Fig.
3.3.40.
2)
i.ongitudin;il section of powcr house, ternary (tandem) pumped-storage set, tailwater
iniskc and Farcliay. Kotlau, Drau. Austria, nnain stasc
of
Malta schcme
(owner:
Draukraftwerke,
Klagenfilrt. :\r:jtri~t. Outdoor power house of tall hall desigli ivith
the
milill crane in its interior,
!oc:ttcd
at
tlif:
basc
or'
the vallcy slops, founclccl on mica
2nd
scricite slate.
2
ternary pumped-storage
scts
3s
sh~\\.il
i:i
tt~c lig~~rc,
2
szis \r-ithout storage pump. Thc rather long vertical extension of the
tzrrl?:irq. sets rss;-Its or, the cne
'nand
fro111 thc n::ed to plucc thc impulse wlleel above the maximum
tail~v:itcr Ic:.rl
and
on the other hand from thc necdcd s~~brnergcncc of the lowest first pump stage
(Iicrc
3!
.I
1h1
~lliJ~'~~lri~tll
;he minimum :nil\vatcr Ic~cl.
1
220
bIVA
al!ernator, Stator and rotor,
ciircctl;i :\;atcr cooled;
2
6-nozzle impulsc turbine:
3
tailwatrr channel exit;
4
maximum permissible
raiiw:~ter Icvel:
5
minimum pcrmissiblc t:lil?v;!ter Icvcl;
6
toreb:?y;
7
:rash rack;
8
relieve zone;
9
cooii~!g ivatcr iiltakc:
10
distributor m;~.in:
11
tai1w;ircr ct~anncl;
12
torque convcrtcr;
13
pump
inrakc:
li
1
-flov:,
4-stage storage pump,
144
kl
W;
IS
rniiin transformer
220
hlVA.
(Drawing courte-
sy
Draukrzftt\cr:cc, Klagcnfurt, tlustris)
The ruriiler
of
thesc turbines is nccessiblc aftcr removal of the head cover. Then thc shaft needs an
i:ltcrm~:clia-lrc
aad
r:niovab!c piece to facilitaic the disma~l!li~lg of ihc runner without moving the
hs;ivy rotor of the ;iI?:rnator (Fig.
1.6.4
b).
,
In
thc case
of
lov er heads and larger sets the thrust bearing is
preferably
supported underneath the
altcri?ator
by
3
spider, on thz collcrcte of pit. This also prestresses thc concretz around the spiral
casing.
1-0:
hc;lds below
3C0
m
the thrusr bearing in Europe-influenced designs
is
usually supported
on
thc
!:cad
cover. \vhich ihen is released from its uplift.
lis~12lly in plnnt~ u-ith
a
penstock the valve chamber with its manifolds, bifurcations and
befids.
is
upstrczm of
the
power house,
see
Figs. 3.4.51 and 3.4.52.
At
!argei sub~nergence, such
a
valve
chamber is also down-stream of the power house
(Fi?.
3.4.52).
The
usual
bifurcations have stiffeners ill
the
form of external or internal ribs
(see
FIs.
3-4.533
and 53 b), or
a
spherical
shell (see Fig. 3.4.53~) to transmit the tensile
stress
itlong
the
periphery of the
pipe
into a solid support with a sufficient sectional
modillus. 'These bifurcations
and
the adjilcent pe:istock have been carefully investigated
with
respect to stress and flow loss
f3.132
to 3.1391.