
| LOCATION | ||
| 1 | State | Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu |
| 2 | SCOPE | To draw about 29m³/sec Sea Water for Condenser Cooling at Turbine building in 500MW PFBR project at Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu. |
| 3 | COMPONENTS | |
| Intake Shaft | 4.25m dia | |
| Submarine Tunnel | 3.6m dia | |
| Out let Shaft | 6.0m dia | |
| 4 | BROAD DESIGN PARAMETERS | |
| Sub-marine Tunnel | ||
| Shape of Tunnel | Horse Shoe | |
| Inner Dia of Tunnel | 3600mm | |
| Outer Dia of Tunnel | 4300mm to 4600mm | |
| Length of Tunnel | 565m | |
| Grade of Concrete | M-45, A-20 with suitable plasticizer. | |
| Bed Level at the Entry | EL (-) 30.70m | |
| Bed level at the exit | EL (-) 36.56m | |
| Bed gradient | 1 in 96.4 | |
| Type of lining | CC lining 350mm thick, where the rock is good and adequate rock cover is available | |
| Type of strata | Charnockyte | |
| Modulus of Elasticity of Rock | 0.46 to 3.34 x 106 x T/m2 | |
| Poisson’s ratio of Rock | 0.14 to 0.25 | |
| Class of Rock | Class II | |
| Horizontal loads, Vertical loads moments | From Intake Structure Designs | |
| Density of Sea Water | 1.024 T / m3 | |
| Inner Dia of Shaft | 4250mm 6000mm | |
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