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Hydropower

  • 1st Edition - March 26, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Paul Breeze
  • Language: English

Hydropower provides a complete discussion of the most up-to-date considerations of this method of creating renewable energy. After introducing the method’s history, the aut… Read more

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Description

Hydropower provides a complete discussion of the most up-to-date considerations of this method of creating renewable energy. After introducing the method’s history, the author explores various considerations for engineers, planners and managers who need to determine the best placement and size of a plant. The book then presents various types of hydropower systems, such as Run-of-River Schemes and various types of Dam and Turbines, also considering the important economic, environmental and geological impacts of each. Those involved in the planning, design and management of hydropower systems, such as engineers, researchers, managers and policymakers will find this book a very valuable and insightful resource.

Key features

  • Explores different types of dams and turbines set alongside easy-to-understand diagrams, such as Embankment Dams, Concrete Arch Dams, Reaction Turbines and Francis Turbines
  • Considers various economic and environmental factors significant for this type of project, such as resettlement, biodiversity and greenhouse gases
  • Discusses best practices for locating a hydropower site and how to make important decisions regarding placement and method

Readership

Power generation planners, electrical engineers, students and lecturers of Electrical Engineering and Energy: researchers, academics and the technical community involved in the development and implementation of power generation technologies, and power related engineering disciplines

Table of contents

1. Hydropower Resource

2. Hydropower Sites

3. Categories of hydropower Plant

4. Large Hydropower Plants: Dams and Barrages
Run-of-river Scheme
Dam and Reservoir Projects

5. Dam types
Embankment Dam
Concrete Gravity Dam
Concrete Arch Dam

6. Hydropower Turbines
Impulse Turbines

7. Reaction Turbines

8. Francis turbine

9. Propeller and Kaplan Turbines

10. Deriaz Turbine

11. Generators

12. Small Hydropower

13. Environmental Considerations

14. Environmental Assessment
Resettlement
Biodiversity
Geological Effects
Sedimentation and Downstream, Effects
Greenhouse Gases
Interregional Effects

15. Hydropower and Intermittent renewable Generation

16. Cost of Electricity Generation from Hydropower Plants

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 28, 2018
  • Language: English

About the author

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Paul Breeze

Paul Breeze is a journalist and freelance science and technology writer and consultant in the United Kingdom. He has specialised in power generation technology for the past 30 years. In addition to writing Power Generation Technologies, Second Edition, he has contributed to journals and newspapers such as The Financial Times and The Economist and has written a range of technical management reports covering all the aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution.
Affiliations and expertise
Freelance Science and Technology Writer/Consultant, UK

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