Hydroelectric energy : renewable energy and the environment / / Bikash Pandey and Ajoy Karki
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| Autore: |
Pandey Bikash
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| Titolo: |
Hydroelectric energy : renewable energy and the environment / / Bikash Pandey and Ajoy Karki
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| Pubblicazione: | Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , [2017] |
| ©2017 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (438 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 621.31/2134 |
| Soggetto topico: | Water-power |
| Hydroelectric power plants - Environmental aspects | |
| Water resources development | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | KarkiAjoy |
| 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Providing essential theory and useful practical techniques for implementing hydroelectric projects, this book outlines the resources, power generation technologies, applications, and strengths and weaknesses for hydroelectric technologies. Emphasizing the links between energy and the environment, it serves as a useful background resource and facilitates decision-making regarding which renewable energy technology works best for different types of applications and regions. Including examples, real-world case studies, and lessons learned, each chapter contains exercise questions, references, and ample photographs and technical drawings from actual micro hydropower plants. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hydroelectric energy |
| ISBN: | 1-315-35716-X |
| 1-315-37484-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910151566103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Compact research. . -Energy and the environment.