Hydropower /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Academic Press,
2018.
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| Series: | Power generation series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Hydropower; Copyright Page; Contents; 1. An Introduction to Hydropower; The History of Hydropower; Global Production of Electricity From Hydropower; 2. The Hydropower Resource, Hydropower Sites and Types of Hydropower Plants; Hydropower Sites; Categories of Hydropower Plant; 3. Dams and Barrages; Run-of-River Hydropower; Dam and Reservoir Projects; Dam Types; 4. Hydropower Turbines; Early Water Wheels; Turbines; Impulse Turbines; Reaction Turbines; Francis Turbine; Propeller and Kaplan Turbines; Deriaz Turbine; 5. Hydropower Generators; Generator Poles and Rotational Speed.
- Generator Orientation; Generator Types; 6. Small Hydropower; Small Hydropower Basics; Small, Mini and Micro Hydropower Plant Design; Turbines for Small Hydropower Plants; Generators for Small Hydropower; 7. Tidal Power; Operating Tidal Barrage Power Plants; Tidal Power Plant Design; Two Basin Projects; Tidal Lagoon Power Plant; Tidal Barrage Construction Techniques; Turbines; 8. Pumped Storage Hydropower; Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant Design; Turbines and Motors; 9. Hydropower Plants and the Environment; Environmental Assessment; Resettlement; Biodiversity; Geological Effects.
- Sedimentation and Downstream Effects; Greenhouse Gases; Interregional Effects; 10. The Cost of Electricity From Hydropower Plants; Levelized Cost of Electricity; Capital Cost of Hydropower Plants; LCOE From Hydropower Plants; Index; Back Cover.