Lizhou Dam Explained

Lizhou Dam
Location Map:China
Coordinates:28.0899°N 100.9341°W
Country:China
Location:Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Sichuan Province
Purpose:Power
Status:o
Construction Began:2009
Opening:2015
Dam Type:Arch, roller-compacted concrete
Dam Crosses:Muli River
Dam Height:132m (433feet)
Dam Width Crest:7m (23feet)
Dam Width Base:26m (85feet)
Res Capacity Total:186900000m2
Res Catchment:8603km2
Res Surface:4.97km2
Plant Name:Lizhou Hydropower Plant
Plant Coordinates:27.9795°N 101.0031°W
Plant Commission:2016
Plant Type:Conventional, diversion
Plant Turbines:3 x 115 MW, 2 x 5 MW Francis-type
Plant Hydraulic Head:177m (581feet)
Plant Capacity:355 MW

The Lizhou Dam is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric arch dam on the Muli River in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Sichuan Province, China.

The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation, with its 355 MW power station located 14.5 km to the southeast of the dam.[1] [2] The difference in elevation between the reservoir and power station affords a hydraulic head (water drop) of 177m (581feet).

Preliminary construction on the project began in 2009 and the superstructures were approved in 2011. Pouring of roller-compacted concrete for the dam began in 2012.[3] [4] [5] The dam began to impound its reservoir in December 2015.[6] Lizhou Dam started producing its power in 2016, when the whole facility was commissioned.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Li Chau hydropower (Lizhou Hydropower Station) (立洲水电站) . Changjiang Water Resources Network and Information Center . 19 August 2011 . 18 June 2014 . Chinese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122434/http://59.175.239.236/river/shownews.asp?id=2424 . 14 July 2014 .
  2. Web site: Lizhou Hydropower Project . United Nations CDM . 22 August 2012 . 18 June 2014 .
  3. Web site: RCC Dam Database - Search "Lizhou" . Malcolm Dunstan & Associates . 18 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151108220724/http://www.rccdams.co.uk/database_results.php . 8 November 2015 .
  4. Web site: China Huadian's 355-Megawatt Lizhou Hydropower Station in Sichuan Receives Approval . Industrial Info . 19 August 2011 . 18 June 2014.
  5. Web site: 132 meters! World-class thin arch RCC hyperbolic . Zhulong . 3 January 2014 . 18 June 2014 . Chinese.
  6. News: Li Chau Hydropower smoothly impoundment. 16 February 2016. China Electric Power Construction Survey and Design Institute Group Ltd.. 2 December 2015. Chinese.
  7. Book: Hydropower status Report 2017. 2017. 75.