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3-energy power plant : SER130000PL7
Contextualization: Energy Independence : « Sun, water and wind serving El Hierro island ».
Learning objectives:
• Producing electricity
– Hydropower (waterfall)
– Fluid energy (wind power)
– Solar energy (photovoltaic)
• Storing electricity
– Potential energy (water retention)
– Chemical (battery)
• Material & Structures : Turbine Study
– Choice of material within the constraints
– prototyping (3D printing)
• Information…
– Acquiring : Pressure sensors, Flowmeter
– Addressing : Siemens PLC
– Communicating information : Ethernet Network
Operating part :
• Top tank (potential energy)
• Penstock (waterfall height of 30 meters)
• Transmitters of flow and pressure
• Pelton type turbine with a nozzle
• DC generator with 12VDC voltage regulator
• Pump with a 15-l/min flow
• Wind turbine 90 W,
• Solar panel 20 W
Control part :
• PLC S7 1200 Data acquisition with Operator terminal KTP 700 touch color graphic 7 ‘’