Abstract
Pumped storage is now increasing its importance as the most powerful and reliable tool for stabilizing the electrical network, especially under the increase of intermittent power sources like wind-power and solar-power. However, pumped storage power plants have generally more machinery troubles than the conventional hydropower plants and sometimes they encountered unexpected severe incidents having long-term outage and a considerable restoration cost. The present paper provides some study results about general tendencies of machinery troubles in pumped storage, some examples of severe incidents mainly about the electro-mechanical troubles but also about the flood and fire, and possible scenarios which may lead into a severe result. Finally, it provides lessons learned and some recommendations to avoid severe incidents based on experiences.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 112002 |
| Journal | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 13 2016 |
| Event | 28th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, IAHR 2016 - Grenoble, France Duration: Jul 4 2016 → Jul 8 2016 |
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- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
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How to Avoid Severe Incidents at Pumped Storage Power Plants. / Yasuda, Masashi; Watanabe, Satoshi.
In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 49, No. 11, 112002, 13.12.2016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article
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T1 - How to Avoid Severe Incidents at Pumped Storage Power Plants
AU - Yasuda, Masashi
AU - Watanabe, Satoshi
PY - 2016/12/13
Y1 - 2016/12/13
N2 - Pumped storage is now increasing its importance as the most powerful and reliable tool for stabilizing the electrical network, especially under the increase of intermittent power sources like wind-power and solar-power. However, pumped storage power plants have generally more machinery troubles than the conventional hydropower plants and sometimes they encountered unexpected severe incidents having long-term outage and a considerable restoration cost. The present paper provides some study results about general tendencies of machinery troubles in pumped storage, some examples of severe incidents mainly about the electro-mechanical troubles but also about the flood and fire, and possible scenarios which may lead into a severe result. Finally, it provides lessons learned and some recommendations to avoid severe incidents based on experiences.
AB - Pumped storage is now increasing its importance as the most powerful and reliable tool for stabilizing the electrical network, especially under the increase of intermittent power sources like wind-power and solar-power. However, pumped storage power plants have generally more machinery troubles than the conventional hydropower plants and sometimes they encountered unexpected severe incidents having long-term outage and a considerable restoration cost. The present paper provides some study results about general tendencies of machinery troubles in pumped storage, some examples of severe incidents mainly about the electro-mechanical troubles but also about the flood and fire, and possible scenarios which may lead into a severe result. Finally, it provides lessons learned and some recommendations to avoid severe incidents based on experiences.
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