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Transmission lines. Conduct electricity from the hydropower plant to homes and
business.
a) Dam – is the concrete structure that encloses the reservoir
b) Reservoir – stores the water coming from the upper river or water falls
e) Silt Sluice – is a chamber which collects the mud and through which
the mud is discharged.
f) Valve – is a device that opens or closes the entrance of the water into
the penstock
g) Trash rack – is a screen which prevents the leaves, branches and other
water contaminants to enter into the penstock
h) Penstock – is the channel that leads the water from the reservoir to the
turbine
l) Tail race – is channel which leads the water from the turbine to the tail water.
n) Draft Tube – is a device that connects the turbine outlet to the tail water so
the turbine can be set above the tail water level.
TYPES OF HYDROELECTRIC-
POWERPLANT
• Run-of-River hydro plants
• Storage hydro plants
• Pumped storage plants
Run-of-River hydro plants (Diversion)
• The most common type of hydro plant that requires dam to store the
water in reservoir. Dam facilitates to increase the head as well as the
velocity of water.
Pumped storage plants
Angat Magat
Angat
• Dam-type
• 4 units
• 200 MW
• Norzagaray, Bulacan
• Oct-1967
Capacity of Local Hydroelectric Power Plant
by Archipelago (On-Grid)
28%