Laufenburg power plant
| Laufenburg power plant | ||
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| Coordinates , ( CH ) | 47 ° 33 '23 " N , 8 ° 2' 55" O ( 645 907 / 267 468 ) | |
| country | Switzerland , Germany | |
| place | Laufenburg AG , Laufenburg (Baden) | |
| Waters | Rhine | |
| power plant | ||
| operator | Energy service | |
| Start of planning | 1908 | |
| construction time | 1909-1914 | |
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| Bottleneck performance | 106 megawatts | |
| Expansion flow | 1370 m³ / s | |
| Standard work capacity | 700 million kWh / year | |
| Turbines | 10 Straflo turbines | |
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| was standing | 11/2012 | |
The Laufenburg power plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Upper Rhine . It was built between 1909 and 1914 under the direction of the engineers Gruner and Natter. It lies between the Swiss Laufenburg and its sister city Laufenburg in Baden . For the construction of the power station, the Laufenburg rapids - also known as the little Laufen - were blown up and a weir system was built instead . The hydropower plant went into operation on May 14, 1914. A crossing over the weir was opened for the 100th anniversary.
The machine house and the weir with four openings are aligned. There is also a shipping lock and two fish ladders. The machine house and the first weir opening are on the Swiss side, while the rest of the weir and the lock are on German soil.
The original equipment consisted of ten Francis twin turbines, which were replaced by improved Francis turbines around 1956. These in turn were replaced from 1994 by Straflo machine groups. The power plant is operated today by energy service.
The Laufenburg power plant is a listed building and has been declared a cultural asset of national importance in Switzerland (highest protection level).
Energiedienst is planning the pilot project of a so-called power-to-liquid system for the production of synthetic diesel fuel and synthetic waxes at the Laufenburg power plant . This should work climate-neutrally by using electricity from hydropower.
Engine house and underwater , in the background the lock
Lock and two of the weir openings
Lower lock gate in raised position
literature
- Swiss Water Management Association and Association of Swiss Electricity Works (ed.): Guide through the Swiss water and electricity industry, Volume 2, 1949, pp. 484–487
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Laufenburg hydropower plant. Energiedienst Holding AG, November 7, 2012, accessed on November 21, 2016 .
- ↑ http://blog.energiedienst.de/festakt-und-wehroeffnung accessed on May 19, 2014
- ↑ Energiedienst Holding AG - Investments
- ↑ A-Objects AG 2018 . Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance. In: babs.admin.ch / kulturgueterschutz.ch. Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP - Department of Cultural Property Protection, January 1, 2018, accessed on December 26, 2017 (PDF; 127 kB, 23 pages, updated annually, no changes for 2018).
- ↑ Energiedienst relies on climate-neutral fuels at suedkurier.de from February 1, 2018, accessed on November 20, 2019
