Small Hydro Site
How to Develop a Small Hydro Site
1.Introduction
1.0 A free fuel resource potentially everlasting.
1.1 Definition of small hydropower
1.2 Site configurations
1.2.1 Run-of-river schemes
1.2.2 Schemes with the powerhouse at the base of a dam
1.2.3 Schemes integrated with an irrigation canal
1.2.4 Schemes integrated in a water abstraction system
1.3 Planning a small hydropower scheme
2. Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Water flow in pipes
2.1.1 Los of head due to friction
2.1.2 Loss of head due to turbulence
2.1.2.1 Trash rack (or screen) losses
2.1.2.2 Loss of head by sudden contraction or expansion
2.1.2.3 Loss of head in bends
2.1.2.4 Loss of head through valves
2.1.3 Transient flow
2.2 Water flow in open channels
2.2.1 Clasification of open channel flows
2.3.2 Uniform flow in open channels
2.2.3 Principles of energy in open channel flows
2.3 Computer programs
