Engerthstrasse steam power station

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Engerthstrasse steam power station
Engerthstrasse steam power station
Engerthstrasse steam power station
location
Engerthstrasse steam power plant (Vienna)
Engerthstrasse steam power station
Coordinates 48 ° 13 '16 "  N , 16 ° 24' 33"  E Coordinates: 48 ° 13 '16 "  N , 16 ° 24' 33"  E
country Austria
Data
Type Steam power plant
Primary energy Fossil energy
fuel Lignite , natural gas , heating oil
power 32 megawatts
operator City vienna
Start of operations 1890
Shutdown 1966
Energy fed in 1955 106.5 GWh
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The Engerthstrasse steam power plant in the 2nd district of Vienna Leopoldstadt was originally built as a privately operated power station and was later taken over by the City of Vienna .

The maximum output of the plant was 32  megawatts (MW). In 1955, 106.5  gigawatt hours of electrical energy were generated. The power plant was connected to the Vienna-North , Leopoldstadt, Favoriten and Weißgerber substations via a 28 kV cable line.

Location

The Engerthstrasse steam power plant was in its full expansion between the Handelskai and Engerthstrasse a little downstream from the Reichsbrücke .

history

The Internationale Elektricitätsgesellschaft (I. E. G.), 1889 jointly by Unionbank (1871-1927) and Ganz & Comp. , Ofen , founded as a stock corporation based in Vienna, initially started producing electricity with a generator powered by a locomobile . In March 1890, the construction of the power station ( electrical central station ) began at Engerthstrasse 199 (Geviert Engerth-, Wachau-, Wehli-, Hillerstrasse). The steam power plant , built by city builder Alois Schuhmacher according to the plans of the architect Oskar Morgenstern , went into full operation on November 15, 1890. The electrotechnical and mechanical equipment was under the supervision of works director Max Déri .

In the first stage of expansion, the plant had three two-cylinder compound machines, each with 600 HP at 125 revolutions per minute, and three alternators with 400 kW each and an electrical voltage of 2 kV. There was also a two-cylinder compound machine with 300 HP at 170 revolutions per minute and an alternator with 200 kW and 2 kV voltage. The steam to drive the machines was generated with six Steinmüller system tubular steam boilers .

Between 1891 and 1908 the plant was significantly expanded (14 steam engines with 800 HP and five machines with 1,000 HP, 22 Babcock-Wilcox boilers, eight Steinmüller boilers, two Simonis Lanz boilers, total heating area 7,848 m 2 )

On May 1, 1908, the steam power plant was handed over to the municipality of Vienna. This expanded the machine park until 1909 and in 1910 created a coal storage area and a siding . In 1913, three-phase power generation began in the steam power station. After the First World War, in 1919, the furnace for burning inferior domestic brown coal was switched to heating oil . Subsequent work concerned ending the uneconomical direct production of alternating current. In the winter of 1922/1923 so-called Scott converters were installed for this purpose , with the help of which three-phase alternating current could be converted into two-phase alternating current . In 1917, work began on a maneuvering system with an endless rope . In 1934 the coal storage area was expanded. In addition, the equipment with steam engines and generators has been replaced again and again since 1908.

On May 3, 1944, the Engerthstrasse power station was hit hard for the first time in an air raid and repeatedly hit in later air raids. During the Battle of Vienna - the power plant ceased operations on April 11, 1945 at around 9 a.m. - there was additional damage from the ground fighting. The clean-up and repair work began on April 16, and on May 16, 1945, the Engerthstrasse steam power plant went back online.

In 1945 the high and medium pressure boilers were initially converted to oil firing, but in 1948 they were set up again for lignite firing. Between 1949 and 1950 the first two high-pressure boilers were equipped with natural gas burners. From 1951 to 1952 two more high-pressure boilers were converted to natural gas firing and four high-pressure boilers to oil firing.

In 1956, 10 years before decommissioning, lignite from Czechoslovakia and Langau , natural gas from the Zistersdorf petroleum district and heavy oil residues from domestic refineries were used as fuel.

