Taki Dam

Taki Dam
Location of Taki Dam
Location Tadami
Coordinates
Construction began 1959
Opening date 1961
Owner(s) Electric Power Development Company
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Concrete gravity
Height 46 m (151 ft)
Length 264 m (866 ft)
Volume 120,343 m3 (157,403 cu yd)
Impounds Tadami River
Spillway capacity 200 m3/s (7,063 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Capacity 27,000,000 m3 (21,889 acre·ft)
Active capacity 10,300,000 m3 (8,350 acre·ft)
Catchment area 1,978 km2 (764 sq mi)
Surface area 2.30 km2 (1 sq mi)
Power station
Commission date 1961
Hydraulic head 35.82 m (118 ft)
Turbines 2 x 46 MW Kaplan-type
Installed capacity 92 MW[1]

Taki Dam (滝ダム?) is a gravity dam on the Tadami River, 7.3 km (5 mi) east of Tadami in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Surveys for the dam were carried out in 1958, construction began in 1959 and the dam was complete in 1961. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and it supports a 92 MW power station consisting of 2 x 46 MW Kaplan turbines. The dam is 46 m (151 ft) tall and 264 m (866 ft) long. It creates a reservoir with a 27,000,000 m3 (21,889 acre·ft) capacity, of which 10,300,000 m3 (8,350 acre·ft) is active (or "useful") for power generation. The dam's spillway is controlled by four sluice gates and has a 200 m3/s (7,063 cu ft/s) discharge capacity.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Falls Power Station Power Development" (in Japanese). Suiryoku. http://www.suiryoku.com/gallery/fukusima/taki/taki.html. Retrieved 16 August 2011. 
  2. ^ "Case Study 15-02: Others – Use of Driftwood in Reservoir – Taki Dam, Japan". IEA Hydropower Implementing Agreement Annex VIII -. New Energy Foundation,. 2006. http://www.ieahydro.org/reports/Annex_VIII_CaseStudy1502_Taki_Japan.pdf?bcsi_scan_CDA3FCF4A6CE62D8=IsomfBcQIeahbFud6/GrcpxuykMQAAAAxItNCg==&bcsi_scan_filename=Annex_VIII_CaseStudy1502_Taki_Japan.pdf. Retrieved 15 August 2011.