Karoun 3 hydro power plant
Project Info
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Client:
Iran Water & Power Resources Development Co.
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Main Contractor:
Farab
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Location:
Khuzestan, Iran
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Scheme:
EPC
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Scope:
Electromechanical & hydromechanical equipment
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Progress:
Completed
- Capacity: 2,000 MW (8 Units of 250 MW)
- Type of power house: Underground
- Average annual power generation: 4137 GWh
- Main equipment:
- Turbine: Vertical Francis, 187.5 rpm, 700 tons each
- Generator: Synchronous type, 15.75 KV
- Butterfly valve: 5.2 m inner outlet dimameter, 285 tons each unit
- Governor: Digital type with digital backup governors, 75 bar
- Busduct: 3 km generator busduct and 1 km SF6 400 KV
- Transformer: Single phase step up transformers
- Crane: Two power house main cranes, 300 tons each
- Hydro Mechanical Equipment (12000 tons):
- Service spillway: 2 radial gates and 6 stoplogs (550 tons), one gantry crane and hoist
servomotor
- Orifice spillway: 2 radial and 2 sliding gates (1145 tons) with hoist servomotors and steel lining
(3200 tons)
- Flow compensation outlet: 3 hollow cone valves (70 tons), 2 sliding and 2 bulkhead gate (100
tons), one gantry crane for bulkhead gate and one under-hung crane
- Deck: 24 stoplogs (600 tons), 48 trash racks (460 tons) and one gantry crane
- Gate gallery: One bulkhead and 4 sliding gates with hoist servomotors (300 tons) and one
overhead crane
- Tailrace: 12 stoplogs (360 tons) and one gantry crane
- Steel lining
- Penstocks