Jimma University

Jimma Institute of Technology

Graduate Program in Sustainable Energy Engineering
Hydropower Engineering (SEE- 7061)
Assignment I

Expected date of submission: January 26, 2018

1. The installation in a given hydropower plant has the following arrangement of

working heads. The plant has a reaction type turbine and the velocity at exit of
the draft tube is 8m/s. The efficiency of the plant varies according to the
variation of the river stream flow rate.
 The monthly flow rate and the corresponding efficiencies are as follows:

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Flow (m3/s) 75 60 50 45 45 95 250 200 180 115 90 85

Efficiency 0.87 0.83 0.75 0.70 0.60 0.5 0.88 0.89 0.90 0.90 0.88 0.87

Based on the given data and the installation heads:

a) Draw the flow duration curve using rank ordered and class interval technique
b) Draw the power duration curve assuming constant operating head and a design
flow of----- m3/s
c) If it is planned to double the maximum power obtained from this plant with a
plant using a pelton turbine working under the same design discharge, determine
the required maximum jet speed.

Data to be used (case b)

Samuel Amanuel Serawit Assegu Jabesa Haftom Yigerem Mathewos

Addisu Tesfaye Demeke Regassa Adula Goitom Solomon Melore
Design 180 115 90 200 85m3/s 95 75 m3/s 60 m3/s
flow m3/s m3/s m3/s m3/s m3/s

2. The supply of daily electric power from a power plant station to a consumer
varies with time according to the relation:
t 2  750
P (t ) 
t  30
Where P is in MW and t is in hours. The plant is running in the given period time at
2/3 partial load.

a) Draw the load curve and estimate the average load of the plant
b) Estimate the load factor of the plant
c) Determine the utilization factor of the plant
3. The power demand for a town is as follows :

Time [hr] 5-10 10-14 14-17 17-20 20-22 22-2 2-5

Power[MW] 50 75 100 105 90 85 70

a) Draw the load curve and find the load factor

b) Choose proper capacity and number of generators
c) Find the reserve capacity and plant capacity factor
d) What is the load factor of a standby equipment of 60 MW capacity, if
it takes up all loads above 85 MW?

4. A turbine installation developing----- MW under 30 m -----head with an

overall efficiency of 0.85 is to be supplied from a reservoir. The estimated
runoff for 12 consecutive months each 30 days (in Miillion Cusecs) were:
93.5, 98.8, 86.3, 72.6, 65.3, 78.6, 111.5, 90.5, 84.6, 94.5, 98.6, and
87.3.Assume the reservoir is full at the beginning of the first month.
a. Determine the minimum capacity of the reservoir to ensure the
required demand and
b. Find the discharge wasted.

Data to be used (Q#4)

Samuel Amanuel Serawit Assegu Jabesa Haftom Yigerem Mathewos

Addisu Tesfaye Demeke Regassa Adula Goitom Solomon Melore
Capacity Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing
of plant 8 MW 10 MW 12MW 14 MW 9 MW 11 MW 10.5 MW 11.5MW

Head 20m 25m 30m 28m 35m 40m 45m 38m

 5. Monthly flow volumes feeding a reservoir are as follows.

Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Volume 206 250 400 595 700 1000 650 1100 250 75 140 90
(106 m3)

a) Determine the annual mean discharge

b) Draw the mass flow curve and obtain the storage capacity required
to supply the mean annual flow volume yield.