Phased Pumped Storage Planning and Site Evaluation
A phase process of site evaluation provides for an efficient use of resources while supporting the necessary level of detailed investigation. This paper describes the phased siting process...
The Corps of Engineers' New Hydropower Manual
The Corps of Engineers has recently completed a new Engineering Manual (EM), which outlines procedures used for the evaluation of hydropower projects. It will serve as the basic Corps...
Grand Coulee Pumping/Generating Plant
The paper discusses the Grand Coulee Project history, including a brief review of landmark dates and events. Major general features of the Project are covered, including civil works, mechanical...
Blue Marsh?A Modular Hydroelectric Project
The Blue Marsh Hydroelectric Project will be the first complete application of concepts developed in several research studies of modular hydroelectric power plant components. The Department...
Preventing Fish Mortality at a Large Pumped Storage Plant
A field study program was initiated at the Truman Project to obtain a better understanding of which fish species in the tailrace area would be most susceptible to turbine passage, determine...
Strain Gaging and Data Acquisition at the TLMRF
Strain gages are the major source of data for the TLMRF (Transmission Line Mechanical Research Facility) research program. Measurement of member loads and bending moments in lattice towers...
Spanning Urban Obstacles
Extension of Pittsburgh's Crosstown Expressway is a � mile portion of a massive $500 million urban highway now under construction. The extension is a complex of five roadways...
Lift Station Design
This article describes a computing basics program that calculates flows in sanitary or storm sewage lift station. The program was written to aid in design of duplex sanitary or storm sewage...
Back on a Full Speed Track
A $30 million rehabilitation project is transforming a Massachusetts rail line that shows its age and poor maintenance history. Rehabilitating the line from Bristol County, Mass. to Hyannis...
Diamond Fork Hydroelectric Power Development
The Strawberry Valley Project was conceived in the early 1890s as an irrigation project to supply a maximum of 635 cfs of water from the Strawberry Reservoir through a 3. 8-mile-long tunnel...
Central Arizona Project Startup
The Central Arizona Project is a water conveyance scheme, lifting and conveying Colorado River water from Lake Havasu on the Colorado River 190 miles to Phoenix and another 150 miles to...
California Water Project Operation
The California State Water Project (SWP) is operated and managed using state-of-the-art operations research and optimization techniques. Medium- and long-range studies for the operation...
Emergency Flood Management, Salt Lake City, Utah
This paper discusses Salt Lake City's response to the floods of 1983 and 1984. Peaks during these years were very high with historic records being set in both years. Management...
Orleans Parish Drainage Improvements
A case study of the development of an urban drainage master plan for Orleans Parish, Louisiana is presented. The Parish, which occupies an area of approximately 98,000 acres, lies entirely...
The Tunnel that Cleaned Up Chicago
The 1986 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement award went to Chicago's Tunnel and Reservoir Plan (TARP) Mainstream Tunnel and Pumping Station. The $975 million project...
Bicycle Access: New Boost for Transit Performance
Bicycle-transit linkage is a highly cost-effective strategy for boosting suburban transit performance and ridership and appears to offer significant potential for reducing transit access...
Initial Operation Model for the Central Arizona Project
A microcomputer program for operating uncompleted portions of the Central Arizona Project has been developed. Engineers may use this program daily to assist in scheduling pumping plant...
SRC Elevated Station Structures for New Bullet Trains
SRC Steelframe reinforced concrete structures were utilized on several station buildings for the Japanese National Railways bullet trains. This paper presents an outline of the dimensions...
Modelling Complex Water Distribution Systems
A program previously used for the analysis of hundreds of water distribution systems was successfully modified to provide the features needed for the extended simulation of large complex...
Computerized Design and Selection of Pumping Systems
Three computer models have been applied in the evaluation, design and selection of a high-lift pump station upgrading program developed for the City of Poughkeepsie, New York. The three...
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