CE 704 · Chapter 6
Hydropower Engineering past question
6.2 Forebay and Surge Tanks: importance, general arrangement, condition of their application, hydraulic design
What are the design considerations of Forebay? Design a Forebay with turbine discharge of 20 m³/s, water is conveyed from Forebay to powerhouse by two numbers of penstock of 2 m diameter each. Take retention time 3 minute and limiting velocity 0.2 m/sec. [2+4]