Mosselbay/Gourikwa Power Station, situated in MosselBay, Western Cape, South Africa is a gas turbine power station capable of producing 1338 Megawatt.

Mosselbay/Gourikwa Power Plant Instrumentation consists of the following:

• Vibrating Wire Strain Gauges in concrete foundations measuring concrete and re-enforcing strain.
• Vibrating Wire Temperature Sensors in concrete foundations measuring concrete temperature.
• Vibrating Wire Piezometer in the foundation measuring pore pressure.

Instruments installed are intended to monitor:

• Pore pressure build-up in the foundation;
• Stress and Strain of the foundation concrete;
• Temperature of the foundation concrete.

Installed Instruments Specification:

Piezometers (Foundation)

• Geokon Vibrating Wire Model 4500S

Strain Gauges (Foundation)

• Geokon Vibrating Wire Model 4210/4200/4202

Temperature Sensors (Foundation)

• Geokon Vibrating Wire Model 4700

Designers: N/A

Consulting Engineers: N/A

Contractors: Roshcon