PLANNING AND LAYOUT OF A RUN-OF RIVER HYDROPOWER SCHEME WITH PONDAGE - A CASE STUDY

Abstract

The estimated hydro power potential in India is about 84000 MW at 60 % load factor, out of which only 32326 MW has so far been harnessed. Its share in total energy generation is about 25.9 % whereas for efficient power system it shall be 40 % as per CEA norms. At present time the peak power shortage is of the order of 12.5 %, so for improvement of present power situation it is required to harness more and more hydropower potential of our country. Hydro power generation can be possible either by storage schemes or by run-of-river schemes. There are lot of problems which are associated with storage schemes, hence run-of-river schemes are more appealing and out of 845 total identified hydro electric sites 514 are run-of-river schemes. This study deals with planning and layout of run-of-river schemes with pondage with a case study of Luhri hydro electric project. The study gives the basic idea about planning of a run-of-river hydropower scheme, the data, the information, and the investigation required to develop a scheme to harness the potential of stream. Besides this, study deals with the layout of different component of project. There is no unique solution to the problems of any project, the solution are generally site specific....