• DocumentCode
    1196258
  • Title

    From Ismail to Rotterdam: the trans-European waterway

  • Author

    Bird, W.E.

  • Author_Institution
    IEE German Centre, Munich, Germany
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    11/17/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    241
  • Lastpage
    243
  • Abstract
    The author explains how electricity provided the financial base for a civil-engineering project whose inspiration dates back to the Dark Ages. The author discusses the role of hydroelectric power, including pumped storage, in the design and operation of the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. In particular the author discusses the pumping stations and water resources and water flow control
  • Keywords
    hydroelectric power; hydroelectric power stations; pumped-storage power stations; pumping plants; Rhine-Main-Danube Canal; hydroelectric power; pumped storage; trans-European waterway; water flow control; water resources control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    IEE Review
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0953-5683
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ir:19940605
  • Filename
    333635