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Design of Roller Bucket

The document provides design details for a roller bucket at a hydropower project. It includes parameters such as maximum flood level, tail water level, spillway crest level, discharge rate, width of overflow, depth of flow, Froude number, radius of bucket, and bucket invert level. Hydraulic model tests are recommended whenever sustained operation near limiting conditions is expected, discharge per foot of width exceeds 500-600 cubic feet per second, velocities entering the bucket are over 75 feet per second, eddies may form at spillway ends, or waves in the downstream channel could be a problem.

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Design of Roller Bucket

The document provides design details for a roller bucket at a hydropower project. It includes parameters such as maximum flood level, tail water level, spillway crest level, discharge rate, width of overflow, depth of flow, Froude number, radius of bucket, and bucket invert level. Hydraulic model tests are recommended whenever sustained operation near limiting conditions is expected, discharge per foot of width exceeds 500-600 cubic feet per second, velocities entering the bucket are over 75 feet per second, eddies may form at spillway ends, or waves in the downstream channel could be a problem.

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DESIGN OF ROLLER BUCKET

USBR Example
Maximum flood level = 1,291.65 ft
Tail Water Level = 1,011.00 ft
Spillway Crest Level = 1,260.00 ft
D/S river bed elevation = 900.00 ft
Head above crest, H = 31.65 ft
h=Crest level-Tailwater level = 249.00 ft
Discharge ,Q = 1,000,000 cusecs
Width of Overflow section,B = 1,650.00 ft
Discharge per Unit width, q = Q/B = 606.06 cusecs/ft
value of g = 32.20 ft/s2
Theoratical Velocity, Vt= (2g(H+h)) = 134.44 ft/s
Actual Velocity, V1=0.91(Vt) = 122.34 ft/s
Depth of flow, D1 = 4.95 ft
Froude Number,F=V1/(gD1) = 9.69
R/(D1+V1 /2g)
2
= 0.12
Radius of Bucket, R = 28.48 ft
Radius of Bucket (Selected) = 30.00 ft
R/(D1+V12/2g) = 0.13
R/(D1+V1 /2g) vs F, Tmin/D1
2
= 14.70
Tmin = 73.00
R/(D1+V12/2g) vs F, Tmax/D1 = 23.00
Tmax = 114.00
R/(D1+V12/2g) vs F, Ts/D1 = 12.60
Ts = 63.00
Tail Water depth, T = 111.00 ft

Roller Bucket Invert Level 897.00 ft


=
R/X = 0.083
A/T = 1.3
Max Height of Boil, A = 144.00 ft
The depth of water in the Bucket, B = 100.00 ft
Difference b/w Tail water (A-B) = 44.00 ft
Figure 64 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

Figure 66 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

Figure 67 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

Figure 69 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

The bucket invert should be set no lower than 3 feet


below riverbed elevation or more than 38 feet above. 38
ft not feasible

Figure 70 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka


DESIGN OF ROLLER BUCKET
Jhing Hydropower Project
Maximum flood level = 1335.77 m 4382.66 ft
Tail Water Level = 1330.00 m 4363.73 ft
Weir/Spillway Crest Level = 1334.00 m 4376.85 ft
Head above crest, H = 1.77 m 5.81 ft
h=Crest level-Tailwater level = 4.00 m 13.12 ft
Discharge ,Q = 182.00 cumecs 6428.24 cusecs
Width of Overflow section,B = 40.00 m 131.24 ft
Discharge per Unit width, q = Q/B = 4.55 cumecs/m 48.98 cusecs/ft
Bucket Invert Level = 1327.19 m 4354.51 ft
value of g = 9.81 m/s2 32.20 ft/s2
Theoratical Velocity, Vt= (2g(H+h)) = 10.64 m/s 34.92 ft/s
Actual Velocity, V1=0.91(Vt) = 9.68 m/s 31.77 ft/s
Depth of flow, D1 = 0.47 m 1.54 ft
Froude Number,F=V1/(gD1) = 4.51 4.51
R/(D1+V1 /2g)
2
= 0.1
Radius of Bucket, R = 0.524797 m 1.721859 ft
R/(D1+V12/2g) vs F, Tmin/D1 =
Tmin = 0
R/(D1+V12/2g) vs F, Tmax/D1 =
Tmax = 0
R/(D1+V12/2g) vs F, Ts/D1 =
Ts = 0
Figure 64 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

Figure 66 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

Figure 67 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka

Figure 69 USBR Stilling Basin by Paterka


Hydraulic model tests be performed whenever:
(a) sustained operation near the limiting conditions is expected
(b) discharges per foot of width exceed 500 to 600 c.f.s
(c) velocities entering the bucket are over 75 feet per second
(d) eddies appear to be possible at the ends of the spillway
(e) waves in the downstream channel would be a problem.

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