CASTELO DO BODE DAM

PURPOSE - Water supply / Hydroelectric / Flood control / Recreation
LOCATION GENERAL FEATURES
District - Santarém
Municipality - Tomar
Site - Castelo do Bode
River Basin - Tejo
River - Zêzere river
Promoting entity - CPPE, Cª. Portuguesa de Produção de Electricidade, AS
Owner (RSB) - CPPE
Engineering by - A. Coyne
Construction by - Moniz da Maia & Vaz Guedes
Project year - 1945
Year of completion - 1951
HYDROLOGY RESERVOIR
Mean annual rainfall - 1200 mm
Mean annual runoff - 2352000 x 1000 m3
Flood runoff - 4750 m3/s
Return period - 1000 years
Reservoir area - 32910 x 1000m2
Gross capacity - 1095000 x 1000m3
Effective storage - 900500 x 1000m3
Normal water level (NWL) - 121 m
Maximum flood level (MFL) - 122 m
DAM
Concrete - Arch gravity dam
Height above foundation - 115 m
Crest elevation - 124,3 m
Crest length - 402 m
Foundation - Gneiss and micaschist
Volume of dam body - 430 x 1000 m3
SPILLWAY BOTTOM OUTLET
Control type - Controlled
Spillway type - Orifício
Sill elevation - 105 m
Sill length - 28,08 m
Number of gates - 2
Maximum discharge - 4000 m3/s
Energy dissipation - Flip bucket
Type - Through the dam
Section - d 3,0 m
POWER PLANT
Type - Dam toe
Number of installed units - 3
Type of units - Francis
Power installed capacity - 139 MW
Mean annual energy output - 390 GWh


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