Dhauliganga Hydro Electric Scheme Uttarakhand, India

Client National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Project A 280 MW, medium head, diversion scheme with daily storage capacity. Service provider Poyry Energy, in association with Nippon Koei. Services Review of feasibility studies, project concept and structures, electro-mechanical equipment and construction schedule. Review of and assistance in preparing final (tender) designs of all project structures and site installations. Review of and assistance in preparing tender documents for four construction and supply lots, capital cost estimates and detailed programme for project realisation. Specialist advisory services for design of CFRD, foundation treatment (diaphragm cut-off wall), hydraulic model tests and rock mechanics. Studies of the risk of glacier lake outburst floods. Establishment of quality control system and preparation of manuals for management and quality control of civil works. Assistance to NHPC in prequalification of tenderers, evaluation of international tenders and contract award procedures. Training and transfer of technology programme for NHPC technical staff participating in the studies. Assistance in setting up a panel of technical experts. Services Period July 1997 to December 1999

Project Description Dhauliganga I hydro-electric project is the first and the lowest stage of harnessing this tributary of the River Kali, and is located near the Nepali border, about 600 km north east of Delhi. It is essentially a run-of-river scheme, with limited storage, able to develop a gross head of about 300 m, with an installed capacity of 280 MW. The key structure of the project is the 56 m high, concrete-face rockfill dam (CFRD), one of the first dams of this type to be founded on alluvium, the deposits of which at the dam site are up to 60 m thick. A design was developed for the sealing of these alluvia by means of a very deep diaphragm (plastic concrete) cut-off wall. The head of the cut-off wall is connected to the dam face by an articulated plinth of unusual design.

The gated spillway and power intake structures are located adjacent to the dam and are designed to minimise the inflow of sediments into the pressure waterways, whilst allowing their efficient flushing from the reservoir during periods of flood. Desilting chambers are nevertheless still needed and these are located underground, directly d/s of the power intake structure. The surge chamber is a 15 m dia. vertical shaft below which the two, partially steel-lined pressure shafts, each of 4 m dia., convey water to the four 70 MW located in the power cavern. The generated energy is converted to 220 kV by twelve, singlephase transformers housed, together with the gas-insulated switchgear, in a separate, parallel cavern. A 330 km, 220 kV double-circuit line connects into the NHPC sub-station at Bareilly.

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Dhauliganga Hydropower Scheme Key Data Hydrology Catchment area Mean Annual Inflow Design flood Reservoir Full Supply Level EL 1345.0 m Minimum operating level EL 1330.0 m Maximum water level EL 1348.5 m Active storage 1.54 million m3 Gross storage 6.20 million m3 Diversion structures Shape & Diameter Length Dam Type Concrete-faced rockfill dam Height 56 m Crest length 270 m Elevation of top of dam EL 1351 m Spillway Type Number of gates Size of gates (m) Capacity Energy Dissipation Gated Sluice 3 10(h) 6 (w) 3210 m3/s Flipbucket Horseshoe, 10 m 740 m (approx.) 1360 km2 84 m3/s 3210 m3/s

Section Through Conduit Spillway

Desilting Chamber (Dufour type) Length 282m Number & Size Two, 16.2(h) x 13(w) m Min. Particle size 0.2mm Headrace Tunnel (Concrete lined) Shape & Diameter Horseshoe, 6.5 m Length 5395m Surge Shaft Type Diameter & depth

Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam

(Typical Cross Section)

vertical shaft 15m, 84.5m

Pressure Shaft Number Two vertical shafts Dia. & depth 4.0m, 2x250m (approx.) Underground Powerhouse Installed Capacity 280MW (4x70MW) Size (m/c cavern) 16.5x103x39.5 m Size (trans. cavern) 12x76x14 m Net head 297m Design Discharge 107 m3/s Type of Turbines Francis, vertical axis Normal tail water level 1035.4m

Power House, Cross Section

1) Penstock 2) Butterfly Valve 3) Machine Hall 4) Crane