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Quxue Dam | |
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Country | China |
Location | Dêrong County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan |
Coordinates | 28°25′20.91″N 99°19′23.64″E / 28.4224750°N 99.3232333°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 2013 |
Opening date | 2016 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment, rock-fill with asphalt concrete core |
Impounds | Shoqu River |
Height | 164.2 m (539 ft) |
Length | 219.85 m (721.3 ft) |
Width (crest) | 15 m (49 ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 132,600,000 m3 (107,500 acre⋅ft) |
Commission date | 2016 |
Type | Conventional |
Turbines | 2 x 123 MW Francis-type |
Installed capacity | 246 MW |
The Quxue Dam is a 174 m tall rock-fill embankment dam on the Shuoqu River in Dêrong County of Sichuan Province, China.
the Quxue Dam has a narrow canyon with very steep abutments supporting its superstructure.
The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 246 MW power station.
The dam is situated in a deep canyon which has an asymmetrical “V” shape. The slope of the left and right banks is around 70°, getting steeper towards the top. Made of mobile sediment, the depth of the alluvial river overburden (waste and spoil) is around 30 m at the dam site.
The crest length of the dam is 220 m with the crest width being 15 m across. The dam was designed to have a slope of 1.9H:1V upstream and an average slope of 1.85H:1V downstream.
Construction on the dam began in 2013 and the river was diverted around the construction site in February 2014. The power station was completed in 2016. [1] [2] [3]