The course aims at giving some basic knowledge about Hydropower plants.

Basic ability to design simple hydropower schemes and to understand Hydropower plants operations.

Basic knowledge of Mathematics and Mechanics.

Fundamentals of hydraulics (32 h):
Properties of fluids, basic equations, forces in static and dynamic conditions, head losses
Design and verification of long pipes
Unsteady flows: analysis of the water hammer effect and design of a piezometric well
Types and functioning of the hydraulic turbines.

Hydropower plants (32 h):
Hydrology: rainfall and runoff; river floods; depth-duration-frequency curves
Hydrology principles and optimal water management
Types of hydropower plants, Impoundment, Diversion and Pumped Storage
Basic principles for hydropower plants design.
Dams and barrages: types and regulations; outline of design principles; intakes, outlets, spillways and energy dissipation structures.

In addition to lectures, the course programme includes exercise sessions, laboratory applications, visits to the laboratory and visits to existing hydropower installations.

Pijush K. Kundu, Ira M. Cohen: Fluid Mechanics. Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-178251-4.
Jack B. Evett, Cheng Liu: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-019779-2.
Frank M. White: Fluid Mechanics, 5th editino, 2003. McGraw Hill, ISBN 0-07-24021-2.
Emil Mosonyi: Low-Head Power Plants. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ISBN 963-05-4271-4 (vol. 1).
Emil Mosonyi: Hi-Head Power Plants. Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, ISBN 963-05-5885-8 (vol. 2).

Oral examination.