Rodundwerk
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 5 '6 " N , 9 ° 52' 54" E | ||
| country | Austria | ||
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| owner | illwerke vkw AG | ||
| operator | illwerke vkw AG | ||
| Start of operations | 1943 | ||
| Energy fed in per year | 332 GWh | ||
| Website | www.illwerkevkw.at | ||
The Rodund hydropower plant is a power plant owned by illwerke vkw AG in Montafon, Austria . It has been referred to as Rodundwerk I since 1976. The two plants Rodundwerk I and Rodundwerk II are directly connected to each other in the municipality of Vandans .
They take advantage of the difference in altitude to the Latschau reservoir above Tschagguns .
Rodundwerk I
The Rodundwerke are located in the municipality of Vandans. Rodundwerk I uses the Latschau - Rodund slope of 992 m above sea level. A. at 644 m above sea level A. A pressure shaft leads from the Latschau reservoir into the Rodundwerk I.
The power plant has been in operation with two machines since 1943. The third machine was connected to the grid in 1944. The fourth machine group and the storage pump have been in operation since 1952.
power
- Bottleneck capacity : 198 MW
- Engine power consumed in pumping mode: 41 MW
- Standard work capacity : 332 GWh
Technical specifications
Free-standing power house with four horizontal-axis machine groups, each consisting of a Francis spiral turbine , coupled with a generator, with one machine group additionally with a double-flow, two-stage storage pump.
- Nominal output per turbine 50 MW
- Input power of the storage pump (machine group 2) 40 MW
- Flow rate per turbine 15 m 3 / s
- Flow through the storage pump (machine group 2) 10 m 3 / s
- Crude fall height 353 m
- Speed 500 min −1
- Nominal power per generator 53 MVA
