Pondage device
AssigneeElectricite de France
InventorAlexandre LOCHU
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Abstract
The invention relates to a pondage device (1) including a dam (2) and an improvement (3), arranged downstream from said dam, referred to as a “downstream improvement”. Said device is characterised in that it includes at least one flexible cylinder (4) positioned between said dam (2) and said improvement (3), and in that said flexible cylinder (4) includes a chamber (41) inside of which water is stored, said chamber being at least partially defined by a deformable membrane (40), said chamber (41) being kept under pressure by pressurisation means (5).
Claims16
A pondage device comprising a dam and an improvement, arranged downstream of said dam, called a “downstream improvement,” wherein it comprises at least one flexible jack interposed between the downstream facing of said dam and the upstream facing of said improvement, in that this flexible jack comprises a chamber inside of which water is stored, this chamber being delimited at least in part by a deformable membrane, this chamber being kept under pressure by pressurization means.
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