Baroota Reversible Hydropower Station

PROJECT DETAILS

Type: Basic Project
Client: Elecnor
Date: 2021
Technology: Hydraulics and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), Structures and Geotechnics.

INTRODUCTION

The future Baroota Reversible Power Station (PSP) is located 10 km from the North of Port Germain in South Australia. The plant is designed as a reversible power station with a maximum capacity of 250 MW, with the capacity to supply and regulate the electricity generation system. The plant consists of a single 1.4 km, 5.5 m diameter penstock in a trench and tunnel configuration. The penstock has a bifurcation before the turbine house that divides the flow into two lines that feed the two generation groups.

Profile Baroota Hydropower Plant

ACTIVITIES

Stationary and transient hydraulic analysis of the entire line:

Líneas piezométrica

CFD simulation:
- Bifurcation
- Power house inlet.
- Hydraulic optimisation of the turbine house inlet.
- “Tailrace and reservoirs

Bifurcation and Tailrace – CFD Analysis

Structures:
- Concurrent engineering: optimisation of thicknesses according to stresses, construction process and transportation
- Calculation of penstock with ground interaction: trench and tunnel installation
- Analysis of the construction process of trench installation
- Seismic analysis

Modelo FEM – Bifurcación

CATEGORIES:

CFD - DEM,Civil Engineering and Architecture,Energy,Hydraulics

Year:

2021

Country:

Australia

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