Devil Canyon Powerplant Enlargement Project: Electrical Design Problems and Challenges
Devil Canyon Powerplant is a hydroelectric plant facility of the huge California Water Project. This powerplant is located 5 miles north of San Bernandino. It is currently being enlarged...
Oil Hydraulic Design for Turbine Control
The paper addresses three areas of Oil Hydraulic Design for Francis and Kaplan Turbines: smart accumulator condition sensors, high flow servo logic, and high pressures Wicket Gate cylinder...
Yacyreta Hydroelectric Project Turbine Design
This paper provides general information about this major hydroelectric project on the Parana River on the border between Argentina and Paraguay in South America. In addition, some specific...
Computer Aided Design of Small Hydro Turbine?Phase II
Ateliers Bouvier have been expanding the use of its computer aided design (CAD) system during these last four years, and the aim of this paper is to present some additional aspects of...
Design and Installation Concepts for High Capacity Pump/Turbines
This paper discusses the pre-planned field welding and machining operations utilized for six (6) large pump/turbines, each capable of 508 MW at Virginia Power Company's Bath...
Upgrading Open-Wheel Pit Hydro Plants with Modern Submersible Hydroturbines
This paper presents a new approach in rehabilitating open-wheel hydrosites by using modern, standard submersible hydroturbines, open flume type cylinder gates, and high efficiency draft...
Murray?Commissioning Maxi Hydro with Mini Flow
The Murray Hydroelectric Project contains two of the largest pit turbines in the world. An existing dam constructed for navigation and flood control on the Arkansas River, Lock and Dam...
65 MW Bulb Turbine Generating Unit for Tadami Project
The Tadami Hydro-electric Power Project (Tadami Project) of the Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (EPDC) - Japan is now under construction and is scheduled to be in commercial operation...
Acoustic Flowmeter/Efficiency System Installation at the Niagara Power Project
The New York Power Authority's Robert Moses Niagara Power Project (RMNPP) recently installed an acoustic flowmeter/efficiency system on two 150 MW rated generators. This paper...
Model Tests for Six-Jet Vertical Pelton Turbines for Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project
A model of a six-jet vertical Pelton turbine, including the spiral distributor, 50 feet of penstock, discharge chamber, and short free-surface tailrace was designed, built, and tested...
Turbine Efficiency Measurements by the Pressure-Time and the Current-Meter Method at Paugan
Paugan generating station was built in the 1920s. Although the generators were converted from 25 Hz to 60 Hz in the mid 1950s, the original runners were in place until recently when a...
Planning and Operation of Hydropower Development on a Navigation System, a Case Study
This paper examines the steps taken to optimally develop the hydropower plant at Lock and Dam No. 13 on the Arkansas River as part of an existing multiple use system. The specific items...
The High Line Canal Hydroelectric Project: Micro Hydro for a Macro Utility
The High Line Canal Hydroelectric Project is rated at 530 kilowatts (kW), and features benefits that accrue due to relatively low costs of $2,100 per installed kW, average annual energy...
320 KW Hydro Power Plant for Tenwek Hospital, Kenya, East Africa
Due to increasing demand for medical care and growth of hospital and staff facilities, a less costly source of electrical power was needed for the Tenwek hospital to replace the diesel...
Turnkey Hydropower at St. Cloud
The St. Cloud Hydroelectric Project is located at an existing dam on the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota. The project consists of a two-gated spillway and an 8.6-megawatt powerhouse...
Nanpil River Hydropower Project
The Nanpil River Hydropower Project is located on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia, East Caroline Islands located in the Pacific Ocean. The project consists...
Manicouagan 5?Additional Capacity Project
This paper, after presenting briefly the evolution of the peak demand characteristics of the Hydro-Quebec grid and what caused it, describes how newly installed capacity and equipment...
Harnessing the Allegheny: Four Low-Head Projects
The navigable portion of the river, extending northeast of Pittsburgh approximately sixty miles, contains eight lock and dam systems under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...
Siphon Penstock Installations at Hydroelectric Projects: A Survey of Design, Construction and Operating Experience
There can be advantages to using siphon penstocks at small hydro projects, particularly those constructed at existing dams. One problem, however, is a lack of documentation of siphon penstock...
Crescent and Vischer Ferry Hydroelectric Redevelopment Projects
The owners of aging small hydro plants face a myriad of complex technical, economic, and regulatory challenges as they seek to reliance and prepare their projects for continued operation...
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