CE 704 · Chapter 6
Hydropower Engineering past question
6.2 Forebay and Surge Tanks: importance, general arrangement, condition of their application, hydraulic design
Design a forebay structure with turbine discharge of 14.5 m³/s with two penstocks 1.8 m diameter each. Take retention time 3 minutes and limiting velocity 0.22 m/s. Draw neat sketch of plan and section. [6]