Power plant economics

1.

Name of the Power Station

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Chiplima 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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30 Kms. from Sambalpur

4.

Total Installed Capacity

(a) No. of  existing Units

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3

(b) Capacity of each Unit

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24 MW

(c )Total capacity

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72 MW

5.

Reservoir / Pondage

a) Name of the Dam / Pondate

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Chiplima Power House Forebay

6.

Water Turbine

a) No. of turbines

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3 (Three)

b) Type of turbines

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Kaplan (# 1& 2 - Voith (Germany))

           (# 3 - Russian)

c) Rated Head

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74.5 Ft. (22.71 mt.)

d) Design head

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72 Ft.

e) Normal Speed

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150 rpm

f) Run-away speed

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368 rpm

7.

Tail race

Type of Tunnel / Channel

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Open channel

8.

Generators

I)   No. of Units

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3 (Three)

ii)  Type

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Semi Umbrella Vertical

iii) Make

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# 1 & 2 - Hitachi

# 3 - Rusian

iv) Voltage

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11 KV

v) Current

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1420 amp

vi) Power Factor

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0.91