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Elements of Project Success
The Project Organization Task Force of CII has identified eight elements that determine project success. They vary in importance depending on the client and type of facility being constructed....

Decision Support System for Achieving and Measuring Design Effectiveness
A microcomputer program is developed to serve as a decision system for improving design effectiveness. The program, called 'Design Effectiveness Evaluation and Implementation...

1990: Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction
The loss from natural disasters is extensive. Earthquakes, windstorms, floods, landslides, volcanic eruptions, wildfires, and insect infestations have caused the deaths of nearly three...

Expert Systems for Civil Engineers
Education
While the technology of expert systems can provide engineers with another approach to the development of computable models for civil engineering problems, it is not clear what a course...

The Pacific Northwest Rivers Study: Development of a Rivers Inventory and Analysis System
To minimize conflicts between hydropower development and resource conservation, the Bonneville Power Administration and the Northwest Power Planning Council initiated the Pacific Northwest...

Pumped-Storage: An Analysis of Optimal Capacity
This paper presents a systems analysis procedure to evaluate planning alternatives for pumped-storage operated in an existing power system. This procedure can be used by planners and engineers...

Selection of Jim Falls Turbine Generators
The selection of the unit configuration for the Northern States Power Company's Jim Falls Hydro Redevelopment Project was based on an extensive evaluation of various turbine...

Federal Vs. Non-Federal Hydroelectric Development
This paper presents the methodology and results of economic and financial analyses that were performed to indicate the optimum size powerplants that would be constructed assuming Federal...

Actual Vs. Expected Performance of Small Hydro Projects
This paper presents the results of several case studies of small hydro projects that compare the expected performance with the actual performance as measured in terms of energy generation....

The Uses of CADD in Hydropower Development
The hydropower community needs inexpensive methods to thoroughly and quickly analyze the siting of hydroelectric projects. Computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) and programs like HYSIZE...

Small Hydro Analysis and Reporting Program
The Ontario Ministry of Energy initiated a project to develop an analysis program based upon metric measures and Canadian costs. The Ministry of Energy of the Province of Ontario has been...

Case Study on the Development of a Hydro License Compliance Monitoring System
As the holder of 29 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) licenses, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PGandE) has an obvious need to monitor and document compliance with the numerous...

Development of Hydropower Projects on National Forest System Land
The United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service has a major role in hydroelectric developments on National Forest System land. It is charged with managing the land for multiple...

Cumulative Impact Assessment: Application of a Methodology
The authors expanded upon the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Cluster Impact Assessment Procedure (CIAP) to provide a practical methodology for assessing potential...

Reservoir Releases Improvements?Requiem for Integrating Pollution Control and Resource Management Programs?
To better define the interrelationships between economic growth and development, pollution control, and water resource management, TVA conducted two studies that examined how reservoir...

Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Resource Response Analysis
The primary objective of the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies is to determine how the resources of the Grand Canyon respond to the operations of Glen Canyon Dam. Two levels of analysis...

Systems Analysis for Fisheries Protection and Mitigation at Corps of Engineers Columbia River Dams
Pacific Northwest anadromous salmon and steelhead that migrate to and from the ocean are greatly affected by the numerous Columbia and Snake River dams they have to pass, first downstream...

Hydropower Simulation: An Overview
Numerous models have been developed for production costing and generation system expansion which include operation of hydropower in the system. These models rely on energy production and...

Power System Study to Determine Hydro Benefits
This paper discusses evaluation methodologies used by Stone & Webster to determine the power benefits for six potential hydropower projects at existing U. S. Army Corps of Engineers...

Reliable Operation of Hydro-Thermal Power Systems
The demonstrated model allows planners to account for both operating and shortage costs, subject to a constraint on the system failure rate. In addition, the optimal long-term operation...

 

 

 

 

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