Green Mountain Power Corporation Bolton Falls Hydroelectric Project
The project proceeded through preliminary design, FERC licensing, and into detailed design, following its selection as one of seven low-head redevelopment projects to be partially funded...
Murray Hydro Project?Structural Design
This paper will summarize design criteria, parameters, methods of analysis, and other relevant data that were used in the design process of the structural features of the Murray powerhouse...
Conceptual Design of Salt Caves Hydroelectric Project
The Salt Caves Hydroelectric Project, as proposed by the City of Klamath Falls, Oregon, is a prime example of a project where the design has been based on elimination and minimization...
Hydro Combine Option for Lakhwar Project
A new concept of providing a power house cavity inside the traditional gravity dam section has been explored. Preliminary investigations indicate that taking into account all the relevant...
Design of Siphon Penstocks for Low Head Hydros
Siphon penstocks have been designed and constructed at Jim Falls and Winter, Wisconsin at existing dams. Both hydropower projects are located on the Chippewa River. The design of these...
Turbine Intake Modification for Fish Passage
This paper describes one solution the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has found to improve juvenile fish guidance at Bonneville Second Powerhouse on the Columbia River. Juvenile fish passage...
The Design of the Outlet for the New Koepchenwerk Pumpstorage Plant
The Koepchenwerk Pumpstorage Plant (1930) is going to be replaced by a new plant with a 150 MW Pumpturbine in a shaft. This paper explains the reasons for this replacement and gives a...
Single Conduit Dam Design
In today's arena of increasingly higher costs for major dams, planners and designers are continuing to look into ways of reducing the overall costs for the development of...
Civil Design of Underground Hydro Power Projects
Various reasons exist for the development of underground schemes. Limited space at dam sites in deep and narrow river valleys makes it favourable to separate the power house from the dam...
OK Menga Hydroelectric Project, Papua New Guinea
The Ok Menga project, currently under construction, consists of a run-of-river intake underground concrete and steel lined power conduit surface powerhouse with two 25 MW units and a 132...
Rock Engineering at Cat Arm Hydroelectric Development
Cat Arm Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland, Canada, develops 129 MW from 384 m of head. The project was constructed between 1981 and 1984 and comprises 5 large dams, 5 small dams,...
The Effect of Geology on the Dinkey Creek Project
The proposed Dinkey Creek Project is located about 40 miles northeast of Fresno, California. The project consists of a 360-foot high rockfill dam, two powerhouses, 41,600 feet of power...
Bath County Tunnel System/Remedial Treatment Program
The Bath County Pumped Storage Project, owned jointly by Virginia Electric and Power Company and Allegheny Generating Company, is located 70 miles (112 km) north of Roanoke, Virginia....
Sidney A Murray Jr. Hydroelectric Project
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....
Lake Tap?Crater Lake
The Crater Lake Phase of the Snettisham Hydroelectric Project has been designed and is currently under construction. This paper describes the design and construction of the lake tap which...
Geotechnical Exploration?Rio Bravo Hydro Project
In order for the Rio Bravo Hydroelectric Project to become a reality, a thorough evaluation of alternative project configurations was necessary. Various power canal shapes, sizes, and...
Estimating Hydroelectric Operation and Maintenance
To improve the estimating of operation and maintenance costs for new small hydroelectric projects, an estimating model was developed. This model listed all of the operation and maintenance...
Frazil Ice Control Using Electromechanical Cibrators and Ice-Resistant Coatings
Two methods, using electromechanical vibrators and ice-resistant coatings, were studied in a small-scale test conducted at the U. S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory...
Snowden Hydroelectric Facility Expansion and Improvements
A geotechnical investigation was undertaken in October 1983. The investigation included core drill samples at the powerhouse, along the proposed dike, at the retaining walls and headgate...
High Pressure Grouting of the Bath County Tunnel System
A major grouting program was completed at the Bath County Pumped Storage Project between March and September 1985. High pressure grouting for seepage reduction was completed in a total...
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