124 Basic Fluids Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines
Lower Scheme
I.
Catchment
area
(km
2
)
2. Average flow (m3/
s
)
3. Gross head
(m)
4. Intakes (number)
5. Power house type
6. Total tunnel length (km)
7. Station installed capacity
(MW)
8.
No.ofunits
9. Turbine rated output
(K
W)
10.
Turbine type
II.
Rated net head (m)
12.
Generated rated output
(Kw)
13. Average Energy output
(GWH)
/
year
Case Study
246
11.4
403
7
underground
13.8
55.4
2
28250
4-Jet horizontal type Pelton
400
27680
300
The
technical information
of
upper scheme
and
lower scheme
of
two hydro
power
stations
one
surface and
another
underground is given below. Essential details are to be noted.
Station installed capacity
= Generated rated capacity
of
each unit x no.
of
units.
There
is
small difference between Gross head and rated
net
head, which
is
hydraulic
losses.
In
the upper scheme percentage loss
of
head is
3%
and lower scheme about
1%.
The
generator efficiency is electrical
power
output
of
generator by mechanical output
ofturbine.
In
upper scheme generator efficiency is
97%
and lower
sch~me
it is 98%.
The
generators work with very high efficiency.
For
any
hydropower scheme the head remains almost constant, but the flow rate
changes and therefore average value
is
taken into calculations.
The
flow rate
of
upper and lower schemes
are
different as number
of
intakes is
two
in upper scheme and seven in lower schemes
and
naturally the
~pper
scheme works
on 5 m
3
/s and lower scheme on 11.4 m
3
/s, and
the number
of
jets
in upper scheme is
two
and lower scheme it is four.
the underground lower scheme has a head
of
400 m and surface upper scheme
has head
160 m and both use Pelton turbines.
The
power
generated in
lower
scheme
is approximately four times
that
generated by upper scheme.
Energy output
(GWH)/year
for
the upper scheme