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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151566103321

Autore

Pandey Bikash

Titolo

Hydroelectric energy : renewable energy and the environment / / Bikash Pandey and Ajoy Karki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-35716-X

1-315-37484-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Energy and the environment

Disciplina

621.31/2134

Soggetti

Water-power

Hydroelectric power plants - Environmental aspects

Water resources development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1. Development of hydropower -- chapter 2. Basics of hydropower -- chapter 3. Site selection and feasibility study for hydropower projects -- chapter 4. Intake and diversion works -- chapter 5. Headrace -- chapter 6. Gravel trap, settling basin, and forebay -- chapter 7. Penstocks -- chapter 8. Powerhouse -- chapter 9. Hydraulic turbines -- chapter 10. Impulse turbines -- chapter 11. Reaction turbines -- chapter 12. Very low head and river current turbines -- chapter 13. Electrical power -- chapter 14. Economic analysis of infrastructure projects -- chapter 15. Participatory processes in hydropower development.