Today's substation
Handelskai substation

In 1959, the entire boiler operation was converted to natural gas firing and the coal extraction system was shut down. Because of the low efficiency of the power station, a continuation was no longer economically justifiable. Around 1959 this location was also included in the plans of the Wiener Stadtwerke for the construction of district heating plants, whereby useful facilities of the electrical works were to be included in the new building. It was intended for the supply of heat to buildings on the Stubenring and Opernring as well as along the quay. However, these plans were not implemented.

In 1962 the coal mixing plant was dismantled.

The Engerthstrasse steam power plant was finally decommissioned on May 7, 1966. From June 1966, the administrative and technical conversion to a substation took place.

Since a residential building was to be built on the site of the former Engerthstrasse steam power station, the Handelskai substation, which went into operation in 1973, was built in the immediate vicinity.

"Leftover"

A remnant of the former Engerthstrasse steam power station is the FS Elektra Vienna football club . This was founded as the Elektra Wien sports club by employees of the electricity company in 1921. Furthermore, the urban residential complex built on the so-called E-Werks-grounds, which is still called "E-Werksbau" today, and the new substation on Handelskai built in 1973 near this municipal building reminds of the history of the steam power station.

Furthermore, some vehicles of the 600 mm gauge factory railway of the power station at FIM (field and industrial railway museum in Freiland / Lower Austria) survived. 2 4ax electric locomotives / 200V =, 1 2ax bus / petrol-electric, 1 snow plow 2ax

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volkswirthschaftliche Zeitung. (...) International Electricity Company. In:  Das Vaterland , No. 113/1889, April 26, 1889, p. 7, column 1. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly.
  2. ^ K .: Report on the excursion ... , p. 251.
  3. ^ K .: Report on the excursion ... , p. 249.
  4. ↑ From the history of the development of the power supply and the city's own electricity works . In: Official Journal of the City of Vienna , No. 34/1963 (LXVIII. Volume), April 27, 1963. City of Vienna - Press and Information Service, Vienna 1963, ZDB -ID 562440-X , p. 91, column 2. - Online .
  5. ↑ Construction news. Lower Austria. (...) Vienna. Construction work in the city's power stations. In:  Der Bautechniker , born 1919, No. 47/1919, p. 379, column 2. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / construction.
  6. ↑ Georg von Hanffstengel (1874–1938): Shunting systems with endless rope . In: -:  The promotion of bulk goods . Volume 2, 1: Tracks. Wagons for bulk goods, wagon tippers, double-rail tracks, suspension tracks . 3rd, completely revised edition. Springer, Berlin 1926, p. 183 ff. - Text online .
  7. ↑ Construction news. Lower Austria. (...) Vienna. Construction of a shunting facility. In:  Der Bautechniker , year 1917, no. 33/1917, p. 259, column 2. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / maintenance / construction.
  8. ↑ From the history of the development of the power supply and the city's own electricity works . In: Official Journal of the City of Vienna , No. 34/1963 (LXVIII. Volume), April 27, 1963. City of Vienna - Press and Information Service, Vienna 1963, ZDB -ID 562440-X , p. 95, column 1. - Online .
  9. ↑ http://www.wien.gv.at/rk/historisch/1959/juli.html

Remarks

  1. ↑ The Centralstation was originally intended for Vienna-Margarethen , and Ganz & Comp. , whose rights were transferred to the Internationale Elektricitätsgesellschaft , had already deposited bail with the City of Vienna for the purchase of a property. The demand for their reimbursement led to local political disputes. - See: Gemeinde-Zeitung. The Jew's Fist. Municipal council meeting on October 11th. In:  Das Vaterland , No. 280/1889, October 12, 1889, p. 9 (unpaginated). (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly.
  2. ↑ In 1912 parts of this machine park were sold to the Städtische Elektrizitätswerke Innsbruck , but were taken back immediately, which led to speculation in the media. - See: Community Affairs. Strange business. In:  Arbeiter-Zeitung , No. 143/1912, May 26, 1912, p. 10, column 2 f. (Online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / aze.