And it's expected to do the same for the rest of the electric-power industry. Savings from using the ADM can range from thousands of dollars, as we demonstrated at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, to millions of dollars if a forced outage or plant derating is avoided. For the ADM technology, Honeycutt received one of EPRI's 2000 Technology Transfer Awards.
Some moisture also remains inside motors after steam cleaning the windings.
And moisture in electric-motor windings can cause failures on startup. The ADM solves this common problem. To remove trapped moisture, a controlled amount of DC current is applied to the conductors of a motor winding, warming it and accelerating evaporation. In the past, welding machines were typically used to supply this DC current. They also require many hours of skilled labor to operate.