Turbine hall

The turbine hall, generating hall or turbine building is a building or room in any steam cycle or hydroelectric power plant which houses a number of components vital to the generation of electricity from the steam that comes from the boiler, or from the water coming from the reservoir.

A turbine hall is typically extremely loud, and in the case of steam cycle plants, hot.

The turbine hall is of sufficient height to enable plant and equipment to be lifted and removed, sometimes vertically, for maintenance or replacement.

In nuclear power plants, boiling water reactors present unique challenges since the steam going through the turbines may be radioactive.

This means that the turbine hall has to be slightly contained and much unique maintenance must be performed.