Coo-Trois-Ponts pumped storage power plant
| Coo-Trois-Ponts pumped storage power plant | ||
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 23 '12 " N , 5 ° 51' 26" E | |
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 Belgium
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| place | Trois-Ponts | |
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| operator | Engie Electrabel | |
| Start of operation | 1969 | |
| technology | ||
| Bottleneck performance | Turbines: 1,164 megawatts. Pumps: 1,101 megawatts |
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| Average height of fall |
275 m | |
| Turbines | 6 Voith - Francis - pump-turbines | |
| Others | ||
| Website | www.gdfsuez.com | |
Coo-Trois-Ponts is the largest Belgian pumped storage power plant . It is located in the Ardennes and has a turbine output of 1,164 megawatts that can be delivered over a period of five hours. It is the ninth most powerful pumped storage plant in Europe.
technology
The power plant consists of two phases, each with three Francis - pump turbines of Voith . Coo I was put into operation in 1969 and Coo II in 1978. The units 1 to 3 of Coo I each have an output of 158 megawatts in turbine mode and 157 megawatts in pump mode. The units 4 to 6 of Coo II each have an output of 230 megawatts in turbine mode and 210 megawatts in pump mode. In total, Coo I has 474 megawatts or 471 megawatts and Coo II has 690 megawatts or 630 megawatts, the total power plant has 1,164 megawatts or 1,101 megawatts (turbine output and pump output respectively).
The power plant has two upper basins that are not hydraulically connected to each other. Both pools together have a volume of 8.5 million cubic meters, cover an area of around 60 hectares and are deeper than 25 meters. The common lower basin is formed by two dams and takes up an area of 72 hectares when full. There is a height difference of 275 meters between the upper and lower basins. The turbines are located in a 128-meter-long, 22-meter-wide and 40-meter-high cavern inside the mountain. Two pressure pipes with a length of 995 meters and 1055 meters and diameters of 6.5 meters to 8 meters lead from the upper basin to the turbines . A 210 meter long access tunnel leads to the cavern. The electrical energy is discharged from the cavern via two cable tunnels at the 20 kilovolt level. Outside the cavern, the transformation to 400 kilovolts and the connection to the transmission network takes place via a switchgear .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Aménagement Hydroélectrique de Coo. (No longer available online.) Walo Bertschinger AG, archived from the original on December 11, 2015 ; Retrieved October 25, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Virtual Tour. (No longer available online.) GDF Suez, archived from the original on August 22, 2014 ; accessed on October 25, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Productiepark - Parc de production - Generating facilities. (PDF file, 138 KiB) (No longer available online.) Electrabel, April 1, 2012, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 25, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e Overview of Generating Facilities. (Excel file, 51 KiB) Technical Parameters Detail. (No longer available online.) Energeia, January 21, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 25, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Voith Hydro (Ed.): Pumped storage machines . (English, brochure online as PDF, 1.15 MiB [accessed October 27, 2012]). Brochure online as PDF, 1.15 MiB ( memento of the original dated December 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ a b M. A. Motte and AGH Lejeune: Study of transient two-phase flow of the turbine start of the Coo-2 hydroelectric storage power station . In: Honningsvåg et al (Ed.): Hydropower in the New Millennium . Swets & Zeilinger, Lisse 2001, ISBN 90-5809-195-3 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed November 10, 2012]).
- ↑ VDI-Lexikon Energietechnik quoted from Achim Dittmann: Energy storage: Bad weather - no energy? (PDF file; 2.44 MiB) p. 61 , archived from the original on January 5, 2012 ; accessed on July 14, 2013 (Technische Universität Dresden, Environmental Ring Lecture 2008).
Web links
- Virtual tour. GDF Suez, accessed on September 13, 2013 .
- Scheme of the PSP Coo-Trois-Ponts. Retrieved October 11, 2012 (French).
