
124  Basic Fluids Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines 
Lower Scheme 
I. 
Catchment 
area 
(km
2
) 
2.  Average flow (m3/
s
) 
3.  Gross head 
(m) 
4.  Intakes (number) 
5.  Power house type 
6.  Total tunnel length (km) 
7.  Station installed capacity 
(MW) 
8. 
No.ofunits 
9.  Turbine rated output 
(K 
W) 
10. 
Turbine type 
II. 
Rated net head (m) 
12. 
Generated rated output 
(Kw) 
13.  Average Energy output 
(GWH) 
/ 
year 
Case Study 
246 
11.4 
403 
7 
underground 
13.8 
55.4 
2 
28250 
4-Jet horizontal type Pelton 
400 
27680 
300 
The 
technical information 
of 
upper scheme 
and 
lower scheme 
of 
two hydro 
power 
stations 
one 
surface and 
another 
underground is given below. Essential details are to be noted. 
Station installed capacity 
= Generated rated capacity 
of 
each unit x no. 
of 
units. 
There 
is 
small difference between Gross head and rated 
net 
head, which 
is 
hydraulic 
losses. 
In 
the upper scheme percentage loss 
of 
head is 
3% 
and lower scheme about 
1%. 
The 
generator efficiency is electrical 
power 
output 
of 
generator by mechanical output 
ofturbine. 
In 
upper scheme generator efficiency is 
97% 
and lower 
sch~me 
it is 98%. 
The 
generators work with very high efficiency. 
For 
any 
hydropower scheme the head remains almost constant, but the flow rate 
changes and therefore average value 
is 
taken into calculations. 
The 
flow rate 
of 
upper and lower schemes 
are 
different as number 
of 
intakes is 
two 
in upper scheme and seven in lower schemes 
and 
naturally the 
~pper 
scheme works 
on 5 m
3
/s and lower scheme on 11.4 m
3
/s, and 
the number 
of 
jets 
in upper scheme is 
two 
and lower scheme it is four. 
the underground lower scheme has a head 
of 
400 m and surface upper scheme 
has head 
160 m and both use Pelton turbines. 
The 
power 
generated in 
lower 
scheme 
is approximately four times 
that 
generated by upper scheme. 
Energy output 
(GWH)/year 
for 
the upper scheme