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Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant (Croatian: Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit) is a pumped-storage power plant in Croatia that has two turbines with a nominal capacity of 138 megawatts (185,000 hp) each, having a total capacity of 276 megawatts (370,000 hp).[2] As of 2015[update], it was one of three operational pumped-storage power plants in Croatia.[3]
| Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant | |
|---|---|
 Power station's pipe passes over the D27 road. | |
 | |
| Official name | Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit |
| Country | Croatia |
| Location | Obrovac, Zadar County |
| Coordinates | 44°12′29″N 15°45′13″E / 44.20806°N 15.75361°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 1978[1] |
| Opening date | 1984[1] |
| Owner(s) | Hrvatska elektroprivreda |
| Operator(s) | Hrvatska elektroprivreda |
| Upper reservoir | |
| Creates | Štikada[2] |
| Lower reservoir | |
| Creates | Razovac[2] |
| Power Station | |
| Pump-generators | 2[2] |
| Installed capacity | 276 MW |
| Annual generation | 467.5 GWh |
The plant was designed by Elektroprojekt, Projektni Biro and Geoexpert, and constructed by Industrogradnja, Konstruktor, Hidroelektra, Pomgrad and Geotehnika.[4]
Turbines
edit- type: single-stage turbine-pump
- units: 2
- turbine design head: 517 metres (1,696 ft)
- design pumping head: 559 metres (1,834 ft)
- turbine rating: 140 megawatts (190,000 hp)
- installed discharge: - turbine (2x30 cubic metres per second (1,100 cu ft/s)), - pump (2x20 cubic metres per second (710 cu ft/s))
References
edit- ^ a b http://www.hro-cigre.hr/downloads/RHE_Velebit.pdf (in Croatian)
- ^ a b c d "RHE Velebit". hep.hr. Hrvatska elektroprivreda. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- ^ "Jutarnji list - TAJNA GOLEME CIJEVI KOJA S VRHA VELEBITA IDE ZA OBROVAC Rješenje za hrvatsku energetiku koje nam može donijeti milijarde eura!". 19 July 2015.
- ^ Kosović, p. 16.
Sources
edit- Kosović, Saša. "Reverzibilna hidroelektrana Velebit" [Velebit Pumped Storage Power Plant] (in Croatian). University of Rijeka. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- http://www.koncar-ket.hr/dokumenti/rhe-velebit-zamjena-opreme-sust-%20uprav.pdf (in Croatian)
- http://www.pbs.hr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=4 (in Croatian)
- http://www.koncar-ket.hr/dokumenti/Numericka%20zattita%20motor%20generatora%20u%20RHE%20Velebit.pdf (in Croatian)
- http://www.ie-zagreb.hr/clanci/clanciPDF/2003HKCigre/A1-12.pdf (in Croatian)
- http://www.gradri.hr/dokumenti/pgit/15-Okna.pdf (in Croatian)
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