A Proposal for Final Year

Project on Small Hydropower Plant

Submitted by:

06-113 Kedar Nath Dahal

06-116 Mandeep Pokhrel

06-119 Nawaraj Tripathee

06-128 Ramesh Chandra Ghimire

06-173 Uttam Bhurtel

Submitted To:

Asst. Prof Gopal Mainali

Department of Civil Engineering

NEPAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE

Changunarayan, Bhakatpur, Nepal

January, 2010.
Title: Structural analysis and design of a small hydropower plant.

Introduction:

Electricity is one of the major forms of energy used all over the world. Its wide use & growing demand is
due to its versatile nature i.e. it can be readily converted into heat, light, motion or any other forms as
and when required. It may be generated by a number of sources as water, nuclear power, thermal plant,
solar power, wind power & tidal power. However, among all these different sources water is the
dominant source for generating electricity because its environment friendly, water itself acts as fuel
which is cheap & renewable and lastly it is very efficient for peaking load as compared to other sources.

In context of Nepal, there are more over 6000 rivers & rivulets carrying about 225 billion cubic meter of
water every year. This constitutes huge & viable resource for hydropower generation in the country. The
theoretical hydropower potential of Nepal is estimated to be 83000 MW of which 42000 MW is
economically viable. According to statistics of NEA (2059 B.S.) only 584.55 unit of electrical power has
been produced which is 1.3% of the economic potential. As such huge hydropower potential is still
unexploitated & untapped. If this unexploitated hydropower is utilized then it can contribute to the
socio-economic development of the people& lead the country towards prosperity in the future.

Objective:

• To study & analyze the geo-hydrological situation of the site.

• To design the structural components of the hydropower plant at the site.
• To estimate cost of development & possible benefit after construction of the plant, to evaluate
the financial viability of the project.
• To assess socio-economic & environmental impacts from the construction of plant and try to
mitigate them as much as possible.

Methodology:

The following procedures would be followed to accomplish the above mentioned objectives:

• Project site selection.

• Definition of the problem & setting objectives.
• Review of the theoretical aspects of the project.
• Design calculation of the structural components from the data collected.
• Preparation of the drawings of the components based on design calculation.
• Discussion with experts & supervisor.
• Preparation of the final report.
Expected Output:

After the completion of the project, the prepared report would help the concerned authority having the
right for construction of hydropower and they would check the feasibility of the plant based on the
report at the site .If its feasible to construct the hydropower plant at the site then the plant will be
constructed else other alternative sites will be taken under consideration and studied.

Time Schedule:

Works Time Period

Site selection & Field visit. 1 week.
Survey & Collection of data. 1 week.
Design Calculation & Cost Analysis. 1 month.
Economics & Financial Analysis. 1 week
AutoCAD & Land Development Drawings 2 weeks.
Incorporation of suggestions from Experts & 2 weeks.
advisor.
Final report submission & Presentation. 1 week.