Pump storage plant with surplus in the grid © Siemens Stiftung 2016 CC BY-SA 4.0 international

Pump storage plant with surplus in the grid

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Functional diagram pump storage power plant with a surplus in the electric power grid.

Available in: English, Spanish (CREA), German
Type of media: Image (146.1 kByte)
Last update: 2019-03-21
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Media package:
Experimento | 10+: B6 Renewable energies
Description:
When there is excess electricity in the electricity grid, an electric pump in the plant is used to pump water from a lower tank to a higher one.
Note: During spikes in demand, the water flows back down from the higher tank through the turbine of the low-lying power plant.
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Learning resource type:
Illustration
Subjects:
Geography; Physics; Technology
Grade levels:
Grade 10 to 13
School types:
Middle/high school
Keywords:
Hydroelectric plant; Power generation; Electric power generation; Hydroelectric plant; Technical illustration
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2016
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