Tashar wutar lantarki ta Steenbras

Tashar Wutar Lantarki ta Steenbras, wacce kuma ita ce Tashar Famfon Ruwa ta Steenbras, tashar wutar lantarki ce mai ƙarfin famfo mai ƙarfin MW 180 da aka fara aiki da ita a shekarar 1979 a Afirka ta Kudu . Tashar wutar lantarki tana tsakanin Madatsar Ruwa ta Steenbras da ƙaramin madatsar ruwa ta ƙasa a gefen dutse. Tana aiki a matsayin tsarin adana makamashi, ta hanyar adana ruwa a cikin madatsar ruwa ta sama a lokutan da ba a cika yin aiki ba da kuma fitar da wannan ruwan don samar da wutar lantarki a lokutan da ake yawan cunkoso. Birnin Cape Town yana amfani da tashar wutar lantarki don daidaita kaya da kuma rage yawan lodi da matsalar makamashi ta Afirka ta Kudu ta haifar. An ruwaito cewa wannan tashar wutar lantarki ita ce tashar wutar lantarki ta farko da aka gina da famfo a nahiyar Afirka . Wuri Madatsar ruwa ta Steenbras ta mamaye kogin Steenbras a tsayin kimanin mita 375 a tsaunukan Hottentots Holland, sama da madatsar ruwa ta Steenbras ta asali (wanda ba ta cikin tsarin samar da wutar lantarki na ruwa). Tashar wutar lantarki ta Steenbras da kuma madatsar ruwa ta ƙasan wannan tsari suna kan ƙananan gangaren dutsen a tsayin kusan mita 100, kusa da garin Gordon's Bay da kuma 50 kilometres (30 mi) zuwa kudu maso gabas na tsakiyar birnin Cape Town. Jerin ramukan sun haɗa ma'ajiyar ruwa ta sama da tashar wutar lantarki. Aiki Ma'aikatar Wutar Lantarki ta birnin Cape Town ce ke gudanar da tashar wutar lantarki. Ya ƙunshi injinan wutar lantarki guda huɗu, kowannensu yana da ƙarfin MW 45, wanda ke da ƙarfin MW 180. A lokacin da ake yawan aiki, ana amfani da ruwa daga ma'ajiyar wutar lantarki ta sama don juya injinan wutar lantarki don samar da makamashi mai tsabta. A lokacin da babu cunkoso (daga ƙarfe 11 na dare har zuwa ƙarfe 7 na safe), kayan aikin iri ɗaya, a wannan lokacin suna aiki kamar famfunan wutar lantarki, suna amfani da wutar lantarki da aka saya daga layin wutar lantarki na ƙasa don tura ruwa daga ƙaramin ma'ajiyar wutar lantarki zuwa babban ma'ajiyar wutar lantarki. Ana maimaita wannan tsari, kamar yadda buƙatar ta taso kuma kamar yadda ƙarfin hydrodynamic ya ba da dama. Galibi ana iyakance fitar da wutar lantarki ta hanyar 3,560 megalitres (126×10^6 cu ft) ƙarfin magudanar ruwa ta ƙasa. A matsakaicin fitarwa, tashar za ta iya aiki na kimanin awanni goma sha biyu kafin magudanar ruwa ta ƙasa ta cika; a aikace yawanci ana yin ta na tsawon awanni huɗu zuwa biyar a rana. A lokacin hunturu, wanda shine lokacin damina a wannan ɓangaren Afirka ta Kudu, idan magudanar ruwa ta sama ta cika sosai, za a iya fitar da ruwa daga magudanar ruwa ta ƙasa zuwa aikin tace ruwan Faure maimakon a sake tura shi sama. Duba kuma Manazarta