Quxue Dam

Dam in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan
28°25′20.91″N 99°19′23.64″E / 28.4224750°N 99.3232333°E / 28.4224750; 99.3232333PurposePowerStatusOperationalConstruction began2013Opening date2016Dam and spillwaysType of damEmbankment, rock-fill with asphalt concrete coreImpoundsShoqu RiverHeight164.2 m (539 ft)Length219.85 m (721.3 ft)Width (crest)15 m (49 ft)ReservoirTotal capacity132,600,000 m3 (107,500 acre⋅ft)Commission date2016TypeConventionalTurbines2 x 123 MW Francis-typeInstalled capacity246 MW

The Quxue Dam is a 174 m tall rock-fill embankment dam on the Shuoqu River in Dêrong County of Sichuan Province, China.

the Quxue Dam has a narrow canyon with very steep abutments supporting its superstructure.

The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 246 MW power station.

Design and construction

The dam is situated in a deep canyon which has an asymmetrical “V” shape. The slope of the left and right banks is around 70°, getting steeper towards the top. Made of mobile sediment, the depth of the alluvial river overburden (waste and spoil) is around 30 m at the dam site.

The crest length of the dam is 220 m with the crest width being 15 m across. The dam was designed to have a slope of 1.9H:1V upstream and an average slope of 1.85H:1V downstream.

Construction on the dam began in 2013 and the river was diverted around the construction site in February 2014. The power station was completed in 2016.[1][2][3]

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Datang Group to learn dam closure success (Figure)" (in Chinese). Polaris Power Network News. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.[dead link]
  2. ^ "To learn Hydropower: Hydropower Construction march played plateau" (in Chinese). China Datang Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ Fan, Qiang; Tian, Zhong; Wang, Wei (October 2010). "Study on Risk Assessment and Early Warning of Flood-Affected Areas when a Dam Break Occurs in a Mountain River". Water. 10 (10): 1369. doi:10.3390/w10101369.