Kouhrang 2 Hydroelectric Power Station

Kouhrang Dam
Location of Kouhrang Dam in Iran
Official name Kouhrang Power Plant
Country Iran
Location Chelgard
Coordinates 32°27′10.63″N 50°08′48.23″E / 32.4529528°N 50.1467306°E / 32.4529528; 50.1467306Coordinates: 32°27′10.63″N 50°08′48.23″E / 32.4529528°N 50.1467306°E / 32.4529528; 50.1467306
Purpose Power, water supply
Status Operational
Construction began 2001
Opening date 2005
Construction cost US$39.5 million
Owner(s) Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, earth-fill
Height 15 m (49 ft)
Length 470 m (1,540 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 100,000 m3 (81 acre·ft)[1]
Normal elevation 2,343 m (7,687 ft)
Power station
Commission date 2002-2004
Hydraulic head 84 m (276 ft) [2]
Turbines 3 x 11.17 MW Francis-type[3]
Installed capacity 33.3 MW

The Kouhrang 2 Hydroelectric Power Station is located just south of Chelgard and about 69 km (43 mi) northwest of Shahrekord in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. The power station has an installed capacity of 33.3 MW and uses water diverted to the east from the Kouhrang River, via a small dam and the 2 km (1.2 mi) long Kouhrang 2 Tunnel, to produce power. Water from the Kouhrang is stored in a circular dam (Kouhrang 2 Dam) before being sent to the power station. The power station's three generators were commissioned between 2002 and 2004, the power plant were inaugurated in February 2005.[4] Water discharged from the power station enters the Zayandeh River as part of a larger project to provide water to major cities like Isfahan. The intake for the power plant is located on the Kouhrang River (32°24′35.71″N 50°07′36.81″E / 32.4099194°N 50.1268917°E / 32.4099194; 50.1268917 (Kouhrang 2 intake)) just downstream of the Kouhrang 1 Dam which also diverts water, via the 2,800 m (9,200 ft) long Kouhrang 2 Tunnel, to near Chelgard and was completed in 1953. The Kouhrang 3 Dam is planned downstream to regulate river flows and divert more water to the Zayandeh via the Kouhrang 3 Tunnel.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Koohrang HPP – I.R. Iran" (PDF). SISGEO. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Kuhrang Power Plant". Iran Water & Power Resources Co. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Iran". IndustCards. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Kouhrang plant inaugurated". Water Power & Dam Construction. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Transfer of Koohrang Valley water to Zayandehrood Valley (Koohrang 3 Tunnel)" (in Persian). Iran Ministry of Energy. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Engineering geological characteristics of the site Kourhang 3 with emphasis on its injectivity" (in Persian). Isfahan University. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
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