Salient Features of Hirakud Hydro Electric Project, Burla
| Hirakud Power House | ||
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| 1 | Name of the Power Station | Burla Power House |
| 2 | Name of the River | Mahanadi |
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Location | |
| (I) State | Odisha | |
| (ii) Nearest town | Sambalpur | |
| (iii) Distance | 15 Kms. from Sambalpur | |
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Total Installed Capacity of Each | |
| (a) No. of Units | 7 | |
| (b) Installed Capacity of Each Unit | # 1, 2 – 49.5 MW (After RM &U) # 3, 4 – 32 MW (After RM & U) # 7 – 37.5 MW , # 5, # 6 – 43.65 MW (After RM & U) |
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| (c ) Total Installed Capacity | 287.8 MW | |
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Reservoir / Pondage | |
| (a) Name of the Dam | Hirakud | |
| (b) Type of Dam | Straight Edged Earth Dam | |
| (c) Height of Dam | 80.96 Mt (Max) | |
| (d) Length of Dam | 4800 Mts. (4.8 Kms.) (Total 25.8 km Including Dykes) | |
| (e) Catchment Area | 83400 Sq. Km. | |
| (f) Average Annual Inflow | ||
| (g) FRL / MWL | 192.024 Mt (630 Ft.) | |
| (h) MDDL | 179.830 Mt (590 Ft.) | |
| (i) Storage Capacity | 5896 M.cum (4.78 M.Acft) | |
| (j) Design Energy | 684 MU | |
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Water Turbine | |
| (a) No. of turbines | 7 (Seven) | |
| (b) Type of turbines | Kaplan (# 1, 2, 5, 6, 7) Francis (# 3 & 4) |
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| (c) Net Head | 7 (Seven) | |
| (I) Maxl. Head ( net | 35.5 Mt. | |
| (II) Minimum | 26.5 Mts. | |
| (III) Rated / Design Head | # 1, 2 – 32.3 Mt. # 3 , 4 – 30.78 Mt. |
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| # 5, 6 – 31.6 Mt. # 7- 26.5 Mt. | ||
| (d) Normal Speed | 150 RPM | |
| (e) Runaway Speed | 330 RPM (# 1, 2 & 7) 377 RPM (# 3, 4) 403 RPM (# 5, 6) |
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Tail Race | |
| Type of Tunnel / Channel | Open Channel, Length – 26.72 Km. | |
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Generators | |
| (I) No. of Units | 7 (Seven) | |
| (ii) Type | # 1, 2 – Semi Umbrella, # 3, 4 – Suspended, # 5, 6, 7- Umbrella Type | |
| (iii) Make | # 1, 2 – GEPIL # 3 , 4 – (Voith Siemens) # 5, 6 – Voith Hydro # 7- Hitachi |
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| (iv) Voltage | 11 KV | |
| (v) Current | # 1, 2 – 3149 Amp # 3, 4 – 1877 Amp # 5, 6 – 2546 Amp # 7- 2187 Amp |
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| vi) Power Factor | 0.9 | |
