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The purpose of the power house is to support and house the hydraulic and electrical
equipment. A power house consists of two main parts, a sub-structure to support the
hydraulic and electrical equipment and a superstructure to house and protect this
equipment. The superstructure of most power plants is the buildings that house all
the operating equipment. This paper shows role of water as an energy resource and to
utilize water resources in Sonbeel for maximum benefit. It is also attempted to
calculate generation of hydro power in Sonbeel with the help of Flow duration curve
Ref [7-8]

Power calculation:
To calculate power generation (e.g. Hydropower) various mathematical tools have
been adopted by Researches. In the present work, due to certain advantages over the
other techniques e.g. Simplicity FDC has been adopted. It is also attempted to
calculate generation of hydro power in Sonbeel with the help of Flow duration
curve.

The flow duration curve is a plot of discharge versus percentage of time for which the
discharge is available. It is obtained from hydrograph data. The flow or discharge
can be expressed as cubic meters per second, per week or other unit of time. If the
head at which the flow is available is known, the discharge can be calculated in terms
of the Kilowatts power (p). The flow duration curve becomes the load duration curve
for Hydroelectric plant and thus it is possible to know the total power available at the
site. The maximum and minimum conditions of flow can also be obtained by the
FDC where minimum flow conditions decide the maximum capacity of plant that
can be improved by increasing the storage capacity [6].

Fig3 shows average discharge in Sonbeel.
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