Vajiralongkorn Dam

The Vajiralongkorn Dam, formerly named Khao Laem Dam, is a dam in the district of Thong Pha Kanchanaburi province in Thailand which is dammed by the first CFR dam in Thailand. The dam is on the River Kwai ( Kwai ), and renamed after the Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand on 13 July 2001. With the dam, a hydroelectric power plant with 300 MW capacity is being operated.

Building

The dam is high according to various sources either 92 (after Martin Wieland, Qingwen Ren, John SY, Balkema, London 2004) or 130 m. The dam construction began in 1979 and lasted five years, after which joined the filling of the reservoir in June 1984. The three 100 MW generators, powered by Francis turbines, were received between October 1984 and December 1985 to the network. This 760 GWh of electricity can be generated annually.

The reservoir has a maximum storage capacity of 8.86 billion cubic meters, an area of 388 sq km and a catchment area of ​​3720 km ². The average inflow to the reservoir is approximately 5.5 billion cubic meters per year.

For the reservoir 10,800 people had to be resettled.