Sediment Management in Hydropower Development and Operation, 2018
An international workshop with the theme 'Sediment Management in Hydropower
Development and Operation' held on 02 - 08 October 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal
has been successfully completed. The workshop was jointly organized by Hydro Lab,
Nepal and International Centre for Hydropower (ICH), Norway. It was the eighth
workshop in a series jointly organized by Hydro Lab and ICH since 2001.
The workshop was attended by 24 participants from 5 different countries namely Bhutan,
Colombia, Ethiopia, Pakistan and Nepal. The participants were professionals from
different governmental and private organizations including developers, consultants,
academicians and researchers.
The weeklong workshop at Hotel Himalaya, Lalitpur, began with lectures conducted by
the experienced professionals from academic institutions, hydropower developers,
research organizations and consulting firms, who shared their experiences on various
topics related to the main theme of the workshop. Besides lectures, the workshop also
included demonstrations of physical hydraulic models and the relevant laboratory
experiments at Hydro Lab for acquiring practical knowledge on sediment management in
hydropower and a field visit to Jure landslide and Sunkoshi Hydropower plant. Besides
the lectures, willing participants were also given an opportunity to present and share their
experiences during country presentations.
Following are the topics of the lectures conducted in the workshop:
1. Key note lecture on Cost of sediment in Hydropower Operation
2. River dynamics and theory of sediment transport
3. Sediment data collection and processing
4. Use of sediment data in the planning and design of Hydropower Project in
Himalayas
5. Hydraulic design of headworks for RoR hydropower projects on sediment loaded
rivers
6. Sediment induced turbine erosion and sediment friendly turbine design
7. Design and operation of settling basins
8. Design of headworks structures
9. Handling of bed load at the headworks of RoR hydropower projects
10. Physical hydraulic modelling - a tool for headworks design in steep sediment
loaded rivers
11. Daily peaking reservoirs in sediment loaded rivers: a case of Kabeli A HPP, Nepal
12. Performance Improvement of the headworks of Kaligandaki A HPP through
physical modelling
13. Reservoir sedimentation; monitoring and management for sustainability
14. Sediment management in BPC's hydropower plants/projects
15. Lessons learnt from the Sediment Management in Khimti I Hydropower Plant,
Nepal
16. Operation and sediment management in NEA's Hydropower Plants, Nepal
17. Sediment management for PROR project using sediment bypass tunnel
18. Sustainable operation of peaking reservoirs on sediment loaded rivers
19. Cost-effective Sediment Handling in RoR Hydropower Plants
20. Turbine Efficiency Measurement at Power Plants Exposed to Sediment: The
Thermodynamic Method
The closing of workshop programme and certificate distribution were done at Himalayan
Horizon, Dhulikhel on 7th October 2018.
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Organizers: |
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Hydro Lab Pvt. Ltd. |
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International Centre for Hydropower |
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The International workshop jointly organised by Hydro Lab, Nepal and International Centre for Hydropower (ICH), Norway was successfully completed. The workshop was conducted from 03 - 08 November 2022. The opening session, chaired by Mr. Shiva Kumar Sharma, Chairman Hydro Lab, was started with the welcome speech from Dr. Meg B. Bishwakarma, General Manager, Hydro Lab. The programme was addressed by Mr. Tom Solberg, Project Director, ICH and the special guest, Ms. Torun Dramdal, Ambassador, Royal Norwegian Embassy. Finally, the opening session was completed with the key note lecture from Prof. Dr. Haakon Støle, Sediment Systems, Norway.
