WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT VOLUME 1: LOW-HEAD POWER PLANTS

This reference book was written especially for professionals engaged in the planning and design of hydroelectric projects. In arranging his material, the author was led to a great extent, by pedagogical considerations; consequently, the book can serve as a text book for students in engineering as well, although - in its volume and its exhaustive treatment of a number of problems - it goes far beyond the scope of a university text book. The critical review of the latest research results and the presentation of the author's own investigations cover practically all the scientific problems that arise in connection with the harnessing of the hydropower. The book reflects author's wide experience in research, in modeling techniques, in the planning and construction of various types of power projects, and in the detailing of the multipurpose hydroelectric master plans. The books starts with the presentation of the various types of hydropower resources - including the possibilities of utilizing the tidal potentials and wave power conversion - and the classification of plant types. Part two covers the procedures of planning, the scheme, design and construction of low-head development stations, with due attention to power estimate, the selection of plant arrangement, civil structures, machinery and aesthetic and environmental aspects. The rapid evolution of the tubular turbines has necessitated substantial changes in the chapters on Machinery. For the preliminary planning of the powerhouse, the author suggest, the author suggest formulas and diagrams which ma prove to be of considerable help to planners, placing the emphasis on instructive numerical examples. The text is supplemented by a great number of selected photographs and construction drawings on power plants already in operation and under construction all over the world