Given is a diagram illustrating the electricity generation in a hydroelectric power station.
It is evident from the information supplied that the process is divided into two day and night stages. The cycle in a day commences with water flowing from a river into a high-level reservoir and ends with the transmission of electricity to the national grid, while at night, water flow backs into the initial reservoir.
As shown by the figure, in the first stage, the water from a river is stored in a high-level reservoir behind a dam. The water then passes through an intake, which is opened only during the day and closes at night. In the subsequent stage, water flows to the generator’s turbine in the power station, and the generated electricity is sent to the national grid through power lines. At the same time, water runs to a low-level reservoir.
During the night, the reversible turbine pumps the water from the low-level reservoir to the high-level reservoir, which is stored for the next day's usage.
Given
is a diagram illustrating the electricity generation in a hydroelectric power station.
It is evident from the information supplied that the process
is divided
into two day and
night
stages. The cycle in a day commences with
water
flowing from a river into a high-level
reservoir
and ends with the transmission of electricity to the national grid, while at
night
,
water
flow backs into the initial reservoir.
As shown by the figure, in the
first
stage, the
water
from a river
is stored
in a high-level
reservoir
behind a dam. The
water
then passes through an intake, which
is opened
only
during the day and closes at
night
. In the subsequent stage,
water
flows to the generator’s turbine in the power station, and the generated electricity is
sent
to the national grid through power lines. At the same time,
water
runs to a low-level reservoir.
During the
night
, the reversible turbine pumps the
water
from the low-level
reservoir
to the high-level
reservoir
, which
is stored
for the
next
day's usage.