Fluid Machine

1. Prepared by:
Deepika Shrestha
413/BME/069

2. Rank Station Country Capacity
(MW)
Annual
Generation
(TWh)
Type
1 Three
Gorges
China 22,500 92.9 Hydro
2 Itaipu Brazil,
Paraguay
14,000 98.63 Hydro
3 Xiluodu China 13,860 57.1 Hydro
4 Guri Venezuala 10,235 47 Hydro
5 Tucurui Brazil 8,370 21.4 Hydro
6 Kashiwazak
i-kariwa
Japan 7965 60.3 Nuclear
7 Grand-
coulee
United
States
6,809 21 Hydro
8 Longtan China 6,426 18.7 Hydro
9 Sayano-
Shushenska
Russia 6,400 23.5 Hydro

4.  Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam that
spans the Yangtze river,located in china.
 Made of concrete and steel,the dam is
2,335m(7,661)ft long and the top of the dam
is 185m(607)ft above the sea level.
 Three gorges dam is gravity type dam.
 The hydroelectric power station consists of
34 generators:32 main generators,each with
the capacity of 700MW and two plant power
generators, each with the capacity of
50MW,making a total capacity of 22,500MW.

5.  Among those 32 main generators, 14 are
installed in the north side of the dam, 12 in
the south side, and the remaining six in the
underground power plant in the mountain
south of the dam.
 Three gorges uses Francis turbine.
 The rotational speed of turbine is 75
revolutions per minute.

7. Reservoir
Creates
Total capacity
Surface area
Max. length
Max. width
Normal elevation
Three Gorges Reservoir
39.3 km^3
1,045 km^2
600 km
1.1 km
175m