Lower Paunglaung Dam Explained

Lower Paunglaung Dam
Location Map:Burma
Coordinates:19.7864°N 96.3358°W
Country:Burma
Location:Pyinmana, Zeyarthiri Township, Naypyidaw Union Territory
Purpose:Power
Status:O
Construction Began:1996
Opening:2005
Cost:US$201.8 million
Owner:Ministry of Electric Power
Dam Type:Embankment, rock-fill
Dam Crosses:Paunglaung River
Dam Length:945m (3,100feet)
Dam Height:131m (430feet)
Spillway Type:Uncontrolled, stepped chute
Res Capacity Total:690e6m3
Plant Commission:2004-2005
Plant Turbines:4 x 70MW Francis-type
Plant Hydraulic Head:103.6m (339.9feet)
Plant Capacity:280MW

The Lower Paunglaung Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Paunglaung River, about east of Pyinmana in Naypyidaw Union Territory, Myanmar. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it had been under study since 1953. Construction began in 1996 and the first generators were commissioned in 2004 and the last in 2005. The cost of the dam and the power station, funded by the Chinese government, was US$201.8 million. The dam's powerhouse is located underground near the toe and spillway. It contains four Francis turbine-generators.[1] [2] [3] The Upper Paunglaung Dam, being constructed upstream, is expected to regulate the river and improve power generation.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hydropower Generation Enterprise. Ministry of Electric Power. 10 March 2014. 2 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140311020406/http://www.ubifrance.com/medias/press/hpge_9_7_2013_28_34.pdf. 11 March 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Hydroelectric Power Plants in Myanmar . IndustCards . 10 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Brief Introduction of Paunglaung HPP. Yunnan Machinery & Equipment. 10 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120422170153/http://www.ymec.com.cn/en/hpp/project_pl.htm. 22 April 2012. dead.
  4. Web site: Upper Paunglaung HPP, Myanmar. AF Consult. 10 March 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140311030951/http://www.afconsult.com/sv/omraden/energi--miljo/vattenkraft/references/upper-paunglaung-hpp-myanmar/. 11 March 2014. dead.