Sidney A Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Project

by Leopold Gertler, Ebasco Services Inc, New York, NY, USA,
Edward O'Connor, Ebasco Services Inc, New York, NY, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Water Power '87

Abstract:

The Sidney A Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Project is being designed and constructed by EBASCO Services Inc. for the City of Vidalia (La) - Catalyst, Old River Hydroelectric Ltd Partnership. It is a 192 MW, run of the river, low head power station located in the State of Louisiana at the U. S. Army Corp of Engineers' Old River Control Project. The powerplant, equipped with eight bulb turbines, will use a portion of the water currently diverted from the Mississippi River to the Red/Achafalaya Rivers through the structures of the Old River Control Project. The eight turbines will discharge up to a total of 150,000 cfs and the operating head will vary from 8 to 20 feet.

Subject Headings: Power plants | Hydro power | Rivers and streams | Project management | Head (fluid mechanics) | Turbines | Hydraulic design | Louisiana | United States | Mississippi River

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