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News Release from: Radius Systems | Subject: MOndial molecular oriented PVC pipe
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 January 2005
Uponor mondial pipe in Cumbrian hydro
scheme
A total of 1.9 kilometres of Uponor's 400mm diameter black MOndial molecular oriented PVC pipe has been supplied for an innovative hydro-electric scheme in Cumbria.
Uponor's 400mm diameter black MOndial molecular oriented PVC pipe has been supplied for an innovative hydro-electric scheme in Cumbria The Uponor pipes have been specified in 12 and 16 bar pressures, and installed to pipe water from two dams - one 2.4 kilometres away, the other just under half a kilometre away
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 9 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The £500,000 project was completed at the end of 2004 for the North Pennines Heritage Trust (NPHT), which runs the Nenthead Mines Heritage Centre near Alston.
It is a sustainable hydro scheme to power the site, and to feed excess electricity back into the National Grid.
Two turbines generate around 375 kilowatts of power, mainly during the winter months, supplying the 200-acre site, which the NPHT has spent 10 years restoring.
Historically, the River Nent was the water source used to power machinery for the local lead mines over a century ago, and a number of waterwheels have been restored as part of the project.
However, as NPHT managing director David Flush explained, they felt there was a need for more modern sustainable energy resources: "We wanted a more efficient system and as we own two dams it made sense to pipe water from these down to the turbines and sell the excess energy on".
" Although the turbines aren't huge, they will generate more than enough electricity for Nenthead village." Nenthead Hydro is the privately funded company operating the turbines.
The NPHT runs a visitor centre and education visits at Nenthead, displaying the industrial heritage of the site, that includes exhibition buildings, interactive waterwheels and machinery, smelt mills, underground tours, water courses and woodland walks.
Part of the less attractive industrial heritage of the area has been the heavy metals pollution of the River Nent downriver from the old mines, although the spoil heaps that litter the area have since grassed over.
The developer Tradelink Solutions funded the project.
The contractor liaised with Uponor's principal drainage engineer Mark Hunter on the technical benefits and suitability of MOndial, and their chosen distributor WT Burden offered the benefits of an additional material package for the scheme.
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