If you look at this link you'll see the water level at Dale is 633ft. It also says minimum level is 631 (power intake). Does this mean that at 631 they cannot generate power? Just curious, may be a dumb Q.
Oh and by the way, HOLY CRAP ITS LOW!
If you look at this link you'll see the water level at Dale is 633ft. It also says minimum level is 631 (power intake). Does this mean that at 631 they cannot generate power? Just curious, may be a dumb Q.
Oh and by the way, HOLY CRAP ITS LOW!
saw that too drew, things my get interesting
This might not be absolute truth but I am under the impression that not much power is being generated on the Cumberland chain. I know all summer we pretty much had 0 cfm of water being generated through Old Hickory. If any at all was pulled, it was only one generator for a couple hours in the morning.
lots and lots of coal has been moving up the lake to the TVA Gallatin steam plant.
I don't know the designed head on the generator intake at Dale but that would probably be a good assumption. I know there is a smilar number for the minimum lake level for generators on Lake Cumberland. My dad retired from the COE and worked at both Dale and LC dams
dlg is right, those generators take a certain amount of head to turn the intakes (head = ft of water above the intake). So yes at 631 or whatever that level is, they won't be able to generate power. The other thing you have to be aware of is the raw water intakes for water treatment plants. We had to do some work on the somerset intake when they lowered cumberland. I have not heard of any intake problems from dale hollow but I don't think anyone has any intakes in that lake so I'm sure they will be fine.
Art Carney - Licking the mops at Porcini's since 2009.
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