Hydro-Powerplant located located at river Indus about
10 km west of Attock in Punjab. Its construction started in 1999 and was inaugurated by then President General Pervez Musharraf on 19- august-2003. Project was funded by World Bank, Asian development bank , Japan bank and WAPDA and funding of 2.1 Billion U.S Dollars were provided in this regard. Per unit cost of electricity is 1.08 Rs/- LOCATION
Located near Ghazi brotha village near Attock,
District Attock, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Coordinates are as follow: o 33* 46’ North o 72* 15’ East Location is also being shown through map as well. OVERVIEW
About 1600 cubic meter per second of water is
diverted from Indus River near Ghazi into water tunnel which is made of concrete. It is extended about 52 km and 100 m wide and 9 m deep. Above arrangement provides 69 m head to produce electricity before it enters Indus river. Transmission lines of 225 km are also provided INSTALLED C APACITY
There are total of 5 Turbines which are installed at
the powerplant. Each of Turbine has a installed capacity of 290 Mega-Watts and a total capacity of a 1450 Mega- Watts. Five units have outer diameter of 10.6 meters. Total weight of 9300 tones. BARRAGE
Barrage located at 7 km from South of Tarbella
provides pond with discharge from Tarbella into power channels. Barrage can pass design flood of 18,700 cumecs equivalent to record flow. They are provided to pass extreme flood up to capacity of Tarbella spillways and tunnels. BARRAGE
The fuse plug has been provided to pass
the extreme flood up to the capacity of Tarbela spillway and tunnels equaling 46,200 cumecs So, designed in such a way to handle floods as well. TURBINES AND GENERATORS
Station has assembly of 295 Mega watts
Francis Turbine. It is inward flow reaction turbine that combines radial and axial flow concepts. It is most common water turbine use now a days. Flow of water through each turbine is 485 cubic meter per second. Each turbine runner having a diameter of 6.5 meter POWER CHANNEL
Channel is 51.90 km long with a concrete lining
and a design flow. Bottom width of 58.4 meter. Power channel has contour alignment with hills on left side and naturally land draining towards Indus river on the right side. COMPARISON WITH TARBELA
The primary purpose of the project was to provide constant peak
power at times when Tarbela is generating low. Sole purpose of Tarbela Dam is to provide water for irrigation. At times when irrigation requirement is low, water flow through the channel is low and so is the power generation. During the months of May and June when there is reduced generation of power from Tarbela and Mangla as a result of low reservoir level. This brings us to the most outstanding feature of this project is that it will provide power peaking capacity throughout the year with full power generation. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
The project has negligible impact on existing
groundwater table or quality of water due to complete length of the power channel being concrete-based thus adding to the benefit.
The power channel under drainage system also
helped alleviate existing water-logging problems in this part of the region. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
Dislocation and resettlement problems
are also very small, only 110 dwellings had to be relocated to 3 villages constructed by WAPDA nearby.
It is the most cost-effective power facility
in Pakistan at this time and remains valid in retrospect due to the extremely favorable power generation costs in comparison with thermal power stations. SOME OTHER FACTS
The construction of a 225km, 500kV transmission line, a new
500/22kV substation, and the extension of two further substations was partially funded by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. The World Bank provided a 20-year loan of $350 million, and the ADB a 25-year loan of $300 million A Japanese company supplied the generators. Austrian VA Tech Voest obtained an order for penstocks.
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