German
Samina power station New pressure and distribution pipeline construction
Project description:
The Samina power station is a pumped storage power station and one among several hydroelectric power stations of Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke AG with headquarters in Schaan, Liechtenstein. The powerhouse itself is located in Vaduz.
The Samina power station utilises the 835-metre difference in elevation between the Samina Valley and the Vaduz underground reservoir.
Scope of work:
- Engineering, delivery and assembly of the steel pressure pipeline including distribution pipe (Y-pipe) and high-pressure pump
- 1 x expansion, executed as access pipe
- 3 x expansion
- 4 x manhole
- 1 x insulation joint DN 900, 3.05 m long
Technical data:
- Steel pressure pipeline, 958 m buried and 178 m penstock
- 24 m vertical armouring
- Diameter DN 900
- Wall thicknesses: 12 mm to 20 mm depending on pressure rating
- Max. pressure: 83 bar
- Weight: 410 tons
- Material: P355 NL1 and P460 NL1
- Corrosion protection: Exterior PE with fibre cement encasing, interior 2-component epoxy resin coating
Quality assurance
- Tests: 100 % UT, longitudinal and round seams (in-house)
- 100 % RT, crossings (in-house)
- 100 % UT, round seams (on-site)
- 6 x RT (on-site)