Power plant economics

Burla(Hirakud-I)

1.

Name of the Power Station

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Burla Power House

2.

Name of the River

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Mahanadi

3.

Location

(I) State

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Orissa

(ii) Nearest town

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Sambalpur

(iii) Distance

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15 Kms. from Sambalpur

4.

Total Installed Capacity of each

Unit

(a) No. of Units

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7

(b) Installed capacity of each Unit

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# 1, 2   - 49.5 MW

# 3,4    - 32 MW (After R & M)

# 5,6,7 - 37.5 MW

(c ) Total Installed capacity

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275.5 MW

5.

Reservoir / Pondage

a) Name of the Dam

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Hirakud

b) Type of Dam

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Straight Edged Earth Dam

c) Height of Dam

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80.96 mt (Max)

d) Length of Dam

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4800 mts. (4.8 Kms.)

e) Catchment area

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83400 KM2

f) Average Annual Inflow

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36,750 Million Cum

g) FRL / MWL

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192.024 Mt (630 ft.)

h) MDDL

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179.830 mt (590 ft.)

I) Storage capacity

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7189 M.cum (5.83 M.Acft)

6.

Water Turbine

a) No. of turbines

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7 (Seven)

b) Type of turbines

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Kaplan (# 1,2,5,6,7)

Francis (# 3 & 4)

c) Net Head

   (I)  Maxl. Head

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35.5 mt.

   (ii) Minimum

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26.5 mts.

   (iii) Rated

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# 1,2,5,6 & 7 - 26.5 mt.

   (iv) Design head

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# 1, 2 - 26.5 mt.

d) Nurmal Speed

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150 rpm

e) Runaway Speed

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330 rpm (#1,2,5,6 & 7)

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368 rpm (# 3, 4)

7.

Tail race

Type of Tunnel / Channel

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Open channel

8.

Generators

I)   No. of Units

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7 (Seven)

ii)  Type

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Semi Umbrella Vertical

iii) Make

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# 1 & 2 - ALSTOM

# 3 & 4 - (voith siemens)

# 5,6 & 7 - Hitachi

iv) Voltage

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11 KV

v) Current

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# 1,2 - 2887 amp

# 3, 4 - 1877 amp