Table of Contents
1. 2. 3. 3.1. 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.4. 5.5. 6. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................2 NEED FOR THE ALTERNATIVE STUDY....................................................................................................2 HYDROLOGY OF THE PROJECT....................................................................................................................3 Design Flood .....................................................................................................................................................3 ALTERNATIVE STUDIES FOR PROJECT LAYOUT................................................................................3 Project Layout Alternative - I ...................................................................................................................4 Project Layout Alternative - II..................................................................................................................7 Project Layout Alternative - III ................................................................................................................9 Conclusions andRecommendation for Project Layout .............................................................. 11 ALTERNATIVE STUDIES FOR OPTIMIZATION OF FRL ................................................................. 12 De-Silting Arrangement ........................................................................................................................... 13 Concrete Gravity Dam ............................................................................................................................... 12 Power Potential Study .............................................................................................................................. 15 Cost Benefit at each FRL....................................................................................................................... 15 Conclusions and Recommendation .................................................................................................... 16 CONCLUSIONS ................................................................................................................................................... 16
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INTRODUCTION
The Yamne - I HEP is being proposed as a Run of the River scheme across the River Yamne, which is a left bank tributary of Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh. The Project site is located in the upper most reaches of Yamne Basin. The Government of Arunachal Pradesh has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for development of Yamne stage I project in between El. 800.0 m to El. 600.0 m with M/s Abir Construction Pvt. Ltd. (Presently known as Abir Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd.) As per MoA conditions SPV in name of M/s KU Yamne Energy Ventures Pvt. Ltd. was formed which later changed name to M/s SS Yamne Energy Ventures Pvt. Ltd. for implementation of project. The dam site of Yamne I HEP is located downstream of the confluence of Yamne and Yaming River. The tailrace outfall of Yamne I HEP has been proposed to be located more than 2.0 km upstream of Yamne II submergence to have a2km free flowing stretch of the river. The provided free stretch is such that it meets the MoEF criteria of free flow stretch of river between two hydroelectric projects. In this Report, the details of various alternative studies which are carried out to finalize the project layout, optimization of FRL and selection of Diversion structure are discussed.
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This report also aims at studying various possible options of project layout, their respective costs and energy benefits.
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Design Flood
In the alternative studies, concrete gravity dam has been considered as a diversion structure for the project. Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) has been considered as design flood for the proposed diversion structures per the recommendations made in IS 11223-1995. The PMF for Yamne I HEP has been estimated as 5783 cumecs and the same flood intensity has been considered in the alternative studies for the design of Spillway.
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Table 1 Details of Project Layout Alternative Studies Study No: Project Layout Alternative-I Description The Layout comprises of a Concrete Gravity Dam with the FRL at El.740.0 m, Water Conductor System with surge shaft on the right bank of Yamne River and Surface Powerhouse located about 1.0km downstream of Sipung Nala Confluence. The average River bed level at Powerhouse location is about El.550.0m. (Refer Drawing No. Yamne I / Alt studies / 001). Project The Layout comprises of a Concrete Gravity Dam with the FRL at Layout El.740.0 m, Water Conductor System with surge shaft on the Left Bank Alternative-II of Yamne River and Surface Powerhouse located about 400.0m upstream of Sipung Nala Confluence. The average River bed level at Powerhouse location is about El.565.0m. (Refer Drawing No. Yamne I / Alt studies / 002). Project Layout AlternativeIII The Layout comprises of a Concrete Gravity Dam with the FRL at El.740.0 m, Water Conductor System with surge shaft on the Left Bank of Yamne River and an underground Powerhouse located about 1.30 km downstream of Sipung Nala Confluence. The average River bed level at Powerhouse location is about El.550.0 m. (Refer Drawing No. Yamne I / Alt studies / 003). The ground levels considered in this study are worked out based on the Survey of India Topo sheets. The Power Potential Studies for the above three alternatives have been given in Annexure1
