Wujiangdu Dam
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The Wujiangdu Dam is an
Construction
Construction on the dam began in 1970, the first generator was operational in 1979 and the remaining original two in 1983. Two additional 250 MW generators were installed and operational between 2003 and 2004 and the three original 210 MW were upgraded in 2011 to 250 MW units.[1][2]
Design
The dam is a 165 m (541 ft) tall and 395 m (1,296 ft) long arch-gravity dam withholding a reservoir of 2,300,000,000 m3 (1,864,640 acre⋅ft). The dam has six spillways, two of which flank the power house and are ski-jump chute type while the other four are chutes as well and over-top the power house. The design discharge of the spillways is 18,360 m3/s (648,377 cu ft/s) while the maximum is 21,350 m3/s (753,968 cu ft/s). The dam also has two flood discharge tunnels on each of its banks as well. Because the dam sits on a karst (soluble) foundation, a deep and high pressure grout curtain was applied, stretching 1,020 m (3,346 ft) long and 200 m (656 ft) deep. The dam's power station sits at its middle base and contains the original 3 x 210 MW generators. The two additional 250 MW generators were installed in another power plant.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in China - Guangxi & Guizhou". Indust Cards. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "First Dynamo Operational at Wujiangdu Power Plant". People's Daily Online. August 29, 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Wujiangdu Hydropower Station" (in Chinese). China Water Conservancy and Hydropower Research. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
