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     est  Comprehensive Benefits
Biggest Flood Control Benefit in the World
Remarkable Power Generation Benefit
Remarkable Navigation Benefit
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Remarkable Power Generation Benefit
The Three Gorges Hydropower Plant (TGHP) contains twenty-six turbine-generator units, each with installed capacity of 700MW, not including the six more 700MW units in the Right Bank Underground Powerhouse under construction. Its total installed capacity amounts to 18200MW, and its expected annual average power generation accounts up to 84.7 TWH, so the TGHP ranks the biggest one in the world with remarkable power generation benefit. At present, TGHP electricity is sent unceasingly to Central China, East China, Guangdong, and Chongqing with the maximum transmission range of 1000 Km.

 

Major Parameters of the TGHP units and abroad power plants
Parameters Three Gorges Project
CHINA
Grand Coulee
U.S.A.
Itaipu
Brazil/Paraguay
Guri
Venezuela
Krasnoyarsk
Russia
Turbine          
Maximum Head(m) 113.0 08.2 125.9 146 100.5
Rated Head(m) 80.6 86.9 112.9 130 93
Minimum Head(m) 71.0(61.0) 67.0 90 110 76
Rated Output (MW) 710 713 715 610 508
Maximum Output(MW) 852 827 722/808 730 508
Rated Spinning Speed(r/min) 75 85.7 90.9/92.3 112.5 93.8
Runner Diameter(m) 9.525(9.800) 9.233 8.4506 7.163 7.5
Generator          
Rated Capacity(MW) 778 700 823.6(737) 630 500
Maximum Capacity(MW) 840 805 823.6(766) 725  
Frequency(Hz) 50 60 50(60) 60 50
Cooling Water Cooling of Statar Water Cooling of Statar Water Cooling of Statar Air Cooling Water Cooling of Statar
Rated Voltage(KV) 20 15 18 18 15.75
Insulation Levels F B F B  
Thrust Load(t) 4,050(4,100) 4,700 4,056 2,667  
Inner Diameter of Stator(m) 18,500(18,800) 18,790 16,000 13,650 16,100
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