Qiaoqi Dam

Qiaoqi Dam
Location of Qiaoqi Dam in China
Country China
Location Baoxing County, Ya'an, Sichuan
Coordinates 30°41′31.48″N 102°44′48.44″E / 30.6920778°N 102.7467889°E / 30.6920778; 102.7467889Coordinates: 30°41′31.48″N 102°44′48.44″E / 30.6920778°N 102.7467889°E / 30.6920778; 102.7467889
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 2002
Opening date 2007 (2007)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill
Impounds Baoxinghe River
Height 123 m (404 ft)
Length 452.7 m (1,485 ft)
Width (crest) 10 m (33 ft)
Width (base) 450 m (1,480 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity 223,000,000 m3 (181,000 acre·ft)
Power station
Name Qiaoqi Hydropower Station
Coordinates 30°32′53.31″N 102°39′7.93″E / 30.5481417°N 102.6522028°E / 30.5481417; 102.6522028
Commission date 2007
Type Conventional, diversion
Hydraulic head 550 m (1,800 ft)
Turbines 3 x 80 MW Francis-type
Installed capacity 240 MW

The Qiaoqi Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on the Baoxinghe River in Baoxing County of Sichuan Province, China. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation. Construction on the project began in October 2002 and its 240 MW power station was commissioned in 2007.[1] Water from the reservoir is diverted south to the power station via a 18.676 km (11.605 mi) long head-race tunnel and penstock. The power station is located on the north bank of the main stem Baoxing River. The drop in elevation between the reservoir and power station afford a hydraulic head of about 550 m (1,800 ft).[2]

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References

  1. "Qiaoqi hydropower project (Gravel Soil core rockfill dam) (硗碛水电站大坝工程(砾石土直心墙堆石坝))" (in Chinese). Power China. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  2. "On Qiaoqi diversion tunnel rock rock handling different" (in Chinese). Flying Crown. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
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