THE PROVIDED PROCESS CHART ILLUSTRATES DATA ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROCESS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN A HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION.
OVERALL, IT INVOLVES FIVE MAIN CONSECUTIVE STAGES. IT BEGINS FROM THE STORED WATER IN THE RESERVOIR TO ENERGY IN NATIONAL GRIDS.
IT CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN THAT, IN THE FIRST PROCESS, THE WATER THAT COMES FROM THE RIVER, WHICH IS STORED IN A HIGH-LEVEL RESERVOIR AND CONTROLLED BY AN ENORMOUS DAM. AT THIS STAGE, THE DAM INTAKE WATER IN THE DAYTIME WHEREAS, DURING THE NIGHT IT REMAINS CLOSED. THEN, THE WATER FLOWS TO THE GENERATOR WHERE A REVERSIBLE TURBINE OPERATES GENERATOR IN THE DAYTIME AND PUMPS WATER INTO A HIGH-LEVEL RESERVOIR IN THE NIGHT PERIOD.
THE DIAGRAM FURTHER COLLATES THAT, IN DAY, THE WATER IS STORED IN A LOW-LEVEL STORAGE FACILITY AND IN NIGHT IT PUSHES BACK TO THE TURBINE. THE TURBINE GENERATES POWER BY GENERATOR AND TRANSFERS IT INTO THE NATIONAL POWER GRID BY USING POWER LINES.
THE PROVIDED PROCESS CHART ILLUSTRATES DATA ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROCESS INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY IN A HYDROELECTRIC
POWER
STATION.
OVERALL
, IT INVOLVES FIVE MAIN CONSECUTIVE STAGES. IT
BEGINS
FROM THE STORED
WATER
IN THE RESERVOIR TO ENERGY IN NATIONAL GRIDS.
IT CAN BE
CLEARLY
SEEN
THAT, IN THE
FIRST
PROCESS, THE
WATER
THAT
COMES
FROM THE RIVER, WHICH
IS STORED
IN A HIGH-LEVEL RESERVOIR AND CONTROLLED BY AN ENORMOUS DAM. AT THIS STAGE, THE DAM INTAKE
WATER
IN THE DAYTIME WHEREAS, DURING THE NIGHT IT REMAINS CLOSED. THEN, THE
WATER
FLOWS TO THE GENERATOR WHERE A REVERSIBLE TURBINE OPERATES GENERATOR IN THE DAYTIME AND PUMPS
WATER
INTO A HIGH-LEVEL RESERVOIR IN THE NIGHT PERIOD.
THE DIAGRAM
FURTHER
COLLATES THAT, IN DAY, THE
WATER
IS STORED
IN A LOW-LEVEL STORAGE FACILITY AND IN NIGHT IT PUSHES BACK TO THE TURBINE. THE TURBINE GENERATES
POWER
BY GENERATOR AND TRANSFERS IT INTO THE NATIONAL
POWER
GRID BY USING
POWER
LINES.