The Belleville Hydroelectric Project - An overview

Conference · Sun Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:219959

Gemperline, E J; Konstantellos, C ^[1]; Meier, P E ^[2]

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1. Harza Engineering Company, Chicago, IL (United States)
2. American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., Westerville, OH (United States)

The Belleville Hydroelectric Project, a 42 MW project on the Ohio River at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Belleville Locks and Dam was licensed to the City of Jackson, Ohio in 1989. In 1993 a joint venture of 42 Ohio municipal electric suppliers was formed to develop the project - known as Ohio Municipal Electric Generation Agency Joint Venture 5. Design of the project, including procurement of the turbines and generators, began the same year. At the time this paper is being published project construction is beginning with development of the cofferdams. Completion of the project is scheduled for late 1997. The project will be located on the east bank of the Ohio River. Energy will be generated by two identical 24.6 ft (7.5 m) runner diameter 21 MW bulb turbines, among the world`s largest. Each unit will operate over a head range of from 5 ft to 22 ft (1.5 m to 6.7 m), and discharges from 3000 ft{sup 3}/sec (cfs) to 20,000 cfs (85 m{sup 3}/s to 566 m{sup 3}/s). This paper includes discussions of project history, operation, siting, layout, design and other considerations.

• OSTI ID: 219959
• Report Number(s): CONF-9507190--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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