Sinanjiang Dam

Sinanjiang Dam
Location of Sinanjiang Dam in China
Country China
Location Mojiang Hani Autonomous County, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan
Coordinates 23°5′39.78″N 101°52′20.81″E / 23.0943833°N 101.8724472°E / 23.0943833; 101.8724472Coordinates: 23°5′39.78″N 101°52′20.81″E / 23.0943833°N 101.8724472°E / 23.0943833; 101.8724472
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 2003
Opening date 2008 (2008)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, concrete-face rock-fill
Impounds Sinan River
Height 115 m (377 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 270,000,000 m3 (220,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area 1,583 km2 (611 sq mi)
Sinanjiang Hydropower Plant
Coordinates 23°4′54.55″N 101°46′30.33″E / 23.0818194°N 101.7750917°E / 23.0818194; 101.7750917
Commission date 2008
Type Conventional, diversion
Turbines 3 x 67 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 201 MW

The Sinanjiang Dam is a concrete-face rock-fill dam on the Sinan River, a tributary of the Lixian River, in Mojiang Hani Autonomous County of Yunnan Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supports a 201 MW power station. Construction began in October 2003 and the river was diverted around the dam site on 5 February 2005. All three generators were commissioned in 2008.[1] To produce power, water from the reservoir is diverted around a bend in the river through a 10.3 km (6.4 mi) long headrace tunnel which connects to the power station via a penstock. The power station contains three 67 MW Francis turbine-generators.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Yunnan Sinan River power plant reservoir 8 one hundred tons of (云南泗南江电站水库8百吨鱼死亡或因放水发电)" (in Chinese). Sina. 25 May 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sinan River Township is one of the main battlefield of the hydropower construction" (in Chinese). Point Township. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
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