EPARIS, EFRANSI – Umthengi wamandla waseFransi uvakalise ulwaneliseko olukhulu ngokuhanjiswa nokufakelwa kweyunithi yamandla kagesi ye-turbine ye-80kW Francis yanamhlanje, ebonelelwe yinkampani yobunjineli bamanzi edumileyo, iForster. Le projekthi, evuselela indawo yamanzi yasekuhlaleni, inconywe ngokusebenza kwayo okungenaziphazamiso kunye nokusebenza kwayo okugqwesileyo.

Umthengi, umdlali ophambili kwicandelo lamandla ahlaziyekayo eFransi, uncome uForster ngobuchule bakhe obupheleleyo, ukususela kuyilo lokuqala kunye nokwenza ngokwezifiso i-turbine ukuya ekuqalisweni kwayo kokugqibela. I-turbine ye-80kW yeFrancis ngoku isebenza ngokupheleleyo, iguqula ukuhamba kwamanzi kube ngumthombo ozinzileyo nothembekileyo wombane ococekileyo kuluntu lwasekuhlaleni.
“Siyavuya kakhulu ngezixhobo kunye nentsebenziswano esinayo noForster,” utshilo umphathi weprojekthi yomthengi waseFransi. “I-turbine ye-80kW Francis ifike ngexesha elifanelekileyo kwaye yahlanganiswa ngokugqibeleleyo kwiziseko zophuhliso zesiza sethu esikhoyo. Ukusebenza kwayo kakuhle sele kudlule oko besikulindele ekuqaleni, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe yimpahla exabisekileyo kakhulu kwipotifoliyo yethu yamandla azinzileyo. Inkxaso yobugcisa kaForster kuyo yonke le nkqubo yayingenasiphako.”

Imodeli ye-turbine kaFrancis ikhethwe ngenxa yokukwazi kwayo ukuziqhelanisa nokusebenza kakuhle kwiimeko ezahlukeneyo zokuhamba kwamanzi, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe sisisombululo esifanelekileyo kwiiparameter ezithile zesiza somthengi. Iinjineli zikaForster zisebenze ngokusondeleyo nomthengi ukulungisa izixhobo, ukuqinisekisa isivuno esiphezulu samandla kunye nokuqina kwexesha elide.
Isithethi sikaForster sathi, “Ukufumana impendulo entle kangaka kuyavuza kakhulu. Injongo yethu kukubonelela kungekuphela nje ngezixhobo, kodwa isisombululo esipheleleyo nesisebenza kakuhle esihlangabezana neenjongo zamandla nezoqoqosho zabathengi bethu. Le projekthi iphumeleleyo eFransi ngumzekelo ogqibeleleyo wendlela iteknoloji yemveli yamandla ombane, xa idityaniswe nobunjineli banamhlanje, enokubonelela ngayo ngesiseko sekamva lamandla acocekileyo.”
Impumelelo yolu fakelo iqinisa udumo lukaForster njengeqabane elithembekileyo kwiiprojekthi zombane wamanzi ezincinci ukuya kweziphakathi kulo lonke elaseYurophu, nto leyo ebonisa ukuqhubeka nokusebenza kunye nokubaluleka kwamandla amanzi kumxube wamandla ahlaziyekayo kwihlabathi liphela.

Malunga noForster:
UForster ngumboneleli ohamba phambili kwihlabathi liphela wezisombululo zamandla ombane ngamanzi, onembali ende yobuchule bobunjineli. Ingcali kuyilo kunye nokuveliswa kweeturbines, kuquka iimodeli zikaFrancis, uPelton, kunye noKaplan, iForster izinikele ekuncedeni abathengi ukuba basebenzise amandla amanzi ngokufanelekileyo nangokuzinzileyo.
Ixesha leposi: Oktobha-11-2025