Translation of "Oberbecken" in English

In 1932, the Schluchsee reservoir, with its new dam, became the upper basin of a pumped storage power plant.

The Schluchsee is therefore the upper basin of the Häusern pump storage hydropower station.

The water from the lower basin is pumped into the upper basin.

The ATC Merkur Pasohlávky (upper reservoir) are the two designated swimming lagoon .

The upper reservoir can store 1,981 million m³ of water – enough to generate 591 MWh of electricity.

The 215-metre high ring wall encloses the upper reservoir, which has a diameter of six kilometres.

Below the Wendefurth Reservoir the B 81 crosses the Bode and continues on the "Wendefurther Steige" to the upper basin of the Wendefurth Power Station.

The water can then be pumped by the generators back into the upper reservoir for reuse.

Below the Wendefurth Reservoir the B 81 crosses the Bode and continues on the Wendefurther Steige to the upper basin of the Wendefurth Power Station.

In their network, the Alb Reservoir and its sister, the Mettma Reservoir in the valley of the Mettma, are one of two side arms linking the Schwarzabruck Reservoir (lower basin for the power station on the upper level (Oberstufe) and upper basin for the power station on the middle level (Mittelstufe) in the Schwarza valley.

Just under 400 metres northeast of the summit of the Hohe Egge along the crest of the Selter are the crags of the Selterklippen and, about 1 km southeast of the Hohe Egge at a height of 393.1 m is the upper basin of the Erzhausen Pumped Storage Plant.

In case of a failure of the electrical systems the hydrostatic water pressure from the upper basin is used for the emergency supply of cooling water and fire water (in case of a fire).

When necessary, for example, when there is a surplus on the electricity market, the water is pumped from the lower to the upper reservoir.

If the demand for electricity in the grid rises, water is released from the upper basin via a pressure pipeline to the bottom.

Water flows from an elevated basin (upper reservoir) through pump turbines into a lower-lying basin (lower reservoir) and thus generates electricity.

For power generation, the water flows from the upper reservoir into the lower reservoir through a Francis turbine that drives an electric generator.

In contrast to the aforesaid generic pump turbine plants, reversible pump turbine plants have also become known, in which the turbine and pump are formed by a common impeller so that during the operation of the turbine the common impeller is acted upon with water from the upper reservoir to generate electrical power and during the operation of the pump it is driven by the electrical machine.

In the latter operation, the pump does pump water from a lower reservoir into an upper reservoir and is therefore driven by an electrical machine which is in driving connection with the pump.

During the operation of the turbine conversely, the water flowing out of the upper reservoir through the turbine into the lower reservoir drives the turbine, which transmits a corresponding power to the electrical machine.

The water is fed from the upper basin through a penstock to the pump turbine and drives it.

The upper reservoir serves for irrigation and recreation, median is declared a nature reserve with artificial islands for nesting birds.

At peak times, when around 500 000 homes and companies in Virginia require power, the gates open to the underground pipes from the upper basin and more than 850 cubic meters of water per second rush down and through the six turbines in the lower part of the building.

The water pumped into the upper basin can then be used at times of high demand to produce large quantities of electricity at short notice which can then be fed into the grid.

If the demand for electricity in the grid rises, water is released from the upper basin to the bottom via a penstock and causes the pump turbines to move.

The valley reservoir at Wendefurth dam acts as the lower reservoir for the pumped storage power plant, whereas the upper reservoir is situated on a nearby hill.

At peak times, when around 500 000 homes and companies in Virginia require power, the spherical shutoff valves are open and more than 850 cubic meters of water per second rush down the underground pipes from the upper basin and through the six turbines located in the lower part of the building.