• DocumentCode
    1270603
  • Title

    An Overpumping Prevention System for the Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Project

  • Author

    Jones, J.H. ; Heyward, H.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Southern Company Services, Inc., Birmingham, AL
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1986
  • Firstpage
    20
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    An overpumping prevention system was designed to protect the upper reservoir dam structures and, therefore, the power house and surrounding countryside at the Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydro Project. This system uses three independent systems for checking reservoir levels. Two of them automatically trip the units, if necessary. Fiber optic communications are used to link the instrumentation at the upper reservoir to the powerhouse.
  • Keywords
    Companies; Induction motors; Instruments; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Power system planning; Power system protection; Reservoirs; Rotors; Temperature measurement; Thermal engineering; Turbines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Engineering Review, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1724
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPER.1986.5527647
  • Filename
    5527647