Longtan Dam
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Longtan Dam (
The dam is 216.2 metres (709.3 ft) high and 849 m (2,785 ft) long; it is the tallest of its type in the world.bottom outlets and an underground power station. The Longtan ship lift, part of the dam complex, will be the tallest ship lift system in the world.[8]
Construction
The dam was planned in the 1950s, but preliminary construction (roads, bridges, river diversion) did not begin until 1940s. Formal construction began on the project July 1, 2001, and the river was diverted by November 2003.TWh.[7]
A pair of tunnels diverted the river around the site of the dam, during construction.[12]
The dam will submerge over 300 shoals, which had rendered the upper Hongshui unnavigable.Guangxi provinces.
See also
References
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"Hongshui River in south China to be dammed in November". China Daily. 2003-10-26. Archived from the original on 2003-10-31. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
The project's planned installed capacity will total 5.4 million kw and the project will be able to generate 15.67 billion kwh of electricity a year.
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Ben Shaw (2003-11-06). "Building Longtan" (PDF). Potain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
Li Xuejiang, a manager with one of the technical departments for the contracting joint venture, explains the working process at the site: "This jobsite operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week – in common with most working job sites in China."
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"Guangxi Builds Huge Hydraulic Power Station". China through a lens. 2003-11-06. Archived from the original on 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
The Longtan Power Station, the largest of the 10 hydraulic power works to be built on Hongshui River in the upper reach of Pearl River, will generate 18.7 billion kwh annually when construction works complete in December 2009.
- U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. August 2002. Archived from the originalon 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
The Longtan Dam will be a key element in the so-called 'Western' effort, one of the four major infrastructure projects now underway in China's Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005)
- U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou. August 2002. Archived from the originalon 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
The Chinese government is gambling that expenditure of public funds on huge projects such as the Longtan Dam will lead to sustainable economic development.
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"Progress at the Longton Dam and Hydropower Project". International Journal on Hydropower & Dams. 2004. pp. 84–85. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
Work is now beginning on the main dam at Longtan RCC dam in China, which currently sets world records in terms of RCC dam height, powerplant dimensions, and shiplift range.
- ^ a b Hydroelectric Power Plants in Guangxi & Guizhou, China Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today
- ^ a b "Longtan HPP". Zhongnam Engineering Corporation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
A scheme of two-stage counterweight-type vertical ship lift with an open channel in the middle was adopted as the navigation structure for Longtan project.
- ^ "Hongshui River in S.China to be dammed in November". Archived from the original on 2016-09-20. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
- ^ "Longtan" (PDF). Chinese National Committee on Large Dams. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
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"First generator of China's 3rd largest hydropower project passes trial operation". People's Daily. 2007-05-18. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
"We are preparing for the operation of the other two generators, which is also slated for this year," said Dai Bo, general manager of the Longtan Hydropower Development Co. of China Datang Corporation (CDT).
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Jiuping Xu; Ziqiang Zeng (2014). Fuzzy-Like Multiple Objective Multistage Decision Making. Vol. 533. ISBN 9783319033983. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ Lan Xinzhen (2008-10-30). "Harnessing the Hongshuihe". Beijing Review. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19.
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