Visits to res-recycletodayforabettertomorrow

POLAND MEETING-FEBRUARY,2014

• RECYCLE TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW”

(2012-2014)

CUMHURIYET SECONDARY SCHOOL

KUMLUCA-ANTALYA

TURKEY

• Renewable energy technology exist in many forms.

Recent thinking often relates renewable energy to

electricity from either wind energy,solar energy or

geothermal energy.Yet the largest source of renewable

energy comes from a proven technology, hydropower.

Hydropower is renewable because it draws its

essential energy from the sun which drives the

hydrological cycle which, in turn, provides a

continuous renewable supply of water.

IN OUR TOWN,KUMLUCA WE HAVE 3HYDRO-ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT

• WE HAD A VISIT TO ALAKIR HYDRO-ELECTRICAL

POWER PLANT WITH OUR COMENIUS TEAM

WHAT IS HYDROPOWER?

• HYDROPOWER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST “MODERN”

RENEWABLE UTILIZED BY HUMANITY, WHEN WATER

WHEELS WERE DISCOVERED (~4,000 B.C.)

• FLOWING WATER CREATES ENERGY THAT CAN BE

CAPTURED AND TURNED INTO ELECTRICITY. THIS IS

CALLED HYDROELECTRIC POWER OR

HYDROPOWER .

THE ROLE OF HYDROPOWER IN BRINGINGCLEAN,RENEWABLE,ENERGY TO THE WORLD

THE DAM IS MADE ON A RIVER TO COLLECT

WATER. WHENEVER IT RAINS, THE WATER IS

COLLECTED INTO THE DAM SO IT SERVES AS A

WATER RESERVOIR. THE POTENTIAL ENERGY

FOR FURTHER WORK IS GENERATED BY THE

WATER LEVEL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE

DAMS AND THE TURBINES BECAUSE THE

WATER LEVEL IN THE DAMS IS VERY HIGH.

DAMS ALSO CONTROL THE WATER FLOW

THROUGH PENSTOCKS.

• THE FAST MOVING WATER (KINETIC ENERGY) STRIKES

THE TURBINES AND THEY START MOVING (MECHANICAL

ENERGY) AND THEN THIS ENERGY IS USED TO RUN

ELECTRIC GENERATORS. THE TRANSFERENCE OF

ENERGY TAKES PLACE FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER.

NOW INSTEAD OF WATER WHEELS WATER FALLING

FROM A VERTICAL HEIGHT IS USED WHICH HAS STORED

POTENTIAL ENERGY IN IT DUE TO ITS POSITION AND THE

WATER IS THEN PASSED THROUGH THE GATE OR

VESSELS WHICH TAKE THE WATER TO THE TURBINES

WHICH CONVERT POTENTIAL ENERGY INTO

MECHANICAL ENERGY, THESE VESSELS ARE CALLED

PENSTOCKS.

ADVANTAGES OF HYDROPOWER

• IT IS A CLEAN AND SAFE SOURCE OF ENERGY THEY

ARE SELF SUSTAINING THEY CREATE HABITAT FOR

MORE TYPES OF FISH THEY CAN ACT AS A FLOOD

CONTROLLER THEY ARE THE MOST EFFICIENT

ENERGY SOURCE RUNNING FROM 90-95%

EFFICIENCY.

• HYDROPOWER IS A RENEWABLE,NON-POLLUTING

AND ENVIRONMENT SOURCE OF ENERGY.

• MAXIMUM BENEFITS IN MINIMUM TIME

MOVING

WATER

THE ENGINEER TELLS US THE FUNCTION OF THIS PIPE.

INSIDE WAS NOISY,SO WE USEDEARPHONES

*ALAKIR HYDRO-ELECTRICAL POWERPLANT WAS BUILT IN 1999.

*IT HAS THE POWER TO GENERATE 2.2 MWELECRTICITY IN A MONTH.

*IT GENERATES ABOUT 1000 KW ENERGY INA SECOND,23 MW IN A DAY.

THERE ARE

TWO

UNITS.BOTH OF

THEM CAN

WORK

ACCORDING TO

FLOW OF

WATER

COMING FROM

DAM.

THANKS TO OUR PROJECT, WE GOT USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT

HYDRO-ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT WHICHIS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE.