THE GENERALIZED TECHNIQUE OF AUTOMATED DESIGN OF REVERSIBLE WATER-WHEELS
At the beginning of this article the review of modern plants for a covering of different parts of loading is provided in electrical networks, it is shown that a current problem is creation of the new, more perfect units intended for a covering of peaks of loading. A main goal of the described work was development of the generalized, stage-by-stage technique of automated design of such installations - the energy-generating and power heat-sink, using transformation of potential energy of the water located at the different high-rise levels in kinetic and vice versa - the pumped storage power plants created on the basis of so-called reversible hydromachines which can work both as the turbine, and as the pump. The given technique is created by the analysis of the most advanced design methods of hydromachines which allowed to offer a new design method since definition of basic data, finishing with profiling of the driving wheel and creation of three-dimensional model of the hydromachine. Importance, relevance and prospects of use of the developed design technique as it allows to achieve high-quality increase in indicators of reversible hydromachines and acceleration of process of their development is shown and proved. Simplification of a designing process of pumped storage power plants has to lead to their bigger distribution and finally to improvement of quality of work of power supply systems by optimization of redistribution of electric power within a day. It has to raise also significantly and economic indicators of the Russian electrical networks. As a result of the conducted researches the directions of carrying out further researches and ways of improvement of designs and processes in the industry of design and construction of pumped storage power plants are offered.