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Pracana Dam, the Glossary

Pracana Dam (Barragem de Pracana) is a concrete buttress dam on the Ocreza, a right (northern) tributary of the Tagus.^[1]

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Buttress dam

A buttress dam or hollow dam is a dam with a solid, water-tight upstream side that is supported at intervals on the downstream side by a series of buttresses or supports. Pracana Dam and buttress dam are buttress dams.

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Concrete

Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.

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EDP Group

EDP (formerly EDP - Energias de Portugal and Electricidade de Portugal) is a Portuguese electric utilities company, headquartered in Lisbon.

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Francis turbine

The Francis turbine is a type of water turbine.

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Gatehouse (waterworks)

A gatehouse, gate house, outlet works or valve house for a dam is a structure housing sluice gates, valves, or pumps (in which case it is more accurately called a pumping station).

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Hydraulic head

Hydraulic head or piezometric head is a specific measurement of liquid pressure above a vertical datum.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Kilowatt-hour

A kilowatt-hour (unit symbol: kW⋅h or kW h; commonly written as kWh) is a non-SI unit of energy equal to 3.6 megajoules (MJ) in SI units which is the energy delivered by one kilowatt of power for one hour.

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List of dams and reservoirs in Portugal

This page is a list of dams and reservoirs in Portugal, arranged by NUTS Regions and Subregions. Pracana Dam and list of dams and reservoirs in Portugal are dams in Portugal.

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List of power stations in Portugal

The following page lists some power stations in Portugal.

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Mação

Mação is a municipality in the Santarém District in Portugal.

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Nameplate capacity

Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, maximum effect or Gross Capacity, is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station, Energy Information Administration.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Santarém District

The District of Santarém (Distrito de Santarém) is a district of Portugal, located in Portugal's ''Centro Region''.

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Spillway

A spillway is a structure used to provide the controlled release of water downstream from a dam or levee, typically into the riverbed of the dammed river itself.

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