Customer:
Provincia di Lucca
Place:
Lucca (LU), Italy
Year
2012 - 2014
Description of works:
- no. 2 electric-pumps with adjustable flow, each with capacity 2000 l/s, head 7,2 m, power 200 kW
- no. 1 pipe DN 1000 painted
- MV/LV electrical equipment for a total installed power of 630 kVA
- automation and remote control system
Nominal characteristics
Total plant capacity: 4000 l/s
Head: 7,2 m
Total installed power: 400 kW
Pumps with adjustable blades
Each pump is equipped with the technology of adjustable blades in operation.
This solution allows to reduced flow rates up to 50/60% of the nominal capacity and to keep unchanged the head, always with excellent performance.
Curiosity...
The new pumping station was built for the hydraulic safety of the territory, following the flood of the Serchio river in 2009.
The operation of the pumping station is subject to automatic adjustment of the blades depending on the growth of the level arriving from the hydraulic channel.
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