Small Hydropower Plant Thermorema
Partly sedimented water intake during flood
Drained grit chamber with accumulated sediments
Country: Greece
Project period: 07/2009 - 10/2010
Client: Private Investor
Investment amount: EUR 48,000 (consulting)
Description:
The existing SHPP with 2.7 MW shows several deficencies in operation:
- Flushing of grit chamber is not efficent and accumulated sediments must be removed by hand;
- Flow velocities in grit chamber are partly too high to allow sand to settle;
- Tyrolean weir at the intake is regulary blocked by sediments after flood events;
- Algae problem due to surface water inflow just upstream intake;
- Land slide at the penstock section.
The aim of the project is to analyse the current situation and to design the details for improvement measures to optimize the plant operation.
A SCADA system shall be installed to allow state-of-the-art operation and monitoring of the power plant.
Services provided:
- Analysis of present operational problems
- Detailed design of improvement measures
- Detailed design of SCADA system
- Detailed design of automated flushing system for grit chamber
- Detailed design for automated flow measurements in river, intake and environmental flow