Research and Development Program on Small Scale and Low Head Hydro by the Canadian Government
In July 1985 the Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) was assigned the responsibility for the federal support program for renewable energy R&D in Canada. In...
Characteristics of the Roesel Machine Used for Small Scale Hydro/Wind or Sea Wave Electric Power Generation and Storage
An electrical machine with property of synchronous as well as asynchronous characteristics and based on ceramic magnet programming technology by continuous printing of the desired number...
A Mathematical Model for Traveling Screens at Hydropower Plants
Hydroelectric projects cause significant mortality to fish migrating downstream. The current method to reduce fish mortality at hydropower plants is the use of traveling screens. In this...
Analysis of Hydraulic Transients for Design and Operation of Two Powerhouses in Series
The Dinkey Creek Project will be located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains 40 miles north-east of Fresno, California, and will develop about 4000 ft of gross head with a maximum...
Case Study: Siphon Penstock Operations
Hydroelectric power plants utilizing siphon penstocks operating near Winter, Wisconsin and at Jim Falls, Wisconsin have met or exceeded expectations after fine tuning of the vacuum and...
TBM Tunnel Friction Values for the Kerckhoff 2 Project
In the mid-1970's Pacific Gas and Electric Company began design of the Kerckhoff 2 Hydroelectric Project, which supplements the Kerckhoff 1 project built in 1919. The Kerckhoff...
Headrace Design Studies for the Jim Falls Hydro-Redevelopment Project
The 48 MW Jim Falls Hydropower Redevelopment project on the Chippewa River, Wisconsin, required extensive model studies to facilitate debris sluicing and to prevent intermittent vortex...
Mountain Jungle Intakes?Design and Model Study
Nine intakes of various sizes and designs supply water to the two high head power plants in the Sungai Piah Hydroelectric Development in Malaysia. The intakes are located on steep mountain...
Hydropower at Navigation Projects
Hydropower at navigation projects has been found to be compatible with the intended use of the project; however, it is important for the hydropower developer and the project owner to be...
Layout of a Powerhouse Adjacent to Lock and Dam Structures
An approach flow to a powerhouse intake adjoining existing lock and dam structures may cause a significant reduction in the efficiency of the powerhouse and give rise to an economically...
Generators with Shaft Mounted Turbine Runners
Water turbine runners mounted on an extended generator shaft are often specified to eliminate turbine bearings and the flexible shaft coupling. Two bearing single shaft turbine generator...
Upstream Elbow Tubular Turbines for Low Head Applications
This paper presents standardized Neyrpic tubular turbines for Pontook and ByPass Hydroelectric Projects. Upstream elbow turbines have been selected for those sites. In this paper, the...
Pit-Type Bulb Turbines?An Economic Solution for Low-Head Applications
For improving the profitability of extremely low head power plants the pit-type bulb turbine conception was developed, based on extensive model tests and on the operating experience with...
Optimisation of Bulb and Kaplan Turbine Runners
The paper presents a brief survey of the theoretical method used so far at Turboinstitut Ljubljana for axial runner design and analysis. Theoretically optimised runner is later experimentally...
Hydro Research and Plant Renewal
Obtaining extra energy or output from existing plants is the current topic when the question of refurbishing older turbine installation arises or when plant operating conditions can be...
Bureau of Reclamation Uprating Program
The Bureau of Reclamation is an agency of the Department of the Interior and was established in 1902 to oversee the development and conservation of the Nation's water resources...
Pontook Hydroelectric Project?A Turnkey Case Study
This paper is presented in two parts. The first, presented by B. H. Adams, gives a general overview of the Pontook Project including major physical features and the financed turnkey approach...
Potential for Upgrading the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant
This paper summarizes the feasibility of increasing the generating capacity of the Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant by replacing the turbine runners, upgrading the generators, and replacing...
The Design of the Nanpil River Hydropower Project
In 1980, the State of Pohnpei (then spelled Ponape) asked the Pacific Ocean Division of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to investigate the feasibility of constructing a hydroelectric...
Synopsis of Harry S. Truman Turbine Repair
The Harry S. Truman Powerplant was designed and constructed under the supervision of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and is located on the Osage River near Warsaw, Missouri. During 1981...
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