Pumped Storage Power Plants

Dr. Shahid Ali

Pumped storage hydropower is a technology that stores low-cost off-peak, excess, or unusable
electrical energy.
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The power station was a pure pumped-storage facility, using
the Philippine Sea as its lower reservoir, with an effective drop of 136 m
and maximum flow of 26 m³/s. Its pipelines and pump turbine were
installed underground. Its maximum output was approximately 2.1% of
the maximum power demand in the Okinawa Island recorded on
August 3, 2009.
The upper reservoir, artificially excavated, was approximately 600
metres (2,000 ft) away from the shoreline and approximately 150 metres
(490 ft) above sea level. It had an octagonal planar shape with a
maximum width of 252 metres (827 ft). Its maximum depth was 25
metres (82 ft) and its effective storage capacity was 564,000 cubic
metres (457 acre⋅ft). The entire inner surface of the reservoir was
covered with an impermeable liner to prevent seawater from leaking
and damaging the surrounding vegetation. Fiber-reinforced
plastic tubes were adopted for the penstock and the tailrace instead of
steel tubes in order to avoid seawater corrosion and adhesion
of barnacles. The pump turbine was partially made of stainless
steel resistant to seawater