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INGENIEUR Figure 18: View of Upper Shaft of Waterway Tunnel No.2 construction Figure 19: View of penstock installation in Waterway Tunnel No.1 Figure 21: Murum ecological power station adjacent to the spillway. Figure 20: Completion of Murum powerhouse Powerhouse Murum HEP has a surface powerhouse to accommodate four turbines complete with the associated electrical and mechanical installations, an erection bay and an unloading bay (see Figure 20). The powerhouse is 102.5m long, 43.5m wide and 53.9m high. A three-storey administration building is annexed to the downstream of the unloading and erection bays. The installed turbines are vertical axis Francis Turbines with a rated capacity of 236MW per unit at a flow rate of 86 m3/s. 6 24 VOL VOL67 55JULY-SEPTEMBER JUNE 2013 2016 Murum Powerhouse Surface 102.5m long, 43.5m wide and 53.9m high Type of Turbine Vertical Axis Francis Rated Turbine Flow 86m3/s per unit (4 x 86m3/s = 344m3/s) Rated Generator 4 x 236MW = 944MW Capacity Type Dimension