SENHORA DE MONFORTE DAM |
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| PURPOSE - Hydroelectric | |
| LOCATION | GENERAL FEATURES |
| District -
Guarda Municipality - Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo Site- Senhora de Monforte River Basin - Douro River - Côa river |
Promoting entity
- Energias Hidroeléctricas, Lda Owner - Engineering by - Construction by - Teixeira Duarte, S.A. Project year - 1990 Year of completion - 1993 |
| HYDROLOGY | RESERVOIR |
| River basin area
- 1 100 km2 Mean annual rainfall - 568 mm Mean annual runoff - 341 850 x 1 000 m3 Flood runoff - 800 m3/s Return period - 100 years |
Reservoir area
- 23 x 1 000 m2 Gross capacity - 87,3 x 1 000 m3 Effective storage - 35,9 x 1 000 m3 Dead storage - 51,4 x 1 000 m3 Normal water level (NWL) - 435 m Maximum flood level (MFL) - 439,9 m Minimum operating level - 433 m |
| DAM | |
| Concrete - Gravity Height above foundation - 20 m height above streambed - 18 m Crest elevation - 440 m Crest length - 78 m Crest width - 1 m Foundation - Rock Volume of dam body - 6,8 x 1 000 m3 |
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| SPILLWAY | BOTTOM OUTLET |
| Location - Center Control type - Uncontrolled Spillway type - Over the dam Sill elevation - 435 m Sill length - 52 m Maximum discharge - 800 m3/s Energy dissipation - Flip bucket |
Location -
Thalweg Type - Through the dam Section - d 2,2 m Maximum discharge - 21 m3/s Upstream control - Fixed roller gate Energy dissipation - Inexistent |
| POWER PLANT | |
| Type - Far
away from the dam Number of installed units - 2 Type of units - Francis Power installed capacity - 10 MW Mean annual energy output - 32,9 GWh |
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