Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal dam

Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal dam
	location
Coordinates	41 ° 58 '42 " N , 6 ° 8' 29" W Coordinates: 41 ° 58 '42 " N , 6 ° 8' 29" W
country	Spain
place	Zamora Province
Waters	Tera
Height upstream	785 m
	power plant
owner	Iberdrola
operator	Iberdrola
construction time	until 1994
	technology
Bottleneck performance	24 megawatts
Average ; height of fall	35.50 m
Expansion flow	68 m³ / s
	Others

The dam Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal ( Spanish Presa de Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal ) is a dam with hydroelectric power plant in the province of Zamora , Spain . It dams the Tera , which forms the border between the municipalities of Calzadilla de Tera and Vega de Tera , to a reservoir. The dam is used for power generation and irrigation. It was completed in 1994. The dam is owned and operated by Iberdrola Generacion SA .

Barrier structure

The barrier structure is a concrete gravity dam with a height of 43 m above the foundation level . The top of the wall lies at a height of 788 m above sea level . The length of the top of the wall is 481 m. The volume of the dam is 147,900 m³.

The dam wall has both a bottom outlet and a flood relief . A maximum of 68 m³ / s can be discharged via the bottom outlet, and a maximum of 1500 (or 1680) m³ / s via the flood discharge. The design flood is 1807 m³ / s.

Reservoir

With the normal storage target of 785 m, the reservoir extends over an area of around 3.60 (or 3.65) km² and holds 36 million m³ of water; 27 million m³ of this can be used to generate electricity.

power plant

The installed capacity of the power plant is 24 (or 24.46) MW . The two Kaplan and one Francis turbines went into operation in 1995. The fall height is 35.50 m. The maximum flow rate is 68 m³ / s for all three turbines combined. The machine house is at the foot of the dam on the right side of the river.

Web links

Commons : Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal dam - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Presa de Nuestra Señora Del Agavanzal. www.iagua.es, accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d PRESA: NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL AGAVANZAL. Sociedad Española de Presas y Embalses (SEPREM), accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ Embalse: Nª Sª DEL AGAVANZAL. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Embalse de Nuestra Señora Del Agavanzal. www.iagua.es, accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ FACILITIES MAP AND MAIN OPERATIONAL DATA -> Installed Capacity -> Spain -> Hydroelectric -> Castilla y León -> Zamorra. Iberdrola , accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Aprovechamiento hidroeléctrico en la provincia de Zamora. www.tecnicaindustrial.es, accessed on July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
^ Presa de Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal. www.turismoreinodeleon.com, accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).

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[emb-3] Embalse: Nª Sª DEL AGAVANZAL. www.embalses.net, accessed on July 18, 2020 (Spanish).

[ia2-4] Embalse de Nuestra Señora Del Agavanzal. www.iagua.es, accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).

[ib-5] FACILITIES MAP AND MAIN OPERATIONAL DATA -> Installed Capacity -> Spain -> Hydroelectric -> Castilla y León -> Zamorra. Iberdrola , accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).

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[tu-7] Presa de Nuestra Señora del Agavanzal. www.turismoreinodeleon.com, accessed July 18, 2020 (Spanish).