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    Seperate Cavern/Hall for Gen. and Transf.-Why?

    Hi all, there is always seperate cavern for Transformer and machine (generator) in under-ground Power House. Why? The reason I could think of: i. It is typical in Power plant with bigger machine and more no. of units. ii. Safety. ( I read in here somewhere that in-case of flooding etc...
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    40 MVA Generator Transformer Weight

    Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me how to roughly approximate the weight and dimension of single phase ,40 MVA , 11 (or) 13. 8 kV/ 220 kV Generator transformer without going into nitty gritty calculations?I want the information to check the feasibility of transportation by road. Maybe if you all do...
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    Geotech study for hydropower plant

    Hi everyone,I would appreciate if any one of you could give me some insight into it: 1. What should be the depth of bore-hole for drilling for geo-technical study of hydro-power plant?? 2. What are the type of lab and in-situ test required to be conducted as a part of geo-technical study?? 3...
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    Difference between rated discharge and design discharge?

    Hi everyone, me and my friends had conflicting defination about the "rated discharge" and "design discharge" of hydropower plant. Can anyone of you give me clear-cut answer on it?? "Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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    Pelton Turbine Efficiency curve

    Hi again, I have a Question. I want to plot an efficiency curve of Pelton turbine against percentage of design discharge. Basically I want to obtain an efficiency curve for the turbine. So is it OK for me to go this way: I will caluclate the efficiency against say 5%, 10%, 15%.20%....100% of...
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    No. of Generating units

    Hi everyone, I asked this Q in another forum and the people there advised me to put it up in here. This is the reference thread of my Question. http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=267729&page=1 I would appreciate some help. :) "Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes." --...
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    No. of Generating Units

    We have: Alternative I: Two generating units of 105 MW each initially for total design discharge of 30 cumecs and Net head of 820 m. Due to transportation constraints of bulky machine, we are exploring the alternative II of having smaller but more no. of units. So what should be the minimum...
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    Electro-Mechanical Equipment design in hydroproject

    Hi everyone, greetings! I had been following this forum ardently for last few years and I have gained lots of knowledge from it. I just love this forum! Well, coming back to my question. I am preparing a ToR for consultancy service for design of Electro-Mechanical Equipement for Mega...

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