Karkheh 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: 400 MW (3 units of 133.3 MW)
- Type of power house: Surface
- Average annual power generation: 934 GWh
- Main equipment:
- Turbine: Vertical Francis, 155 rpm, 560 tons each
- Generator: Synchronous type, 13.8 KV
- Butterfly valve: 5.3 m inner outlet diameter
- Governor: Digital type with digital backup governors, 75 bar
- Generator busduct: Insulated phase busducts, 15.75 KV and 11.5 KA
- Transformer: Three phase step up transformers, 160 MVA
- Hydraulic steel structure: Stoplog gates
- Crane: Two power house main cranes, 225 tons each