Hydro trash rack rake built by Riegel Textile (Engineering Materials)
The Fries, Virginia plant of the Riegel Textile Corporation of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, found it necessary to install a trash rack rake for proper operation of their hydro plant. They put the job out for bid, but when they received bids above budget they decided to build their own rack rake. Mr. Sanford Byrd, plant engineer, put together a design that included use of standard off-the-shelf items and readily available structural steel components. The rake was built by the Fries maintenance personnel for only $50,000. The unit operates hydraulically and runs on a set of tracks placed on the intake canal wall. This unit can be adapted to most low-head hydro projects. The information furnished in this package will allow you to build your own trash rack rake.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-79RA23213
- OSTI ID:
- 5233602
- Report Number(s):
- CAPE-2946; DOE/RA/23213-4; ON: TI85014867
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: 185 35-mm aperture cards
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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