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Mai Hydropower Project (15.6 MW)

 

Location:
Danabari and Chisapani VDC, Ilam District, Eastern Development Region of Nepal
Purpose of Project:
To supply for domestic use by connecting to national grid
Hydrology:
 
Catchment Area
589.0 km2
Design Flow
16.0 m3/s (48.31% ecceedance flow)
90% Exceedance flow
7.48 m3/s
Design Flood (Q100)
2070 m3/s
Design Flood (Q1000)
3007 m3/s
Diversion Dam:
 
Type
 Free flow Concrete gravity dam
Slope
Ogee-profile
River Diversion During Construction:
Alignment
Along the river channel
Coffer dams
Two cofferdams facilitating stage1 and stage2 concreting total coffer dam
Intake:
 
Type
Frontal Intake, submerged, over the undersluice
Number of chamber
3

Undersluice:

22 m width ,7.60 height , length=40 m ,6m*2m gate dimension, gatetype:Radial, gateno:3

Intake canal:
Type:RCC
Length:
Width:
Height:
 
RCC open canal
81m
9 m
5.1 m (approx)
Settling Basin:
Type:
Length:
Width:
Height:
No of basin
 
Surface
75m
28.70m
6.40m
4
Headrace culvert
Type:
Length:
Breadth:
Height:
Convensional flushing
RCC pressurized culvert
1077 m
4.10 m
3.90 m
Headrace Tunnel:
Type:
Length:
Diameter:
Inverted D
Inverted D
2020 m
3.80 m
Surge Shaft
Type:
Diameter:
Height:
Vertical, circular section
Cylindrical/Vertical
8 m
28.20  m

Diversion dam

Type,Height,Width

 

 

Ogee shaped,10.60 m ,74.00 m

Powerhouse

Length,breadth,height,type

 

27.30 m, 21.90 m ,24.50 m ,Surface

Penstock

Type,diameter,length,turbine

 

Steel,2.35 m ,3.55m ,2 *Francis

Tailrace

Type,breadth,height,length

 

RCC canal,4.10 m,3.90 m ,264 m

 
Energy:
 
Gross Head
121.6 m
Installed capacity
15.6 MW
Dry energy
20748022  KWh
Wet energy
82451859  KWh
Annual Net Energy Output
103199881 KWhr
Project Cost:
2,658 million NPR (34.08 million USD),
Cost per kW installed Capacity
2,185 USD/kW