Wooden Wheel On Railway Tracks Of Small Hydro-Power Plant In Forest In Jasenie Stock Photo

Wooden wheel on railway tracks of small Hydro-Power Plant in forest in Jasenie in Nizke Tatry national park during summer, Low Tatras mountains, Europe, Slovakia. The plant was put into operation in 1924. It is owned by the nearby ironworks factory Zeleziarne Podbrezova. Pipelines collect water from the three nearby valleys into a reservoir with a capacity of 9,000 m2 of water. The length of each of the pipes is more than 7 km. From the reservoir, an 850m-long pipeline feeds the water to the plant. The inflow of water, with a drop of 196 metres and a flow rate of 1.5 m3 sec., yields a power output of 2.3 MW, generated by two PELTON-type turbines (20 atm.). The smaller, single-blade turbine captures 0.5 m3 sec., while the bigger, two-blade turbine handles the rest of the water flow.