RECOMMISSIONING OF THE BIEBERMUEHLE HYDROPOWER STATION AT THE ZWICKAUER MULDE RIVER IN D-09322 AMERICA, SAXONIA

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: HY.-00018-95

Project closed

Start date 1 December 1995

End date 30 November 1997

Funded under

• Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Total cost € 896 219,00

EU contribution € 358 488,00

Coordinated by

MAMMUT ELECTRIC GMBH
Germany

Objective

Recommissioning of the Biebermuehle hydro power station at the Zwickauer Mulde river in 09322 Amerika, Saxonia, FRG through rehabilitation of the Kaplan siphon turbine and modernization of the control and electrical system.

The Biebermuehle hydro power plant is a diversion-type run-of-river plant and utilizes the seasonally fluctuating discharges of the Zwickauer Mulde river. The Zwickauer Mulde is retained at the tapping point by a weir with two spans, consisting of an electrically operated fishbellied flap and a wooden panel structure. The works water for the turbine reaches the power house and the turbine through a headrace approximately 100 m long. The power house, built in 1937, consists of rubble stone mansonry. The turbine is to be rehabilitated by a renowned European turbine manufacture by reworking the existing Kaplan runner (built in 1937), improving runner geometry and equipping with state-of-the-art accessory equipment. Rehabilitation will comprise the installation of an advanced electronic/hydraulic control system with SPC and optimizing control for the runner/guide vane relationship at varying heads for optimizing the turbine's efficiency. Safety and life of runner and guide vanes are substantially increased by using water lubrication bearing technology and advanced materials. Specifications: h=2.94 m, Q=17.9 m3/s, PA=400 kW. The electricity generated will be completely fed into the national grid. The average energy production costs, (I x A+M) / Q are calculated to 0.126 ECU/kWh.

Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)

CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques.

• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › tribology › lubrication
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• medical and health sciences › clinical medicine › physiotherapy
• natural sciences › mathematics › pure mathematics › geometry
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › energy and fuels › renewable energy › hydroelectricity

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Programme(s)

• FP4-NNE-THERMIE C - Specific programme for research and technological development, including demonstration in the field of non-nuclear energy, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 4 - HYDROELECTRICITY

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

DEM - Demonstration contracts

Coordinator

MAMMUT ELECTRIC GMBH

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: KEPLERSTRASSE 1 ; 81679 MÜNCHEN ; Germany
• Total cost: No data