Hydro power engineering Assignment

PROBLEM # 01

The average monthly flows of a stream in a dry year are as follows:

Month Discharge
- (m3/sec)
January 117
February 150
March 203
April 117
May 80
June 117
July 82
August 79
September 58
October 45
November 57
December 152

It is intended to design a hydroelectric power plant using the following data:

Net head at plant site = 20 m

Overall Efficiency of Turbine = 90%

I. Plot flow and Power duration Curves and Calculate the firm and secondary power available from
the source if the maximum useable water is limited to 150 m3/sec.
II. It is intended to develop a firm rate of 15Mwatt either by producing storage or by providing a
standby diesel with no storage. Determine minimum capacity of reservoir and of diesel unit.
III. How much flow is available for a particular percentage of time?

Solution:

Net Head at Plant Site = 20 m

Density of Water = 1000 kg/m3

Turbine Efficiency = 90%

Gravitational Acceleration =9.81m/s2

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For firm power of 15

Descending Order Power for Qmax Minimum
MW
Frequency Capacity
Firm Secondary Power
Time Discharge of Power of
Power Power less Additional
Sr # Occurrence Reservoir
Time Discharge Q Power
than 15 Discharge for firm
MW rate of 15

month m3/sec month m3/sec % MW MW MW m3/sec MW MW m3/sec MW

1 Jan 117 Mar 203 8.3 35.85 7.95 27.9 150 26.49 - -

2 Feb 150 Dec 152 16.7 26.84 7.95 18.89 150 26.49 - -

3 Mar 203 Feb 150 25 26.49 7.95 18.54 150 26.49 - -

4 Apr 117 Jun 118 33.3 20.84 7.95 12.89 118 20.84 - -

5 May 80 Jan 117 41.7 20.66 7.95 12.71 117 20.66 - -

6 Jun 118 Apr 117 50 20.66 7.95 12.71 117 20.66 - -

2.68
7 Jul 82 Jul 82 58.3 14.48 7.95 6.53 82 14.48 0.52 2.95

8 Aug 79 May 80 66.7 14.13 7.95 6.18 80 14.13 0.87 4.95

9 Sep 58 Aug 79 75 13.95 7.95 6 79 13.95 1.05 5.95

10 Oct 45 Sep 58 83.3 10.24 7.95 2.29 58 10.24 4.76 26.95

11 Nov 57 Nov 57 91.7 10.07 7.95 2.12 57 10.07 4.93 27.95

12 Dec 152 Oct 45 100 7.95 7.95 0 45 7.95 7.05 39.95

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Discharge vs Frequency
250

203
200
Discharge Q (m3/sec)

150
150
152

117 117

118
100
80 79
82
57
45
50 `

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110

% Occurrence

Flow duration curve Expon. (Flow duration curve)

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Power Duration Curve

40

Power Duration Curve

35
Power for Qmax i.e. 150 cumecs

Expon. (Power Duration Curve)

30

Expon. (Power for Qmax i.e. 150 cumecs)

25
Power (MW)

20

15

10

5
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110

% Occurrence

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PROBLEM # 02

Average annual flows in river Indus at a proposed dam site is 120BCM. The dam is to be built on
a varying head from 50m to 100m on the turbines. Estimate water power potential from this
proposed hydel-power station if overall efficiency of turbine is 88% and that of generator is 92%.
Find the electrical energy available on the scheme in killo-watt-hours per year in one year. The
hydrological data suggests that average head available for 6 months is 50 m for next three
months, 80 m and for the rest of the months is 100 m.

Data:

Average Annual Inflow 120 cumecs

Density of Water 1000 kg/m3
Gravitational Acceleration 9.81 m/sec2
Turbine Efficiency 88 %
Generator Efficiency 92 %
50 m
Head 80 m
100 m

Solution:
Power Potential for first six
3064
months
Power Potential for next 3
9805
months
Power Potential for next 3
12256
months
Power Potential 25126
Power Potential 2.20E+00

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