• DocumentCode
    2612803
  • Title

    The Ancipa Project-PV plant to power four sliding gates and a trash-rack rake

  • Author

    Previ, A. ; Iliceto, A. ; Righi, S. ; Guastella, S.

  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    21-25 May 1990
  • Firstpage
    982
  • Abstract
    A PV (photovoltaic) pilot application has been set up to produce sufficient power to operate four sliding gates and a trash-rack rake at the intake of a hydroelectric power plant in Sicily (Ancipa). This photovoltaic unit, which has been set up in the Sicilian mountains, takes the place of a diesel generator and should prove to be a more reliable source of electric power. A description is provided of the plant subsystems, including the PV array and batteries, the hydraulic equipment, and the data acquisition system
  • Keywords
    hydroelectric power stations; photovoltaic power systems; power supplies to apparatus; project engineering; solar cell arrays; solar cells; Italy; PV power systems; Sicily; batteries; data acquisition; hydraulic equipment; hydroelectric power plant; power supply; project engineering; sliding gates; solar cell arrays; trash-rack rake; Automatic generation control; Batteries; Circuits; Hydroelectric power generation; Meteorology; Photovoltaic systems; Reservoirs; Solar energy; Solar power generation; Water resources;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1990., Conference Record of the Twenty First IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Kissimmee, FL
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PVSC.1990.111764
  • Filename
    111764