Schönmühl hydropower plant

Schönmühl hydropower plant
	Schönmühl hydropower plant
	location
Coordinates	47 ° 44 ′ 40 " N , 11 ° 24 ′ 36" E Coordinates: 47 ° 44 ′ 40 " N , 11 ° 24 ′ 36" E
country	Germany Bavaria
place	Penzberg
Waters	Loisach
Kilometers of water	km 33.5
	f1
	power plant
operator	Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH
construction time	1921 to 1923
Start of operation	1922
	technology
Bottleneck performance	5 megawatts
Average ; height of fall	8.5 m
Expansion flow	35 m³ / s
Turbines	Kaplan turbine
	Others

The Schönmühl hydropower plant is a run-of-river power plant on the Loisach . It is located near Schönmühl about two and a half kilometers east of the Upper Bavarian city of Penzberg .

description

The power plant is located on an approximately 1.2 km long canal that shortens a 3.8 km long loop of the Loisach river. The dam consists of a 145 m long stab weir , which is followed by an approximately 350 m long headwater canal , which crosses the Molasse ridge in the river bend in a 223 m long gravity gallery. The tunnel opens into a 35 m long pre-basin. Directly after its northern end is the power plant, which opened in 1922 and uses a Kaplan turbine with a vertical shaft to feed an output of 5 MW into the grid. The water then flows back into the Loisach through the 440 m long underwater canal.

The Schönmühl hydropower plant is operated by Uniper Kraftwerke GmbH (formerly E.ON Wasserkraft ). The operating license has been in existence since May 14, 1923. In 1950/51, the power plant was expanded with a second inlet tunnel and one of the two Francis turbines was replaced by a Kaplan turbine.

The weir is located in the area of the municipality of Bichl in the Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district , the other facilities in Penzberg in the Weilheim-Schongau district .

Individual evidence

↑ More hydropower is not possible . In: Merkur.de , May 7, 2012, accessed December 4, 2016.
^ Project example WKW Schönmühl (E.ON) . F.EE hydropower technology. April 2008, accessed March 25, 2018.
↑ ^a ^b Peter Schwarz: The construction history of the Walchensee power plant - 1918 to 1924 . In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV (Ed.): Lech-Isar-Land. Local history yearbook 2017 . Mohrenweiser, Weilheim 2016, The Schönmühl power plant, p. 306-307 .
^ Isar - wild mountain river with bel (i) level gravel banks . In: alpenflusslandschaften.de . Accessed December 4, 2016 (PDF; 3.34 MB)
↑ Peter Schwarz: The building history of the Walchensee power plant - 1918 to 1924 (part 2) . In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV (Ed.): Lech-Isar-Land. Local history yearbook 2018 . Mohrenweiser, Weilheim 2017, Expansion of the Schönmühl power plant, p. 256 .
↑ Official card . In: BayernAtlas . Retrieved December 4, 2016.

Web links

Commons : Wasserkraftwerk Schönmühl - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] More hydropower is not possible . In: Merkur.de , May 7, 2012, accessed December 4, 2016.

[2] Project example WKW Schönmühl (E.ON) . F.EE hydropower technology. April 2008, accessed March 25, 2018.

[lil-2017-3] Peter Schwarz: The construction history of the Walchensee power plant - 1918 to 1924 . In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV (Ed.): Lech-Isar-Land. Local history yearbook 2017 . Mohrenweiser, Weilheim 2016, The Schönmühl power plant, p. 306-307 .

[4] Isar - wild mountain river with bel (i) level gravel banks . In: alpenflusslandschaften.de . Accessed December 4, 2016 (PDF; 3.34 MB)

[5] Peter Schwarz: The building history of the Walchensee power plant - 1918 to 1924 (part 2) . In: Heimatverband Lech-Isar-Land eV (Ed.): Lech-Isar-Land. Local history yearbook 2018 . Mohrenweiser, Weilheim 2017, Expansion of the Schönmühl power plant, p. 256 .

[6] Official card . In: BayernAtlas . Retrieved December 4, 2016.