Hydropower Engineering

Hydropower Engineering

Author: Edwin Parks

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-09

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781635491470

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Hydropower engineering deals with the study of hydropower. It concerns itself with the design, construction and management of machines and structures which can be used to produce hydroelectric power. This study is generally used in textile mills, ore mills, dock cranes and also for irrigation. This book provides students with deep knowledge about the subject. It includes various topics that deal with the core concepts of hydropower engineering. The various sub-fields along with technological progress that have future implications are glanced at in it. This book explores all the important aspects of hydropower engineering in the present day scenario. Coherent flow of topics, student-friendly language and extensive use of examples make this textbook an invaluable source of knowledge.


Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice

Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice

Author: Bryan Leyland

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-02-11

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1315816539

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Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice is a comprehensive reference book covering all aspects of identifying, building, and operating hydroelectric schemes between 500 kW and 50 MW. In this range of outputs there are many options for all aspects of the scheme and it is very important that the best options are chosen.As small hydroelectric schemes


Water Power Engineering, 2nd Edition

Water Power Engineering, 2nd Edition

Author: Dandekar M.M. & Sharma K.N.

Publisher: Vikas Publishing House

Published:

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 9325968983

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The book provides a comprehensive account of an important sector of engineering—the hydro-power—that is renewable and potentially sustainable. It covers the entire scope of the subject in a lucid manner starting from the fundamentals of hydrology, to various hydraulic and civil structures to electrical and mechanical equipment as required for hydro-power projects. Many new issues and challenges voiced in the energy sector in general and water power in particular during the last decade have been addressed in the book. Recent innovations and developments in some areas like wave power, and new technologies in hydraulic structures, like the P-K weirs, fuse gates, stepped spillways, CFRD, RCC, etc., find place suitably in the book. The book is meant for undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil and electrical engineering and for the professionals interested in the subject. NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION ? Thoroughly rewritten text; takes account of the new and growing technology, including • New types of dams, sedimentation of reservoirs, rehabilitation of dams • Spillway design floods, new types of spillways • Mathematical models for rainfall-runoff analysis, including contribution of snowfall • Structural components of tidal plants, and new types of turbines • Wave power exploitation ? Detailed study on Sardar Sarovar and Tehri projects ? Fully updated with the latest data, up to 2013 ? Two new chapters on 'small-scale hydro, and 'environmental impact of hydro and multi-purpose projects’


Modelling and Controlling Hydropower Plants

Modelling and Controlling Hydropower Plants

Author: German Ardul Munoz-Hernandez

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-06-13

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1447122917

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Hydroelectric power stations are a major source of electricity around the world; understanding their dynamics is crucial to achieving good performance. The electrical power generated is normally controlled by individual feedback loops on each unit. The reference input to the power loop is the grid frequency deviation from its set point, thus structuring an external frequency control loop. The book discusses practical and well-documented cases of modelling and controlling hydropower stations, focused on a pumped storage scheme based in Dinorwig, North Wales. These accounts are valuable to specialist control engineers who are working in this industry. In addition, the theoretical treatment of modern and classic controllers will be useful for graduate and final year undergraduate engineering students. This book reviews SISO and MIMO models, which cover the linear and nonlinear characteristics of pumped storage hydroelectric power stations. The most important dynamic features are discussed. The verification of these models by hardware in the loop simulation is described. To show how the performance of a pumped storage hydroelectric power station can be improved, classical and modern controllers are applied to simulated models of Dinorwig power plant, that include PID, Fuzzy approximation, Feed-Forward and Model Based Predictive Control with linear and hybrid prediction models.


Hydropolitics

Hydropolitics

Author: Christine Folch

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-09-03

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 069118660X

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An in-depth look at the people and institutions connected with the Itaipoe Dam, the world's biggest producer of renewable energy, Hydropolitics is a groundbreaking investigation of the world's largest power plant and the ways energy shapes politics and economics.ics.


Introduction to Hydro Energy Systems

Introduction to Hydro Energy Systems

Author: Hermann-Josef Wagner

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-06-26

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 364220709X

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The authors have tried to strike a balance between a short book chapter and a very detailed book for subject experts. There are three prime reasons behind for doing so: first, the field is quite interdisciplinary and requires simplified presentation for a person from non-parent discipline. The second reason for this short-version of a full book is that both the authors have seen students and technically oriented people, who were searching for this type of book on hydro energy. The third reason and motivation was considering engineers who are starting their career in hydro energy sector. This book is targeted to present a good starting background and basic understanding for such professionals.