Last Wednesday, our third-semester students of our dual study program had the opportunity to immerse themselves in the processes of a power plant: To this end, lecturer Manuel Berger organized a tour of the Untere Sill power plant as part of the “Fluid Dynamics” course.
Günther Thurner, who is responsible for mechanical maintenance, guided the students through the power plant and enabled them to understand the path of electricity from generation to the power outlets.
The Untere Sill power plant has three Francis spiral turbines with a maximum output of 28 megawatts. The practical implementation and functioning of the turbines provided our students with an enriching experience – the knowledge they had already acquired in previous courses, such as Electrical Engineering Fundamentals, Technical Physics, and Technical Mechanics, as well as in the current Fluid Dynamics course, was expanded and deepened here with practical experience.
Students will certainly look back fondly on this excursion when attending future courses, such as Energy Technology, which is scheduled for the coming winter semester.
Special thanks go to Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe (IKB), in particular Günther Thurner, for the invitation and detailed insights into the power plant operations.
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