Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia lost all electricity supply due to the shutdown of the only power station supplying energy to the region, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Dec. 11, citing an Abkhaz energy company.
Hydraulic accumulator is widely applied in various transmission systems for improving system performance such as installed power reduction, pressure variation absorption and energy efficiency improvement.
The region has recently faced energy shortages aggravated by a growing spat with its Russian patrons. Moscow has cut almost all funding, including money crucial for the energy sector, after Abkhazia's local council voted against a controversial investment agreement with Russia.
When the supply pressure is larger than the gas chamber pressure, the controllable accumulator will store the hydraulic energy by compressing the gas and this charging mode about controlling the precharge pressure is demonstrated in section 4.1.
The full-blown energy crisis came even though the Abkhaz authorities appealed to Russia for assistance on Dec. 6. Russia has occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia after a war with Tbilisi in 2008, backing local breakaway leadership. Both regions are internationally recognized as Georgia 's sovereign soil.
Accumulators can reduce the lag time in delivering hydraulic energy, especially in systems with intermittent high-demand loads. Increased response time in servo-controlled applications where precision is key.