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Politecnico di Torino | |||||||||||||||||
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04KBHNC Hydroelectric systems |
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Master of science-level of the Bologna process in Electrical Engineering - Torino |
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Esclusioni: 02CGP |
Subject fundamentals
The course aims at giving some basic knowledge about Hydropower plants.
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Expected learning outcomes
Basic ability to design simple hydropower schemes and to understand Hydropower plants operations.
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Prerequisites / Assumed knowledge
Basic knowledge of Mathematics and Mechanics.
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Contents
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. |
Delivery modes
In addition to lectures, the course programme includes exercise sessions, laboratory applications, visits to the laboratory and visits to existing hydropower installations.
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Texts, readings, handouts and other learning resources
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). |
Assessment and grading criteria
Oral examination.
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