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arrangement has been considered as diversion structure. The FRL of the Project is considered at El. 740.00 m. The dam axis is located about 800.0m downstream of Yamne and Yaming River confluence. The average River Bed Level at Dam site is about El.690.0m. The height of the dam above average River Bed level is about 53.0m. A Fore bay type Power Intake structure located on right bank of Yamne River which will feed the design discharge to the HRT of 6.50m diameter and 12.60km long. A surge shaft also been provided to take Water Conductor System care of the hydraulic transients expected during plant operations. From the surge shaft the design discharge is conveyed through a pressure shaft of 5.0 m diameter and 956.0 m length to the surface Powerhouse. Four numbers of construction adits have been proposed at suitable intervals along the HRT to facilitate its construction. The surface Powerhouse is located on the right bank of Yamne River at Surface Powerhouse 1.0km downstream of Sipung Nala. The tail water level is considered at El.550.0m. FRL of the Project MDDL of the Project TWL of the Project Head Loss in WCS Heads & Installed Capacity Gross Head Rated Head Design Discharge Installed Capacity Annual Energy Levelised Tariff El. 740.0 m El. 735.0 m El. 550.0 m 14.58 m 190 m 173.75 m 98.84 cumecs 155 MW 682.41 MU 6.95 INR/Unit
The primary project cost has been estimated based on the preliminary drawings and rational assumptions. The completed cost of Project layout Alternative I has been worked out to be INR 2218 Crores and the detailed breakup of the cost
estimation is placed at Annexure II. The Merits and Demerits with the Project Layout Alternative I has been pointed out below. Merits with Project Layout Alternative I: 1. The main advantage of this alternative is that the highest possible gross head of 190.0m can be harnessed. 2. The Powerhouse site on located on a large natural terrace. 3. No Local disturbance and hindrance. 4. No agricultural land comes into land requirement of the project. Demerits with Project Layout Alternative I: 1. The Complete water conductor system is traversing on the right bank of Yamne River where no access roads are available. Thus field investigation shall require at least one extra year and during the construction stage also one more year for construction would be required in comparison to the left bank water conductor system. Thus the Alternative I layout would require two more years in the total execution period as compared to the other alternatives planned on the left bank of Yamne River. 2. These studies are carried out based on Topo sheet of Survey of India in which the level difference between the powerhouse locations has a level difference of 15.0 m and the same has been considered for this study. However, during the Site Visit on 20thJune 2012, fly leveling was carried out along the river with a total station between the Powerhouse locations of upstream and downstream of Sipung Nala. From the survey it has been observed that the total level difference between these locations is about 8.0m and an additional tunnel length of about 1.0 km is required to harness this head. The additional tunnel length of 1.0 km would result in about a meter of head loss and hence additional net head of 7.0m could be utilized if the powerhouse is located downstream of Sipung Nala. Thus it may not be an economically feasible option to have a Powerhouse location on downstream of Sipung Nala by extending the HRT by about 1.0 km for harnessing 7.0 m of additional net head.
3. About 25 km of hill roads which includes two permanent bridges have to be constructed at dam site and Powerhouse site for crossing the River during the construction & operation stage. Construction of roads / bridges on steeper right bank will induce slope stability problems. 4. The temporary River diversion tunnel has to be planned on the left bank of Yamne River as the WCS of the projects placed on the right bank. At the dam site, a large slide zone is located about 300.0 m downstream of dam axis and hence the construction of diversion tunnel would be complex and require heavy rock support system. In this alternative, the temporary river diversion arrangement will be costliest.
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The surface Powerhouse is located on the left bank of Yamne River at Surface Powerhouse 400.0 m upstream of Sipung Nala. The tail water level is considered at El.565.0 m. FRL of the Project MDDL of the Project TWL of the Project Head Loss in WCS Heads & Installed Capacity Gross Head Rated Head Design Discharge Installed Capacity Annual Energy Levelised Tariff El. 740.0 m El. 735.0 m El. 565.0 m 14.20 m 175 m 159.13 m 97.48 cumecs 140 MW 622.20 MU 6.00 INR/Unit
The primary project cost has been estimated based on the preliminary drawings and rational assumptions. The completed cost of Project layout Alternative II is worked out to be INR 1747 Crores and the detailed breakup of the cost estimation is placed at Annexure II. The Merits and Demerits with the Project Layout Alternative II has been pointed out in successive paragraphs. Merits with Project Layout Alternative II: i. The entire project layout is well connected with the existing motorable road on the left bank. ii. The Left bank terrain is comparatively flatter than the right bank which will provide adequate space for muck disposal sites and other infrastructure facilities. iii. The temporary diversion arrangement could be planned on the right bank of the River. iv. The length of the HRT is shorter about 500.0m and will save construction period.
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The Powerhouse site is located on a large natural terrace and the geologically better site for back slopes.
Demerits with Project Layout Alternative II: i. ii. The maximum possible head could not be harnessed. Local disturbance and hindrance are expected.
