CALDEIRÃO DAM |
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| PURPOSE - Water supply / Hydroelectric | |
| LOCATION | GENERAL FEATURES |
| District -
Guarda Municipality - Guarda Site - Caldeirão River Basin - Mondego River - Caldeirão river |
Promoting entity
- CPPE, Cª. Portuguesa de Produção de Electricidade, SA Owner (RSB) - CPPE Engineering by - EDP, Electricidade de Portugal Construction by - Mota & Companhia Project year - 1988 Year of completion - 1993 |
| HYDROLOGY | RESERVOIR |
| River basin area
- 38 km2 Mean annual rainfall - 1286,4 mm Mean annual runoff - 116000 x 1000 m3 Flood runoff - 350 m3/s Return period - 1000 years |
Reservoir area -
660 x 1000m2 Gross capacity - 5520 x 1000m3 Effective storage - 3470 x 1000m3 Normal water level (NWL) - 702 m Maximum flood level (MFL) - 703,7 m |
| DAM | |
| Concrete - Arch
dam Height above foundation - 39 m Crest elevation - 707,1 m Crest length - 122 m Foundation - Schist and granite Volume of dam body - 26 x 1000 m3 |
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| SPILLWAY | BOTTOM OUTLET |
| Location - Dam
body Control type - Uncontrolled Spillway type - Over the dam Sill elevation - 702,0 e 702,7 m Sill length - 83,55 m Maximum discharge - 242 m3/s Energy dissipation - Stilling basin |
Location - Thalweg Type - Through the dam Section - 1,0 x 1,5 Upstream control - Fixed roller gate Downstream control - Sector gate |
| POWER PLANT | |
| Type - Reservoir
- Outdoor Number of installed units - 1 Type of units - Francis Power installed capacity - 32 MW Mean annual energy output - 45 GWh |
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