On February 6, 2023, Turkish time, two strong earthquakes occurred in Turkey within one day. Only 110 kilometers away from the epicenter, the Hunutlu Power Plant of SPIC Shanghai Electric Power in Turkey felt the earthquake strongly. After the earthquake, many power plants in Adana Province, where the Chinese-owned power plant is located, were severely damaged and shut down. The local power supply situation is severe. Among them, only the Hunutlu Power Plant invested and constructed by a Chinese-funded enterprise has a solid structure and no serious equipment damage. . At present, the unit of the power plant is running smoothly, providing safe and stable power guarantee for the rescue in the earthquake area.

Recalling the scene during the earthquake, Zhang Qingbin, director of Hunutlu Power Plant, had a deep memory. The earthquake happened at 4:17 in the morning. Everyone was asleep at that time. The violent vibration woke up all the employees. They shook first, then left and right. People could no longer stand or walk in the room. The bottles and cans on the desk, the cabinet, and the toiletries in the bathroom all fell off, and the wardrobe doors and drawers were also shaken open, and the items were scattered...

He introduced that the dormitory they were in was only on the second floor, and the risk was relatively small. At that time, there was strong wind and heavy rain outside. After observing for a period of time, the employees who ran out came back to the room, but they could not sleep anymore, and sat in their clothes. , make emergency preparations. Everyone reminded each other, opened the door, and discussed and discussed the follow-up measures. At that time, everyone was worried about aftershocks, concerned about the operation of the unit and whether the equipment was damaged. Many technical backbones went to check the equipment and factory buildings. The local employees were also very worried about the damage to their relatives and friends at home.

Zhang Qingbin further introduced that after the earthquake, three power plants around Adana Province, where the Hunutlu Power Plant is located, have suffered serious damage and shut down. The Hunutlu Power Plant is only 110 kilometers away from the epicenter. The second floor of the power plant's office building, the canteen and the first floor of the activity room are all temporary color steel houses. They are not seriously damaged, and some rooms have ceilings that have fallen off. The dormitory is a 2-story building made of concrete. Some rooms have tiny cracks. Other problems are not major and will not affect living.

Zhang Qingbin said that the factory area is located in a rural area far away from the urban area, and the houses are relatively low. No collapse occurred, but some were slightly damaged. The homes of some native employees living in Iskenderun City, Adana City, and Ceyhan County were damaged, collapsed, and uninhabitable, and then moved to dormitories in the factory to settle down one after another. As far as we know, there were no casualties among the Chinese employees of the power plant or the nearby villages, but there were varying degrees of casualties in several nearby cities, especially the city of Iskenderun.

repair in progress

The earthquake was the worst to hit Turkey since 1999. Zhang Qingbin said frankly that the earthquake affected all the employees of the power plant psychologically to varying degrees. The tragedy of the earthquake reported on the TV news made them sad, and they needed time to recover and adjust. At this critical juncture, the Chinese employees returned to calm relatively early, and after reporting safety to their domestic families, everyone began to engage in intense post-earthquake rescue and relief work. After the earthquake, Hunutlu Power Plant repaired the damaged equipment.

After the earthquake, the Hunutlu Power Plant repaired the damaged equipment

Zhang Qingbin said that affected by the earthquake, the hydrogen cooler of Generator No. 2 leaked, which seriously threatened the safe operation of the unit. According to conventional practice, Unit 2 needs to be shut down for maintenance, which will take at least three days. However, Turkey is currently at the peak of winter power consumption, and the power supply in the earthquake-stricken areas is even worse. The situation is very grim. Therefore, through repeated discussions, the technical team accurately analyzed the specific leakage location and immediately isolated it to control the leakage within the acceptable range to ensure the safe operation of the unit. The current load rate of No. 2 unit is 85%. He explained that when Turkey's electricity demand is not tight after a while, the power plant will arrange a planned shutdown for maintenance to completely solve the hydrogen leakage problem of the generator, and then the load of Unit 2 can be increased to 100%. Editor/He Yuting