Annual Field Visit 2024: Upper Kotmale Hydro Power Station
The IEEE Power and Energy Society of KDU had their annual Field Visit for the year 2024, conducted to the Upper Kotmale Power Station on 02nd of March 2024. The Electrical and Electronic Engineering students of the intakes 38, 39 and 40 took part for the visit. The Head of Department Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Capt.RT Hettiarachchi was also present for the event, with several Academic and non-academic staff of the department. The Upper Kotmale Power station consists of two 75MW generators (Total capacity of 150MW), connected to vertical-axis Francis type turbines, with an annual generation of 409GWh. It is a run-off river hydropower plant, where the entire Power House is situated underground. Generated output voltage at 13.8kV is being stepped up to 220kV through bank of 3 Single phase transformers inside the Power House. This generated power is then transmitted through the 220kV line to the Kotmale Switch yard. The students who participated for the visit, gained new insights regarding Hydropower Electric Generation and its related aspects.
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- Start time: 02 Mar 2024 05:00 AM
- End time: 03 Mar 2024 11:00 PM
- All times are (UTC+05:30) Sri Jayawardenepura
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