EUG 3/4 Pumped storage power plant/Power plants

In the power plants course, the way the following types of power plant operate is covered:

• Lignite power plants
• Coal-fired power plants
• Gas turbine power plants
• Gas and steam power plants
• Biogas combined heat and power (cogeneration) plants
• Nuclear power plants
• Hydroelectric power plants

The pumped storage power plant course analyses how electrical energy can be stored by transforming it into potential energy of water and then transforming it back into electrical energy again for feeding to the grid. Pumped storage plants are becoming increasingly necessary due to the increase in renewable energy generation and also provide indispensable energy storage capacity in a high-quality smart grid.

Training contents:

• Setting up synchronisation
  • Putting a multi-function relay into operation
• Generator operation
• Grid synchronisation
  • Setting parameters for a multi-function relay
  • Automatic synchronisation
• Manual power regulation for generators and motors
• Generator control using SCADA
• Power plants
  • Types of power plant
  • Typical characteristic curves and parameters
  • Commissioning and operation of various types of power station
  • Finding out how power plants work
  • Automatic load following with externally measured active and reactive power
• Pumped storage power plants in a smart grid