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TWL of the Project Head Loss in WCS Gross Head Rated Head Design Discharge Installed Capacity Annual Energy Levelised Tariff
El. 550.0 m 15.98 m 190 m 172.36 m 99.40 cumecs 155 MW 678.45 MU 6.61 INR/Unit
The project cost has been estimated based on the preliminary drawings and rational assumptions. The completed cost of Project layout Alternative III is worked out to be INR 2100 Crores and the detailed breakup of the cost estimation is placed at Annexure II. The Merits and Demerits with the Project Layout Alternative III has been pointed out in successive paragraphs. Merits with Project Layout Alternative III: i. The entire project layout is well connected with the existing motorable road and the highest possible head of 190.0m can also be harnessed. ii. The Left bank terrain is comparatively flatter than the right bank which will provide adequate space for muck disposal sites and other infrastructure facilities. iii. The temporary diversion arrangement could be planned on the right bank of the River which would be comparatively cheaper than the left bank. Demerits with Project Layout Alternative III: i. The length of the HRT is significantly longer than the other alternatives and it also requires crossing Sipung Nala to harness the maximum head which will require costly precautionary arrangements during construction. ii. The cost of HRT to harness the additional net head of 7.0m could not be justified with the project cost. iii. The proposed underground Powerhouse location needs to be explored with a drift and will required one more year for the investigation works.
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The tailrace tunnels, construction and access tunnels also make the Underground Powerhouse complex become costlier than the Surface Powerhouse options.
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From the above table, it can be seen that the Alternative II is the better proposal than other two in the both technical and economical considerations. Thus it is suggested that the Alternative II shall be considered for the Project Layout for Yamne I HEP and the same shall be considered for further optimization studies. The Diversion structure is one of the vital structures in Alternative II and hence it
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is also recommended to carry out comprehensive studies for optimization of FRL of the project.
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Hence the earlier proposed location (i.e. 800 m downstream of Confluence) of dam site is considered preferable for locating the diversion structure for Yamne HEP and the same is considered in this study. The Concrete Gravity Dam with Stilling Basin arrangement is considered as diversion structure in all FRL studies. The foundation of the dam has been considered 30.0m below the average River bed level (i.e. El. 660.0 m). In all the study a free board of 2.0 m has been provided above the FRL. The features of Concrete Dam considered with different FRLs are tabulated below in Table 6. Table 6 Details of Concrete Gravity Dam at various FRLs
FRL El. 740.0m El. 735.0m El. 730.0m El. 725.0m El. 720.0m El. 715.0m Crest Level of Spillway El. 705.0 m El. 705.0m El. 705.0m El. 705.0m El. 705.0m El. 700.0 m Number of Gates 4 4 4 4 5 5 Size of Spillway Gates (W X H) m 8.35 X 12.0 9.15 X 12.0 10.3 X 12.0 12.0 X 12.0 12.10 X 15.0 12.20 X 15.0 Length of Dam at Top 238.35 m 220.36 m 197.36 m 171.09 m 152.55 m 127.96 m
The detailed hydraulic calculations for design of spillways and energy dissipation arrangements and corresponding engineering drawings are placed at Annexure III and Annexure IV respectively.
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De-Silting Arrangement
As different FRLs have been considered in this study, the requirement of De-Silting chamber has been justified for each FRL and the cost of De-Silting arrangement also been included in the project cost. The requirement of De-Silting arrangement has been evaluated based on the level difference between invert of HRT and Spillway crest level and the gross storage capacity of the Reservoir.
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The De-Silting arrangement may not be required, if adequate level difference is provided between spillway crest and intake and the reservoir would act as natural De-Silting basin, if the gross storage capacity is good enough to settle the suspended particles in the River water. Based on the experience and provisions made in similar projects, the following limits have been considered in this study for eliminating the de-silting arrangements in the water conductor system of the project, With the above criteria for De-Silting arrangement, the details of each FRL study has been tabulated below in Table 7, Table 7 Limits to Eliminate De-silting Arrangements Description Level Difference between Spillway Crest and Inver level of HRT Length of the Reservoir Limit to avoid De-Silting Arrangement > 15.0 m > 4000 m
From the above table it can be seen that the length of reservoir is greater than 4.0 km at FRL 740.0m and 735.0m which is substantial and at these FRLs the De-silting arrangement have not been considered.
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The details of Project cost at each FRL have been placed at Annexure VI.
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CONCLUSIONS
From this alternative study the following conclusions are derived, The project layout shall be planned on the left bank of Yamne River as the studies showing the Alternative II as the most preferable option from techno-economic angle in both technical and economical directions. The FRL of the project shall be considered at El. 735.0m as it gives the best tariff compared to other options. This alternative study report is submitted to M/s SS Yamne Energy Ventures Pvt. Ltd for their review and approval, so that the preparation of PFR for Yamne I HEP with new parameters evaluated from this study shall be commenced.
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