On Dec. 29, the Pakistan Water and Power Development
Authority (WAPDA) announced it is moving forward with a modernization project
at the 1,000-MW Mangla hydroelectric project to increase the facility’s
generating output by 310 MW at an estimated cost of Rs 52.224 billion (US$769
million).
The Mangla
hydropower project is a multipurpose facility located on the Jhelum
River in Mirpur district of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It includes Mangla
Dam, which is the seventh largest dam in the world; the country’s largest
reservoir, which has a live storage capacity of 7.48 million acre feet; and 10
generating units.
In
2015 WAPDA sought bids for the project that included Package I,
turbine-generators for Units 5 and 6, and Package II, turbine-generators for
Units 1-4. Works include hydraulic turbine modeling; six new 155-MW runners;
six sets of guide vanes; six new 168.75-MVa generator stators; a machine
condition monitoring system; six new digital governor systems including new
cabinet actuators; refurbishment/replacement of turbine, generator and governor
components; six digital static excitation systems; refurbishment of turbine
inlet valves; and start-up, commissioning and performance testing.
The first six turbines will each be rehabilitated and
modernized to increase output by 35 MW in increments of two, in three phases:
Phase 1 is scheduled for completion in December 2018; phase 2 by December 2019;
and phase 3 by December 2020. According to WAPDA, refurbishment of all 10
generating units will be completed by 2024.
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