锦屏二级水电站深埋特大引水隧洞关键技术

Seven tunnels across Jinping Mountain are arranged for Jinping Ⅱ Hydropower Station, with a total length of about 120 km. Among them, four headrace tunnels have a length of 16.67 km, an excavated diameter of 12.4-14.6 m, and a cover depth of 1 500-2 000 m in general. The maximum cover depth is 2 525 m, and the maximum external water pressure is more than 10 MPa. The tunnels are featured by great length, great depth and large diameter. It is the largest and most difficult among the underground tunnel groups built or under construction in China and even the world. With complex hydrogeological conditions and special topographical conditions along the tunnels, many challenging problems, such as rock burst under high in situ stresses, groundwater inrush in karst strata and failure of loading bearing structure, were encountered during construction. A great amount of groundbreaking studies were carried out regarding these problems. The key technical problems during construction of extremely large and deep tunnels were solved successfully. Safe and rapid tunnel construction and stable operation were achieved. The hydropower station started operation in 2014 and has been in a safe and stable operation state. The successful construction of headrace tunnels of Jinping Ⅱ Hydropower Station can provide some experiences and reference for deep tunnel projects in the world.