Visit to renewable energy source centre in Kumluca

1. POLAND MEETING-FEBRUARY,2014

2. • RECYCLE TODAY FOR A BETTER TOMORROW”
(2012-2014)
CUMHURIYET SECONDARY SCHOOL
KUMLUCA-ANTALYA
TURKEY

3. • 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.

4. IN OUR TOWN,KUMLUCA WE HAVE 3
HYDRO-ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT
• WE HAD A VISIT TO ALAKIR HYDRO-ELECTRICAL
POWER PLANT WITH OUR COMENIUS TEAM

5. 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 .

6. THE ROLE OF HYDROPOWER IN BRINGING
CLEAN,RENEWABLE,ENERGY TO THE WORLD

7. 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.

8. • 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.

9. 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

10. MOVING
WATER

13. THE ENGINEER TELLS US THE FUNCTION OF
THIS PIPE.

14. INSIDE WAS NOISY,SO WE USED
EARPHONES

16. *ALAKIR HYDRO-ELECTRICAL POWER
PLANT WAS BUILT IN 1999.
*IT HAS THE POWER TO GENERATE 2.2 MW
ELECRTICITY IN A MONTH.
*IT GENERATES ABOUT 1000 KW ENERGY IN
A SECOND,23 MW IN A DAY.

17. THERE ARE
TWO
UNITS.BOTH OF
THEM CAN
WORK
ACCORDING TO
FLOW OF
WATER
COMING FROM
DAM.

19. THANKS TO OUR PROJECT,
WE GOT USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT
HYDRO-ELECTRICAL POWER PLANT WHICH
IS AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE.