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Spiral Case:
A steel-lined conduit connected to the penstock or intake conduit that evenly distributes water flow to
the turbine runner.
Stilling Basin:
The area on the downstream side of a spillway where water velocity is reduced to prevent erosion
damage to hydraulic structures or the natural riverbed and banks.
Surge Tank:
A hydraulic structure designed to control pressure and flow fluctuations in a penstock or tunnel. It
functions as a reservoir that temporarily stores or releases water to the turbine.
Tailrace:
A water conduit for conducting water away from a hydropower plant after it has passed through it,
sometimes called an afterbay.
Thick-shell Penstock:
It is characterized by a ratio of the inner diameter and of the shell thickness, less than 20.
Transient:
That period during which events are changing with time.
Trashrack:
A rack or screen of parallel bars installed to prevent debris from entering the turbine.
Unit Penstock:
It is the pipe supplying a single turbine from the main penstock or the manifold.
Water Hammer:
Pressure changes in a pressure conduit or penstock that are caused by the flow variation with time.
Water Passage:
Conduits that convey water to and from the turbine runner. They include the scroll case, distributor
and draft tube.
WR2:
This is a constant also called “flywheel effect” that describes the rotating inertia of a given
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hydroelectric plant. In general WR acts to improve the governing process. Usually, 90% of the
mechanical rotating inertia is in the generator.

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACI American Concrete Institute

ADB Asian Development Bank
ANSI American National Standard Institute
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASNT American Society of Non-Destructive Testing
ASTM American Society of Testing and Material Standards for ANSI
AWS American Welding Society
AWWA American Water Works Association
B.S. Bikram Sambat
BPC Butwal Power Company
CPM Critical Path Method
CSLIDE Computer Analysis Program
CWI Certified Welding Inspectors
DBC Design Based Criteria
DERDAP The Iron Gate
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
DoED Department of Electricity Development
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EM Environmental Management
EPA Environmental Protection Act
EPC Engineering Procurements Contract
EPR Environmental Protection Regulation
EPRI Electric Power Research Institute
ETL Exact Transfer and Load
ETS Educational Testing Service
EQ Earth quake
FERC Federal Energy Regulatory Committee
GLOF Glacial Lake Outburst Flood
GPS Global Positioning System
GRP Glass/fibre Reinforced Pipe
HAD High Aswan Dam
HDP High Density Polythene Pipe
HES Hydro-Engineering Services (P) Ltd.
HMG/N His Majesty’s Government of Nepal
ICIMOD International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development

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IEE Initial Environmental Examination

INPS Integrated Nepal Power System
IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
JV Joint Venture
KW Kilowatt
Li Lahmeyer International
MKE Morrison Knudson Engineers
MW Megawatt
NDE Non Destructive Examination
NDT Non Destructive Testing
NEA Nepal Electricity Authority
NEPECON Nepal Engineering Consultancy
NHE Nepal Hydro and Electric Pvt. Ltd., Butwal, Nepal
PPA Power Purchase Agreement
PQR Procedure Qualification Reports
PVC Polyvinyl Chloride
SMEC Snowy Mountain Hydroelectric Company
SPFA Steel Plate Fabricators Association
TEPSCO Tokyo Electric Power Services Company
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UPVC Unplasticized Polyvinyl Chloride
US United States
USBR United States Bureau of Reclamation
USSR The then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USACOE United States Army Corps of Engineers
VOCs Volatile Organic Compounds
VDC Village Development Committee
WB The World Bank
WECS Water and Energy Commission Secretariat
WPS Welding Procedure Specification

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