Río Tercero dam

Río Tercero dam
location
Coordinates	32 ° 10 ′ 42 ″  S , 64 ° 25 ′ 18 ″  W Coordinates: 32 ° 10 ′ 42 ″  S , 64 ° 25 ′ 18 ″  W
country	Argentina
place	Cordoba Province
Waters	Río Tercero
power plant
operator	Empresa Provincial de Energía de Córdoba (EPEC)
construction time	1936 to 1943
Start of operation	1943
technology
Bottleneck performance	10.5 megawatts
Turbines	Francis turbines : 3 × 3.5 MW
Others

The dam Río Tercero or dam Ministro Pistarini ( Spanish Dique Río Tercero or Dique Ministro Pistarini ) is a dam with hydroelectric power station in the province of Cordoba , Argentina . The associated hydropower plant is called the Fitz Simon power plant (Spanish Central hidroléctrica Fitz Simon or Usina Hidroeléctrica Ingeniero Santiago Enrique Fitz Simon ). The dam dams the Río Tercero into a reservoir.

The small town of Embalse is located approx. 2 km southwest of the dam. The Embalse nuclear power plant is located about 5 km east of Embalse on the right (southern) side of the reservoir .

The dam is used for flood protection, irrigation and electricity generation. The first plans to build a dam go back to 1911. The construction of today's dam began in 1927. It was inaugurated in 1930.

Barrier structure

The barrier structure is a CFR dam with a height of 50 m above the river bed and a length of 360 m at the dam crest. The width at the crown is 7 m. The volume of the barrier structure is 300,000 m³. The flood relief is separated from the barrier structure by an island and is located on the left side of the river.

Another secondary dam is located around 3 km south of the main dam. It has a height of 10 m, a length of 920 m and a volume of 86,000 m³.

Reservoir

When the reservoir is fully blocked, it extends over an area of ​​around 56 km² and holds 560 (or 730) million m³ of water. Originally, the storage space was intended as a retention basin for floods. After the commissioning of the nuclear power plant, the reservoir may only be lowered to a certain minimum storage target so that there is sufficient cooling water. Since then, the congestion target has been 3 m higher on average than before the nuclear power plant went into operation.

power plant

The power plant's machine house is at the foot of the dam on the right. The installed capacity is 10.5  MW . The 3 Francis turbines each have a maximum output of 3.5 MW and the generators 4.5 MVA . The nominal speed of the turbines is 375 min ⁻¹ . The flow rate is 11.6 (or 17) m³ / s per turbine. In the switchgear , the generator voltage is increased from 6.6  kV to 66 kV using power transformers.

Construction of the power plant began in 1936. It went into operation in July 1943. The power plant is operated by the Empresa Provincial de Energía de Córdoba (EPEC).

See also

• List of hydropower plants in Argentina
• List of dams in the world (Argentina)

Web links

Commons : Río Tercero dam  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Embalse de Río Tercero. www.cordobadeantaño.com.ar, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
2. ↑ Historia. www.embalse.gov.ar, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
3. ^ Dique Embalse Río Tercero. www.argentinaengps.com.ar, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
4. ^ Ciudad de Embalse, Córdoba. Sierras y lago imposing. www.argentino.com.ar, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
5. ↑ Embalse de Río Tercero. www.vgb.com.ar, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
6. ^ Embalse Río Tercero. www.villageneralbelgrano.com, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
7. ^ Embalse Río Tercero. www.lavoz.com.ar, March 7, 2014, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Central Fitz Simon. Empresa Provincial de Energía de Córdoba (EPEC), accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish). 
9. ↑ Con una obra que se ejecuta en Embalse, se informó que el Piedras Moras aumentará su nivel. 3rionoticias.com, December 20, 2018, accessed June 11, 2019 (Spanish).