Changing Legal Issues Regarding Transfer of a Plant Up for Relicensing
Part I of the Federal Power Act ('FPA') includes a little understood, but potentially powerful mechanism for encouraging the efficient development and prudent...
Feasibility of Adding Small Hydro to Federal Hydraulic Structures in the Upper Ohio River Basin
A national hydropower program exists in which non-Federal interests may develop power at Federal hydraulic structures which have that potential. This paper discusses associated considerations...
Hydraulic Model Studies for Non-Federal Projects at Federal Dams?A Case Study
This paper will discuss the hydraulic model studies for hydropower projects developed by Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation (a non-federal entity) at existing Corps of Engineers...
Yough Hydro Case History?Development 12 MW Facility
The Youghiogheny Hydroelectric Project (Yough Hydro Project) is licensed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as Project No. 3623. The project is a run-of-the-river facility...
Overcoming the Obstacles?Hydroelectric Development on the Kankakee River
A number of difficulties were encountered and resolved during development of a 1,200 kW hydroelectric project in northeastern Illinois. Located at the site of an abandoned hydroelectric...
Streamflow Gaging in a Remote Area Using Cellular Telephone Telemetry
A case study will be presented describing the utilization of cellular phone technology in a remote sensing situation. Because expected annual energy estimates are vital in planning small...
Consideration of Sedimentation on Hydropower Projects
Experience gained by analysis of a number of hydropower projects throughout the world leads to the conclusion that it is necessary to consider sediment related aspects in the design and...
Case Study: Steele Creek Dam Safety Analysis, Bristol, Tennessee
Steele Creek Dam creates a small recreational park lake before discharging into Beaver Creek a few hundred yards below the dam. Existing homes and trailers downstream from this junction...
Examples of Risk Assessment in Dam Safety Decision Making
Three examples of risk-based dam safety evaluations performed for dam users or operators are summarized. These studies were conducted by major U.S. engineering firms and involved experienced...
Analysis and Stabilization of Ambursen Dams?Two Case Studies
Case studies are presented about the analysis and rehabilitation of two slab-and-buttress (Ambursen) dams. The paper discusses the investigation techniques used, including sampling of...
A Case Study, Large Versus Small
This paper will review the hydraulic comparisons between the Lock and Dam No. 13 Hydropower Project, a 33-MW, low-head generating station near Fort Smith, Arkansas, and the Murray Hydroelectric...
Evaluation of Rehabilitation Alternatives for Small Hydropower Plants
This paper describes methods for comparative evaluation of alternative rehabilitation measures for aging small-scale hydroelectric power plants located on storage reservoirs. The evaluation...
Hydro Plant Modernization and Uprating
The paper suggests that the method to achieve desirable hydropower benefits at costs lower than for new thermal projects, is through systematic modernization and upgrading of older hydro...
Challenges in the Design and Manufacture of Small Replacement Runners
The increasing trend within the hydro industry to achieve additional capacity and/or energy through runner replacement has brought with it new challenges for the turbine manufacturer....
Weld Overlaying with a Cavitation-Resistant Alloy
The characteristics and applications of a cavitation-resistant alloy, Hydroloy HQ913, are described. The alloy as weld overlays applied on hydropower plant components by covered electrodes...
Case Study in the Upgrade and Rehabilitation Techniques of a Pumped Storage Installation
This paper presents a specific case study in the runner upgrade and unit rehabilitation of two pump/turbines at the Seneca Powerhouse. The study addresses the modern optimized designs...
Lysimeter-Based Evapotranspiration Research in Portugal
The experience in lysimeter-based evapotranspiration research in Portugal is reported. Main results are presented as well as the practical consequences of these studies. The analysis points...
Grass Reference Measurements in Italy
In this paper, the description and the use of drainage and weighing lysimeters installed in different Italian locations are reported together with the results of the researches about the...
Predicting Effects of Modifying Tussock Grassland
Measurements of rainfall, drainage, and weight change of a 6 m2 surface area cylindrical lysimeter containing nine snow tussocks (Chionochloa rigida)...
Australian Lysimeter Studies of Field Evaporation
Evaporation data are summarised from separate lysimeter installations involving forest, crops and pastures along the 35?S parallel in south-eastern Australia. In each study, lysimeter...
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