Water Power Engineering

The book provides a comprehensive account of an important sector of engineering—the hydro-power—that is renewable and potentially sustainable. It covers the entire scope of the subject in a lucid manner starting from the fundamentals of hydrology, to various hydraulic and civil structures to electrical and mechanical equipment as required for hydro-power projects. Many new issues and challenges voiced in the energy sector in general and water power in particular during the last decade have been addressed in the book. Recent innovations and developments in some areas like wave power, and new technologies in hydraulic structures, like the P-K weirs, fuse gates, stepped spillways, CFRD, RCC, etc., find place suitably in the book. The book is meant for undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil and electrical engineering and for the professionals interested in the subject.

1. Extracting Energy from Water

2. Elementary Hydrology

3. Precipitation

Runoff and Stream Flow

Electrical Load on Hydro-turbines

Low and High Head Plants

Pumped Storage Power Plants

Dams

Spillways

Penstocks and Accessories

Water Hammer and Surges

Intakes, Canals and Tunnels

Turbines

Electrical and Mechanical Equipment

Planning of Powerhouses

Hydro-power From Oceans

Small-scale Hydro

Environmental Impact of Hydel and Multi-purpose Projects

Some Typical Projects

Appendices

Bibliography

Index