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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 da
Undersluice(B * H):
             @ 3 Nos
Intake:
 
Type
Frontal Intake
Number of Chamber
3
Intake canal:
Type
Length:
Width:
Height:
 
RCC open canal
81 m
9 m
5.1 m (approx)
 
Undersluice
Length
Width
Height
Gate No
Gate type
Gate Dimension(w*h)
 
40 m
22 m
760 m
3
Radial
6 m *2 m
Settling Basin:
Type:
No of basin:
Height:
Width|:
Length:
 
Surface
4
6.40 m
28.70 m
75 m
Headrace Culvert:
Type:
Length:
Breadth:
Height:
 
 
RCC pressurized culvert
1077 m
4.10 m
3.90 m
Headrace Tunnel:
Type:
Length:
Diameter:
 
 
Inverted D
2120 m
3.80 m
Surge Shaft
Type:
Diameter:
Height:
 
 
Cylindrical / Vertical
8 m
28.20 m
 

Diversion dam

Type,Diameter,Height

 

 

Ogee shaped,10.60 m, 74 m

 

Power House

Length,Breadth,Height,Type

 
 
27.30 m,21.90 m , 24.50 m ,Surface
 

Penstock

Type,Diameter,Length,Turbine

 

Steel,2.35 m ,355 m ,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 KWhr
Wet energy
82451851KWhr
Annual Net Energy Output
1103199881KWhr
Project Cost:
2,658 million NPR (34.08 million USD),
Cost per kW installed Capacity
2,185 USD/kW