UID:
almahu_9949880649102882
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 419 pages .)
ISBN:
9781439811689
,
1439811687
,
9781315374840
,
1315374846
,
9781315338101
,
1315338106
Series Statement:
Energy and the environment
Content:
Providing essential theory and useful practical techniques for implementing hydroelectric projects, this book outlines the resources, power generation technologies, applications, and strengths and weaknesses for hydroelectric technologies. Emphasizing the links between energy and the environment, it serves as a useful background resource and facilitates decision-making regarding which renewable energy technology works best for different types of applications and regions. Including examples, real-world case studies, and lessons learned, each chapter contains exercise questions, references, and ample photographs and technical drawings from actual micro hydropower plants.
Note:
Chapter 1. Development of hydropower -- chapter 2. Basics of hydropower -- chapter 3. Site selection and feasibility study for hydropower projects -- chapter 4. Intake and diversion works -- chapter 5. Headrace -- chapter 6. Gravel trap, settling basin, and forebay -- chapter 7. Penstocks -- chapter 8. Powerhouse -- chapter 9. Hydraulic turbines -- chapter 10. Impulse turbines -- chapter 11. Reaction turbines -- chapter 12. Very low head and river current turbines -- chapter 13. Electrical power -- chapter 14. Economic analysis of infrastructure projects -- chapter 15. Participatory processes in hydropower development.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Pandey, Bikash. Hydroelectric energy. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017] ISBN 9781439811672
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1439811679
Language:
English
Keywords:
Handbooks and manuals.
DOI:
10.1201/9781315374840
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315374840
