Hydropower

Presents the latest advances in technologies, applications and the economic and environmental costs of hydropower

Paul Breeze (Author)

9780128129067

Paperback, published 28 March 2018

104 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 0.8 cm, 0.18 kg

Approx.98 pages

1. Hydropower Resource
2. Hydropower Sites
3. Categories of hydropower Plant
4. Large Hydropower Plants: Dams and Barrages
5. Dam types
6. Hydropower Turbines
7. Reaction Turbines
8. Francis Turbine
9. Propeller and Kaplan Turbines
10. Deriaz Turbine
11. Generators
12. Small Hydropower
13. Environmental Considerations
14. Environmental Assessment
15. Hydropower and Intermittent renewable Generation
16. Cost of Electricity Generation from Hydropower Plants

Subject Areas: Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology [THX]