Tienlun Dam

Dam in Heping, Taichung, Taiwan

Dam in Taichung, Taiwan

24°12′38.44″N 121°00′56.9″E / 24.2106778°N 121.015806°E / 24.2106778; 121.015806Dam and spillwaysImpoundsDajia RiverLength91 mReservoirTotal capacity590,000 m³Turbines1 X 105 MW, 4 X 22.5 MWInstalled capacity195 MWAnnual generation557 GWh

Tienlun Dam (traditional Chinese: 天輪壩; simplified Chinese: 天轮坝; pinyin: Tiānlún Bà) is a concrete gravity dam on the Dajia River in Heping District, Taichung, Taiwan. Built from 1952 to 1956, the dam is the fourth in a cascade of hydroelectric dams along the Dajia River, located upstream from the Ma'an Dam and downstream of the Kukuan Dam.

The dam is 48.2 m (158 ft) high and 91 m (299 ft) long, with a storage capacity of 590,000 m³ (480 acre⋅ft) of water.^[1] It supplies water to a power station consisting of one 105 megawatt (MW) turbine and four 22.5 MW turbines for a capacity of 195 MW, generating 557 million kilowatt hours per year.^[2]

References

^ Reservoirs and Weirs in Taiwan (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Public Affairs. p. 327.
^ "大甲溪" (PDF) (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2013-06-25.