29656 ай бұрын
48:35 change in phase of water is to maintain and creating vacuum which is very important in the efficiency of the turbines
@vusimahlobo53787 ай бұрын
Nicely done...
@Msendy1017 ай бұрын
The best GM ever! Hands down!!
@takithetutor83006 ай бұрын
Great turbine spinners, except the POLLUTION
@pierreschreuder73284 ай бұрын
Such a knowledgeable man whose work is spoiled by politics and corruption.
@handlemk6 ай бұрын
Excellent.. wow...
@nkeletsengsabasaba32686 ай бұрын
Insightful video
@Mshengu7 ай бұрын
Very informative, thank you very much for this.
@moosesnWoop6 ай бұрын
Awesome interesting video! Will ovefffer a lot of persepctive to the public!
@KatlehoMotake6 ай бұрын
Film a nuclear power station next, please.
@Mo_Ebee4 ай бұрын
Amazing! Thank you for this.
@mothagp67547 ай бұрын
@sasol we need something like this for the production of petrol from coal
@ntokozozondi35286 ай бұрын
So that we can produce our own 😅
@zubenathisobhuza7 ай бұрын
thank you Dr for such an informative video.
@afrikaazanialuti7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this informative video.
@Anon4Ever295 ай бұрын
Fascinating
@Jplay5735 ай бұрын
I work in a coal powered plant!
@Ngwanya20106 ай бұрын
This was awesome.
@brucenezambe80266 ай бұрын
Very informative thank you 👌🏼
@fezilebrilliant6726 ай бұрын
While they told us the coal is wet that’s why we have load shedding
@dienar37177 ай бұрын
Kusile is one of the prime examples of ANC corruption, a disgrace, a horror, nothing to be proud of.
@muzinhleko53806 ай бұрын
Great educational content
@44Mat6 ай бұрын
How the Hell did you get access to this footage this is Excellent😎😎😎😎....
@MduduziTshabalala6 ай бұрын
This is incredible
@jorgeparis52626 ай бұрын
I love it. Nice Content
@brucemcdonald85297 ай бұрын
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?
@heinvosloo457 ай бұрын
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
@brucemcdonald85297 ай бұрын
@@heinvosloo45 Thank you Hein.
@ecologicaltime7 ай бұрын
52:59 the power station can become a load on the grid and energy flows from grid to plant when plant is not generating
@modisamashishi2166 ай бұрын
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.
@brucemcdonald85296 ай бұрын
@@modisamashishi216 Many thanks Modisa. Always wondered and now I know.
@hermangoosen77566 ай бұрын
What an engineering disaster. I subcontracted on this project and re-done some jobs three times over due to other contractors destroying the work. There is a good reason why it went billions over budget and everything is constantly breaking down. Corruption ans sub standard construction work.
@souravsekharnayak2 ай бұрын
You didn't explained excitatir system and grid synchronization at all.
@simphiweradebe5426 ай бұрын
i love informative content like this ;).... keep it up
@jameserskine5326 ай бұрын
nice power station, would hate for this to break down or have any maintenance issues
@TutukaMiningАй бұрын
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.😅😅
@user-mm8jf3vk7q5 ай бұрын
so when will it actually be in full commission? It's been years and still not in full production...
@Hamilton_ZA6 ай бұрын
I'm watching this is stage 5 darkness 😂😂😂
@denlsgoulden23074 ай бұрын
Same as we have here in UK, 3000rpm to give 50Hz. Sadly we are getting rid of all our coal fired stations, not much in the way of effective replacements though 🙄
@nkullykabini98457 ай бұрын
nice 1 👏🏽
@mike1605436 ай бұрын
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
@churchillmphahlele20565 ай бұрын
so much explanations yet there is load shedding.
@topweddingsa40596 ай бұрын
Well done
@SA-Napalm6 ай бұрын
Love how it opens.. once it's complete... for 5 sacks.. its gone on long enough. Should have just bought solar panels and batteries..
@naughtiusmaximus8307 ай бұрын
Demineralized water tears the shit out of stainless steel.
@01thomasss6 ай бұрын
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?
@ecologicaltime5 ай бұрын
its a pity that coal is brought in via trucking and the supply is not very close to the plant.
@mxolisivilakazi55857 ай бұрын
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-zg1zw6 ай бұрын
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.
@philipread77416 ай бұрын
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.
@gregorymalchuk272Ай бұрын
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.
@Siyanda2666 ай бұрын
So this thing of telling us that there’s wet coal is a lie to keep us in Loadshedding
@craigfrancisy24u6 ай бұрын
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
@philipread77416 ай бұрын
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.
@ecologicaltime5 ай бұрын
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...
@Thulebeez5 ай бұрын
This is the type of content we need more physics less politics.
@souravsekharnayak2 ай бұрын
You have to explain excitator system and grid synchronisation. You blurred the central control room.
@ecologicaltime2 ай бұрын
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.
@denlsgoulden23074 ай бұрын
I would suggest the reason they dont use cooling towers in this application os nevause of a lack of cooling water supply in that location. Also as far as efficiency is concerned, it will take a lot of works power to energise those forced cooling fans 🙄
@naughtiusmaximus8307 ай бұрын
Coal makes much more sense than biofuels.
@user-vx4gn5el1p6 ай бұрын
Maybe consider g pin to the rotors to run it syst drive with magneto force.
@simplytrolling68697 ай бұрын
Current does not flow through any conductor… it flows around conductors…
@ecologicaltime7 ай бұрын
100% thank you. Technically electricity isn't generated either but that is the common language.
@modisamashishi2166 ай бұрын
I think you mean the magnetic field, but current flows through the conductor.
@simplytrolling68696 ай бұрын
@@modisamashishi216 dc current flows through the bulk cross section of conductors, while ac travels the skin or surface of layer of conductors.
@ntokozozondi35286 ай бұрын
@@simplytrolling6869so you mean I can touch the core of a live conductor and not get electrocuted??? 😮
@nogwajatv55886 ай бұрын
Modern Powerstation no Cooling Towers
@santoshpatnaik303 ай бұрын
Sir any 2 reasons why coal self ignited???
@jackcampbell24796 ай бұрын
I love it
@musethashonisani15376 ай бұрын
The joke iku.. We are the second biggest but we don't hv electricity in SA..😭