Karahnjukar dam spillway ::comparison of operational data and results from hydraulic modelling

• Main Authors: Gardarsson, Sigurdur M., Pfister, Michael, Gunnarsson, Andri, Tomasson, Gunnar G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Bordeaux, France, 26-28 October 2015 2022
• Subjects: Weir; Iceland
• Online Access: https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/11066/files/Pfister_2015_Karahnjukar_dam_spillway.pdf; http://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/11066

The Karahnjukar dam spillway is the spillway for the Halslon reservoir, the main reservoir for the 690 MW Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in East Iceland. The spillway consist of a 140 m long overflowing weir with a capacity of 2250 m3/s which discharges into a side channel, followed by a 450 m lo...