Arcediano (Mexico)

Pumped Storage Plant

Place:

Guadalajara - Mexico

Customer:

Coordinacion de Ingenieria de Proyectos S.C (Cipro)

Year:

2006

Project Description:

Pumped storage plant project (240 MW) envisaged on the shores of Arcediano lake

Main Features:

Underground power house (No. 2 Francis turbines, IP = 240 MW)
Pumping plant (P = 296 MVA)
Surge shaft (H = 30 m, D = 10 m)
Penstock (L = 680 m, D = 2.8 m)
Penstock shaft (L = 300 m, D = 2.8 m)
Access tunnel to underground power house (L = 1'415 m)

Engineering Service:

Basic design (in collaboration with Cipro)
Technical specifications of electromechanical and hydromechanical works
Hydraulic studies