Feasibility Assessment of Medium-Scale Hydro-Power Plant – Case Study in Kerala, India

IF 0.4 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2024-03-28 DOI:10.3233/ajw240020

V. Johnpaul, G. Venkatesan, V. Vinoth

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Abstract

The power of the hydrological cycle is enormous, sometimes devastating, but when it is utilised wisely, its negative impacts on humankind can be mitigated. Catastrophic floods and droughts are boosted by the world climate change. Hence, water management programs came into effect. On the other hand, energy production plays a major role in the country’s economic development. So, studies have come up with many ideas to ameliorate disasters especially floods through building mini, small, and large hydro-power plants against the rivers. This study presents a feasibility analysis of flood management and energy production in the Madupetty River, Kerala, India. Even though there are other dams in the Madupetty River, Mudirappuzha basin, the old Headwork built for a hydroelectric project, needs capacity augmentation. This study looks at ways to optimise the Maduppetty River’s water distribution system by building a dam-toe powerhouse where flood water can be stored and utilised when needed. Detailed analysis and design of the hydro-power station is presented. Rainfall runoff equations are used to assess the inflow for power potential studies. During flooding, the projected dam can hold 20.42 MCM of water. From this study, the dam toe powerhouse and cascade powerhouses will create 7.12 Mu and 90 Mu.

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中型水电站可行性评估--印度喀拉拉邦案例研究

水文循环的力量是巨大的，有时甚至是毁灭性的，但只要合理利用，就能减轻其对人类的负面影响。世界气候变化加剧了灾难性的洪水和干旱。因此，水资源管理计划应运而生。另一方面，能源生产在国家经济发展中发挥着重要作用。因此，研究人员提出了许多想法，通过在河边建造小型、小型和大型水电站来减轻灾害，尤其是洪水灾害。本研究对印度喀拉拉邦马杜佩蒂河的洪水管理和能源生产进行了可行性分析。尽管在穆迪拉普扎流域的马杜佩蒂河上还有其他水坝，但为水电项目建造的旧水坝需要扩容。本研究探讨了如何优化马杜佩蒂河的输水系统，方法是建造一个坝顶发电站，储存洪水并在需要时加以利用。文中介绍了水电站的详细分析和设计。降雨径流方程用于评估电力潜力研究的流入量。洪水期间，预计大坝可蓄水 20.42 兆立方米。根据这项研究，坝顶电站和梯级电站将分别发电 7.12 兆瓦和 90 兆瓦。

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Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： Asia, as a whole region, faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well as regional scale and these have to be tackled with a pan-Asian approach. However, the available literature on the subject is generally based on research done in Europe and North America. Therefore, there is an urgent and strong need for an Asian journal with its focus on the region and wherein the region specific problems are addressed in an intelligent manner. In Asia, besides water, there are several other issues related to environment, such as; global warming and its impact; intense land/use and shifting pattern of agriculture; issues related to fertilizer applications and pesticide residues in soil and water; and solid and liquid waste management particularly in industrial and urban areas. Asia is also a region with intense mining activities whereby serious environmental problems related to land/use, loss of top soil, water pollution and acid mine drainage are faced by various communities. Essentially, Asians are confronted with environmental problems on many fronts. Many pressing issues in the region interlink various aspects of environmental problems faced by population in this densely habited region in the world. Pollution is one such serious issue for many countries since there are many transnational water bodies that spread the pollutants across the entire region. Water, environment and pollution together constitute a three axial problem that all concerned people in the region would like to focus on.