Steiner Aa

Along the Steiner Aa in the canton of Schwyz, a vertical Pelton turbine with four nozzles harnesses a head of 199 m and delivers around 2 MW.

Elektrizitätswerk des Bezirks Schwyz AG

Location

Steinen (SZ), Switzerland

Year of manufacture

2015

Turbine type

1 vertical Pelton turbine with 4 nozzles

Total power

1,971 kW

For the Steiner Aa plant, TROYER supplied the mechanical and control equipment. The turbine maintains high efficiency even at low winter flows.

Unit

Rated flow

Head

Turbine power

Generator

Pelton - vertical - 4 nozzles

1,140 l/s

198.70 m

2,017 kW

Synchronous generator
2,500 kVA, 6,300 V
750 rpm
Closed cooling circuit

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