Rudbar Lorestan Dam and  HydroPower Plant

General Information & History :

The reconnaissance studies of the project were completed by Mahab-E-Qods Consulting Engineers Company 1993 as well as phase one studies which are now in Procession .

Phase one studies which are now in procession.

Phase two studies of the project were agreed to be done with the cooperation of Qods-Niroo and the English company, Hulcro ,in 2002.

The dam is on Roodbar river, 100 km to south of Aligoodarz in lorestan province.

The project is situated in the longitude of 49, 41ó, 37ð and the latitude of 32, 54ó, 23ð.

The 450MW generation of hydroelectric energy is the main objective of the project.

History and objective:

 

The reconnaissance studies of the project were completed by Mahab-E-Qods Consulting Engineers Company 1993 as well as phase one studies which are now in Procession .

Phase one studies which are now in procession.

Phase two studies of the project were agreed to be done with the cooperation of Qods-Niroo and the English company, Hulcro ,in 2002.

The dam is on Roodbar river, 100 km to south of Aligoodarz in lorestan province.

The project is situated in the longitude of 49D, 41M, 37S and the latitude of 32D, 54M, 23S.

The 450MW generation of hydroelectric energy is the main objective of the project

General Specifications of the Project :

location: at 100 km South of Aligodarz at the Lorestan Province
Target : Power Generation
Dam Type: Double curvature concrete dam
Dam Height: 151 m
Crest Level : 1756 m.a.s.l.
Crest Length: 170 m
Foundation Level: 160 m.a.s.l.
Volume of Dam Body: 400,000 m3
NWL: 1750 m.a.s.l.
Reservoir Volume: 202 mcm
Dead Volume: 58 mcm
Length of Reservoir : 20 km
B/C : 1.8

 

 

 

 

 

Power Plant
Type Power: Plant Superficial
Power generation Capacity: 450 MW
Annual Average Energy: 980 GWH
Number of Power Plant Units:

2

Plant Factor (PF) 0.16

 

Water Transfer System
Headrace Tunnel  Length: 1450 M
Headrace Tunnel  diameter: 6.5 M
Type Cover: Concrete
Penstock Length: 1820 m
Penstock Average Diameter 4 m

 

Access Road and Tunnels

 

T1 Tunnel Length: 1600 m
T2 Tunnel Length: 1800 m
B1 Road Length: 9.15 km
B2 Road Length: 16.7 km