CE 704 · Chapter 6
Hydropower Engineering past question
6.2 Forebay and Surge Tanks: importance, general arrangement, condition of their application, hydraulic design
Differentiate between forebay and surge tank. Design a forebay which accumulated water for 3 minutes for operation of a hydropower plant having data as given below. Also check the length of fore bay and limiting velocity. Design discharge = 20 m³/s; Number of penstock = 1; Diameter of penstock = 2.2 m; Limiting velocity = 0.2 m/s. [2+6]