Srisailam Left Bank Hydro Electric Project
Details
Location:
India
State:
Andhra Pradesh
Client:
Andhra Pradesh Electricity Board
Highlights:
Executed largest cavern in Asia 236 X 25 X 53 mt. Project involved contruction of Pressure water tunnel of 9.71 km long dia varying 6 mt to 16 mt dia, power house cavern, transformer cavern, surge cavern, intake structures
Project Overview
The works specifies Construction of Power House of 5900 Sqm, installed with 6 Turbines, being pumped storage, in pumping mode Turbines act as Pumps and Power House is synonymous to Pump House.
Technical Details:
9614 m Long Pressure Tunnels of dia varying from 6m to 16m from HRT to TRT
Power House Cavern: 236.0 m x 25.0 m x 33.0 m
Surge Cavern: 181.0 m x 21.5 m x 76.0 m
Transformer Cavern: 176.0 m x 17.0 m x 26.0 m