Öpfingen power plant

Öpfingen power plant
	On the right the turbine house and on the left the associated technician house
	location
Coordinates	48 ° 17 '46 " N , 9 ° 49' 53" E Coordinates: 48 ° 17 '46 " N , 9 ° 49' 53" E
country	Germany , Baden-Wuerttemberg
place	Öpfingen
Waters	Danube
	f1
	power plant
owner	Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm
operator	Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm
Start of operation	March 24, 1923
	technology
Bottleneck performance	3 megawatts
Average ; height of fall	5.5 m
Expansion flow	74 m³ / s
Standard work capacity	12.6 million kWh / year
Turbines	3 Kaplan turbines
Generators	3 asynchronous generators
	Others

The Öpfingen power plant is a diversion power plant of Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm on the Danube near Öpfingen in the Alb-Danube district in Baden-Württemberg .

technology

The power plant designed for high-rise operation is operated with water from the Öpfingen reservoir, has a nominal output of three megawatts and a standard energy capacity of 13.5 million kWh per year. The three identical turbine / generator sets consist of a Kaplan turbine and an asynchronous generator . The extended flow rate is 74 m ³ / h with an average head of 5.5 meters.

Reservoir

The 500,000 m ³ reservoir north of the Danube is fed via a canal that branches off to the left in Öpfingen, about one and a half kilometers long. The weir in Öpfingen, directly on the Danube bridge, consists of five fields. The power plant is located at the eastern end of the reservoir. From there, another 500 meter long canal leads the water back into the Danube.

history

In 1903 the city of Ulm bought a Danube weir and mill near Öpfingen. Construction of the Danube Canal and the power plant began in 1922. The power plant went into operation on March 24, 1923 and was renovated in 1982. The steel weir from the founding time was replaced by a new building in 2001.

Web links

The hydropower plants of SWU , Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH

Main Danube Canal in Öpfingen
Weir of the relief canal

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Energy: Mills, City of Ulm. City of Ulm, accessed on February 5, 2015 .
↑ ^a ^b The hydropower plants of the SWU. (PDF) (No longer available online.) SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH, p. 2 , archived from the original on February 5, 2015 ; Retrieved February 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.swu.de
↑ Sights. Reservoirs with a power plant. (No longer available online.) Municipality of Öpfingen, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved February 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Renewable energy: Ulmer Stadtwerke improve Danube power plants. SWP, accessed February 5, 2015 .

[Ulm-1] Energy: Mills, City of Ulm. City of Ulm, accessed on February 5, 2015 .

[SWU-2] The hydropower plants of the SWU. (PDF) (No longer available online.) SWU Stadtwerke Ulm / Neu-Ulm GmbH, p. 2 , archived from the original on February 5, 2015 ; Retrieved February 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.swu.de

[Öpf-3] Sights. Reservoirs with a power plant. (No longer available online.) Municipality of Öpfingen, archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; Retrieved February 5, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[Schw-4] Renewable energy: Ulmer Stadtwerke improve Danube power plants. SWP, accessed February 5, 2015 .