Koteshwar Dam
Design
The dam is 97.5 m (320 ft) tall and 300 m (984 ft) long. It has a structural volume of 560,000 m (732,452 cu yd) and its crest lies at an elevation of 618.5 m (2,029 ft) above sea level. The dam's spillway consists of four 18 m (59 ft) wide and 16 m (52 ft) tall radial gates. When the reservoir is at flood level, the spillway has a discharge capacity of 13,240 m/s (467,566 cu ft/s). Receiving water from Tehri Dam and collecting it from an overall 7,691 km (2,970 sq mi) catchment area, the dam creates a reservoir with a 88,900,000 m (72,072 acre⋅ft) capacity, of which 35,000,000 m (28,375 acre⋅ft) is active (or "useful"). The reservoir's surface area is 29 km (11 sq mi) and at full pool, it lies at an elevation of 612.5 m (2,010 ft). The dam's power station is a run-of-the-river type and uses the active storage in the reservoir which can draw the lake down 30 m (98 ft) from full pool. The power house is located on the right bank of the river below the dam and contains 4 x 100 MW Francis turbine-generators. The height of the dam allows for a maximum 75 m (246 ft) of hydraulic head.
See also
References
- ^ "India: National Register of Large Dams 2009" (PDF). Central Water Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Features". Tehri Hydro Development Corporation. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Koteshwar Hydro Power Project". Tehri Hydro Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Koteshwar project was commissioned within six months of the crisis". Projects Info. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Projects:Current Status". Tehri Hydro Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2011.