0-Viollet-intro PSP\(anglais\) [Mode de compatibilité]

Société Hydrotechnique de France
French Hydro Society
Born in 1912 following
the 1902 congress of
« la houille blanche »
(il carbone bianco),
initially focussed on
hydropower development
in the Alps
The Calypso plant in the french Alps, 1902
Société Hydrotechnique de France
French Hydro Society
The development of turbines for high head chutes was one of the
major technical problems at that time
The Calypso plant in the french Alps, 1902
Today, SHF is covering many fields related to
water sciences and fluid dynamics
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From the snow and ice in altitude,
the origin of the water cycle…
to Water management and Hydrology,
Rivers, Coastal and Urban Hydraulics and
water sciences,
Fluid flows in Energy conversion processes
Microfluidics,
Experimental models, CFD &
Hydroinformatics, two-phase flows
Links with the Stakeholders of Water issues
Workshops and conferences organized by SHF
in 2012
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1-2 February (Paris): Extreme flood and surge events on coastal, fluvial
and estuarine areas
14-15 March (Grenoble) : SHF Glaciology and Nivology workshop
27-31 August (Paris) : 6th International Symposium on Erosion and
Scour
12-13-14 September (Nice) : SIMHYDRO 2012 : Hydroinformatics and
CFD (multidomains, multiphysics, coupling with data bases, 3D
modelling in the near field of hydraulic structures)
14-15 November (Paris) : large hydraulic projects
3-4 December (Heidelberg) : 3rd European Congress of Microfluidics
Pumped Storage Plants :
both old and new challenges
The very first PSP may have been built in 1902 in
Switzerland (Ruppoldigern)
In the beginning of the XXth century, hydropower
development was inside local power systems and
was mainly linked to :
- electrochemistry and electrometallurgy plants
- electrification of cities (trams, public light)
alt. 1722 m
ancienne
galerie (1900)
lac de la
Girotte
(1,04 et 1,24 m de diamètre)
vanne
alt. 1675 m
alt. 1645 m
turbinage
vanne
pompage
1926 : a PSP
at Girotte lake
by the steel
company Ugine
2 conduites vers l’usine de
Belleville
220 m
113,4 m
LF
N
Les Rateaux
Bi
Le Bon-Nant
Belleville
L’Arly
HL
U
Q
Vi
B
D. de Beaufort
R
Venthon
Centrale hydroélectrique
Galerie d’amenée de l’eau
Sommet de plus de 2000 m
lac de la
Girotte
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Nom
Ugine (U)
Venthon
Roengers (R)
Queigne (Q)
Villard (Vi)
Beaufort (B)
Haute Luce (HL)
Belleville
Fontanus (F)
Le Fayet (LF)
Bionnay (Bi)
Chute
(m)
120
93
72
93
110
270
180
520
400
172
45
Puissance
(MW)
5,8
5,6
5,6
4,5
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20
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20 (t) / 4,6 (p)
5,5
10,5
4,2
1934-1938 : the PSP station of lac Blanc - lac Noir
as a complement to the Kembs plant on the Rhein
The Kembs power plant was built in
order to provide the city of Mulhouse
with electricity, together with a PSP
between two lakes in the neighbourhood
The Kembs plant on the
Rhein (1932) 120 MW
Nowadays : Pumped storage
Plants in a world in demand of
more energy storage
• European targets in terms of renewable
energies will push the development of
intermittent sources, wind and solar,
• making more challenging the real-time
equilibrium of generation and demand.
• PSP are the cheapest energy storage for
electricity
• PSP will contribute to the integration of
renewable intermittent energies
• PSP are today developing in many countries