THE OVIDIU I AND III POWER STATIONS ON THE DANUBE-BLACK SEA CANAL. (MINISTRY OF POWER AND ELECTRICITY).

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 2009
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• Publication Date: May 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Rumania
DATE OF INFO.
The Ovidiu I and III Power'Stations on
the Danube-Black-Sea Canal. (Ministry
of Power and Electricity).
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ll May 1953
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1a Electromontaj, a department of the Ministry of Power and Electricity, is
responsible for the construction of power stations, transformers, and high-
tension lines. A special section of the department built all electrical
installations in the Danube-Black Sea Canal area, including the three power
stations at Ovidiu, near Capul Midia. Stations I and III have been completed,
but station II, the largest, is still under construction.
2. Ovidiu No. I is a large power station of approximately 109.000 h,p4 It
supplies the station itself, the town. of Constanta, the 35,000 volt station.,
the town of Capul Midia, and the large Soviet excavators 'in ?the area, The
station has four diesel engines with parallel generators, three of which
are naval-type engine
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The engines are started
witli solar oil anci. en operated. on mazut.. m e engines. and generators are
arranged in a row in a large room with the switchboard and indicators in
front of the engines and the 6,000 volt generator behind the switchboard.
In the engine hall there are a mobile, three cubic meter tank for solar oil
and an overhead travelling crane for., lifting machine parts.
The two transformers which raise the 6,000 volts to,35,000 volts are out-,
side and behind the engine room, They are of Soviet make, 2,500 KW A,.
with rotary separators, automatic snitches., and collector shafts.
The equipment of the 35,000 volt station are of German make, Sachsenwerke.
They had been taken by the Soviets as war compensation and sold to the
Rumanian government, Three cables from this 35,000 volt station supply
the entire Canal area with current; two cables go to Medgidia and one to
Cernavoda,
A locksmith shop, a mechanical workshop, and an office are located on one
side of the engine room; two transformers, which reduce the 6,000 volts to
380 volts for light and power for the,station,.are located on the other side.
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The accumulator used to compensate the generators and supply the emergency
line is on the same side as the transformers.
Foundation for engines and generators., pumps for solar oil, tanks for pre.
heating mazut, and cables of the power station are in a basement under the
engine room. The cables of the 35,000 volt station, which have two sets of
collector shafts and one coupling cell, are also in this basement.
Ovidiu No. II is planned to be the largest power station in Rumania. Work
was begun in 1951 and is to be completed in 1952. This station is to produce
24,000 KW. Its power is to be produced by thereto-generators, which are to be
supplied and installed by the Soviets. Ovidiu No. II is to consist of the
power station itself, one transformer station at Medgidia, and one trans..
former station at Cernavoda0
8. Ovidiu No. III is a small power station which supplies light for Ovidiu No. I
and the entire Canal area. The station has three diesel engines with parallel
generators., two of which are of 250 h.p. each and the third 25X1
a 450 hop. diesel of unknown make. It also has three closed transformers for
6,000 volts and a lightning conductor. Ovidiu No. III is connected by three
cables to Ovidiu I, 120 meters distant,
9. Nine giant, Soviet Azoustal excavators., with scoops capable of lifting three
cubic meters of earth and mounted on arms ten meters long, are in use in the
Canal area. Current is taken from the 6.,000 volt., high-tension cables (from
Ovidiu No. I) wherever the excavators are working. Each excavator has a
transformer and six motors for lifting-the scoop, turning the arms., emptying
the scoop, and moving the caterpillar tracks. Each excavator is operated by
one electrician and one mechanic.
10a The following personalities are known-.
Carp, fnu, the Administrative Director in Bucharest,
b. Pana Corneliu, chief engineer of Ovidiu No. III and manager of the area,
co Manduc, fnu, the Director of the Electromontaj department of the
Ministry in Bucharest,
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