Voith Hydro has supplied two complete power models (5 and 6) for the Changlongshan pumped storage plant in eastern China.
เกจวัดแรงลม ’s eye view of Changlongshan pumped storage plant – Image courtesy of Voith.
Earlier this month, unit 5 efficiently passed a 15-day trial operation and was formally put into industrial operation. It is the world’s first reversible pumped storage unit with a rated speed of 600 r/min and a capacity of 350 MW. There are six units put in in total on the 2.1 GW Changlongshan station situated in Zhejiang Province.
Voith says that the performance of unit 5 acquired excellent suggestions from the homeowners and specialists within the trade.
“The knowledge showed that the unit meets our excellence criteria and thereby proves that the engineering, manufacturing, set up and commissioning of the world’s first 600 r/min with 350 MW unit was successful,” stated Zhang Chengping, mechanical and electrical chief engineer at plant operator the China Three Gorges Group (CTG).
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