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Sprayed Concrete Accelerator for the Safe Expansion of the Forbach Pumped Storage Power Plant

Concrete sprayer in one of the seven tunnels without containers. You can clearly see the tunnel walls and ceilings already secured with wet sprayed concrete Credit/Quelle: Sika Deutschland
Concrete sprayer in one of the seven tunnels without containers. You can clearly see the tunnel walls and ceilings already secured with wet sprayed concrete
Credit/Quelle: Sika Deutschland
Filling the container with Sika Sigunit L-5401 AF sprayed concrete accelerator Credit/Quelle: Sika Deutschland
Filling the container with Sika Sigunit L-5401 AF sprayed concrete accelerator
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Securing the rock face by applying wet sprayed concrete. The set accelerator is added directly at the spray nozzle Credit/Quelle: Sika Deutschlan
Securing the rock face by applying wet sprayed concrete. The set accelerator is added directly at the spray nozzle
Credit/Quelle: Sika Deutschlan

Hydropower has been used for flexible electricity generation at the Forbach power plant in the Black Forest for over 100 years. In order to adapt this environmentally friendly energy generation to the constantly growing demand, the plant is being converted into a pumped storage power plant, thereby almost doubling the existing storage volume. Existing areas are being modernised and a new cavern power plant and cavern storage facility are being built. To reinforce the underground cavern and tunnel system, the sprayed concrete accelerator Sika Sigunit L-5401 AF from Sika Deutschland CH AG & Co...

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Ressort:  Spritzbeton | Sprayed Concrete
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