Eichicht run-of-river power plant
| Eichicht run-of-river power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 36 '52 " N , 11 ° 26' 51" E | |
| country | Germany | |
| place | Kaulsdorf , Thuringia | |
| Waters | Eichicht dam , Saale | |
| Height upstream | 244 m above sea level NN | |
| power plant | ||
| construction time | 1942-1945 | |
| Start of operation | 1945 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | 3.4 megawatts | |
| Average height of fall |
9 m | |
| Expansion flow | 15 m³ / s | |
| Turbines | 2 vertical Kaplan turbines | |
| Generators | Three-phase synchronous machine | |
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The Eichicht run-of-river power plant is part of the Saale Cascade . Together with the Hohenwarte I and II pumped storage power plants , it forms a joint power plant, as its storage basin , the Eichicht dam , is also the lower basin for the Hohenwarte I and II pumped storage power plants. The working water is discharged into the Saale river. Two sets of machines have a total output of around 3.4 megawatts .
history
Construction of the power plant began in 1942 and was commissioned in 1945.
technology
The Eichicht dam is a reservoir with a total storage space of 5.21 million m³. The reservoir target of the dam is at 244 m above sea level. NN . The water is directed over an average head of 9 m to two vertically aligned Kaplan turbines with a nominal flow rate of 15 m³ / s. The turbines drive three-phase synchronous machines with a generator voltage of 10 kV and an apparent power of 1.9 MVA each. The electricity generated by the generators is conducted to the Hohenwarte II pumped storage power station via a 10 kV submarine cable .