Post by dptydawg on Apr 27, 2013 18:13:47 GMT -8
I have not been posting too many builds lately because I got conned into a winter works project that balooned a bit. The following story is rather long with lots of pics. Please read on.
BHWP Reboiler Model
Last fall I was asked by a local museum if I would restore an old engineering model that they had acquired when the Bruce Heavy Water Plant was decommissioned. The model was on its way to the dump when they rescued it. This model was originally built is the late 1960’s by Lummus Corporation as a design aid in construction of the plant. This was in the days before 3D CAD systems. Scale models were used to analyse piping layout and interference problems. The model had been badly abused over the years and spent the last several years in a barn on the museums farm which it shared with lots of unknown wildlife.
The model is of the reboiler system that converted high pressure steam produced by Douglas Point Nuclear station and/or the bunker-C fired steam plant to intermediate pressure steam that was used in the production of Heavy Water for the nuclear industry.
I have only been able to find one photo of the plant in that era
The end of the shadow of the smoke stack (centre right) points at the West pumphouse of the reboiler complex.
This is how the model looked when it arrived in my garage.
It was dirty. It was broken. It had things missing. We were unable to find any old drawings or photos, so restoring the model was like building a jigsaw puzzle with no picture and not all the pieces. After over 100hrs of hands on restoration I rolled the finished model outside yesterday for some pictures. The model is oriented like the prototype so the shadows should be right.
The model is 1/32nd scale and measures 72”X30”X~24”.
Ariel view looking North West.
The Peterbilt is a modified 1/32nd scale Nu-Ray model. It is the same scale as the reboiler model.
Notice the 1/32 scale ruler attached to the front of the pipe rack
The East pumphouse
Next step is to get this model back to the museum and get it set up for public display.
Sorry for the long winded post and thanks for looking
Carl
BHWP Reboiler Model
Last fall I was asked by a local museum if I would restore an old engineering model that they had acquired when the Bruce Heavy Water Plant was decommissioned. The model was on its way to the dump when they rescued it. This model was originally built is the late 1960’s by Lummus Corporation as a design aid in construction of the plant. This was in the days before 3D CAD systems. Scale models were used to analyse piping layout and interference problems. The model had been badly abused over the years and spent the last several years in a barn on the museums farm which it shared with lots of unknown wildlife.
The model is of the reboiler system that converted high pressure steam produced by Douglas Point Nuclear station and/or the bunker-C fired steam plant to intermediate pressure steam that was used in the production of Heavy Water for the nuclear industry.
I have only been able to find one photo of the plant in that era
The end of the shadow of the smoke stack (centre right) points at the West pumphouse of the reboiler complex.
This is how the model looked when it arrived in my garage.
It was dirty. It was broken. It had things missing. We were unable to find any old drawings or photos, so restoring the model was like building a jigsaw puzzle with no picture and not all the pieces. After over 100hrs of hands on restoration I rolled the finished model outside yesterday for some pictures. The model is oriented like the prototype so the shadows should be right.
The model is 1/32nd scale and measures 72”X30”X~24”.
Ariel view looking North West.
The Peterbilt is a modified 1/32nd scale Nu-Ray model. It is the same scale as the reboiler model.
Notice the 1/32 scale ruler attached to the front of the pipe rack
The East pumphouse
Next step is to get this model back to the museum and get it set up for public display.
Sorry for the long winded post and thanks for looking
Carl
