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This document is an exam for a Water Resource Engineering course. It contains 7 questions testing knowledge of various topics in hydroelectric power engineering. The questions cover: [1] calculating forces on a concrete gravity dam, [2] penstock pipe design and settling basin design, [3] spillway design and cavitation/erosion, [4] Pelton wheel design, [5] micro hydropower issues and project feasibility, [6] hydropower development stages and tunnel head losses, [7] short answers on power grids, reservoir regulation, and pumped storage plants. The exam is out of 100 total marks and candidates are instructed to answer all questions in their own words as much as possible within the 3 hour

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Water Resource Engineering II - 4

This document is an exam for a Water Resource Engineering course. It contains 7 questions testing knowledge of various topics in hydroelectric power engineering. The questions cover: [1] calculating forces on a concrete gravity dam, [2] penstock pipe design and settling basin design, [3] spillway design and cavitation/erosion, [4] Pelton wheel design, [5] micro hydropower issues and project feasibility, [6] hydropower development stages and tunnel head losses, [7] short answers on power grids, reservoir regulation, and pumped storage plants. The exam is out of 100 total marks and candidates are instructed to answer all questions in their own words as much as possible within the 3 hour

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POKHARA UNIVERSITY

Level: Bachelor Semester – Spring Year : 2009


Programme: BE Full Marks : 100
Pass Mark : 45
Course: Water Resource Engineering II Time : 3 hrs
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far
as practicable.
The figures in the margin indicate full marks.
Attempt all the questions.

1. For a concrete gravity dam as shown in figure below, calculate: 15


a. The total vertical forces acting on the dam.
b. The total horizontal forces acting on the dam.
c. Factor of safety against sliding.
Take  = 0.70 and concrete = 23.5 KN/m3, water = 9.81
KN/m3

2. a. What is meant by economical diameter of penstock pipe ? 6


How can it be found out using analytical method?
b. Design a settling basin to remove particle size greater 9
than 1.5mm diameter from the water carrying mainly sand having
design discharge of 40 m3/sec, considering the retarding effect of
turbulence provided that the depth of basin does not exceed 8.75m.
Check the length of the basin using Velikanov's (for W = 88%)
formula. (Assume settling velocity for 1.5mm dia =12cm/s and λ =
0.8 for W = 88%)

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3. a. What is the function of spill way? How will you design 5
an ogee spillway?
b. Discuus about the cavitaion and erosion phenomenon in 5
spillway.
5
c. Describe various types of turbine used in hydropower
project?
4. a. A pelton wheel has to be designed for the following data. 8
Power to be developed = 6.MW
Net rated head= 300 m
Rated speed= 550 rpm
Ratio of jet diameter to the wheel diameter= 0.1
Overall efficiency= 90%
Assume Cv=0.98 and Cu=0.46.
b. Starting from the historical development of hydropower 7
in Nepal explain the potential in terms of gross, economical and
technical.
5. a. Describe in brief the issues that should be covered by 4
micro hydropower plant.
b. Mean monthly flow of a river in a typical year are as 11
follows.
Month Jan Feb Mar. Apr. May June July

Flow, m3/ses 146 125 134 268 417 1140 1850

Months Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.


Flow, m3/s 2061 1802 762 439 288

The effective head of the plant is 100m & can be assumed


constant.
Energy price: - US$ 40/MWh for primary as well as secondary
energy.
Cost:-
Fixed: - US$ 50 x 106
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Variable: - US$ 500/KW
Annual O & M: - 2 % of variable cost
Interest Rate: - 10 %
Efficiency: - 85 % (Overall)
Economic life time of the project = 40 years.
Determine:-
i) Best installed Capacity
ii) Firm energy.
6. a. What are the different stages of hydropower 8
development? Describe about the reconnaissance and pre-
feasibility study.
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b. What is meant by pressure tunnel and non-pressure
tunnel? Explain the possible head losses in pressure tunnels.
7. Write short notes on (Any Two): 2×5
a. power grid system
b. reservoir regulation
c. Pumped Storage Plant

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