Ullúm power plant

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Ullúm power plant
Central Hidroeléctrica Ullum I y II (la olla). San Juan, Argentina.jpg
location
Ullúm power plant (Argentina)
Ullúm power plant
Coordinates 31 ° 27 ′ 20 ″  S , 68 ° 45 ′ 22 ″  W Coordinates: 31 ° 27 ′ 20 ″  S , 68 ° 45 ′ 22 ″  W
country ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
place San Juan Province
Waters Río San Juan
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power plant
owner Provincia de San Juan
operator AES Argentina Generación SA
construction time 1960 to 1969
Start of operation 1969
technology
Bottleneck performance 45 megawatts
Average
height of fall 		74 m
Expansion flow 73.5 m³ / s
Standard work capacity 225 million kWh / year
Turbines Francis turbines : 2 × 22.5 MW
Others

The Ullúm power plant ( Spanish Central hidroeléctrica Ullúm ) is a hydroelectric power plant in the province of San Juan , Argentina . It is also known as the Ullúm hydroelectric power plant complex (Spanish Complejo hidroeléctrico Ullúm ).

Construction of the power plant began in October 1960. It was completed in October 1969. The power plant is state-owned ( Provincia de San Juan ). AES Argentina Generación SA was granted the license to operate the facility on March 18, 1996.

The machine house of the Ullúm power plant is located about 10 km from the Punta Negra dam . After the water has passed the turbines of the Punta Negra power station, it is passed through a canal to the Ullúm power station.

The installed capacity of the power plant is 45  MW . The average annual generation is given as 183 (or 225) million  kWh . The two Francis turbines have a maximum output of 22.5 MW each. The nominal speed of the turbines is 300 min −1 . The fall height is 74 m. The flow rate is 73.5 m³ / s.

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Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Inventario de Presas y Centrales Hidroeléctricas de la República Argentina Volume 3. (PDF) Ministerio de Planificación Federal, Inversión Pública y Servicios, January 13, 2012, pp. 63-83 , accessed on May 13, 2019 (Spanish) .
  2. ↑ Ullum. AES , accessed May 13, 2019 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ a b Derivador Punta Negra. Organismo Regulador de Seguridad de Presas (ORSEP), accessed May 23, 2019 (Spanish).
  4. ↑ Ejercicio 1999 Informe anual. (PDF) ORSEP, pp. 61–62 , accessed on June 13, 2019 (Spanish).