Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
Summary
Master Lecture on the different layouts of hydropower plants. Detailing the specification of generating units (with Pelton, Francis, Kaplan and Bulb turbines), and pumped-storage hydropower plants (reversible and ternary units).
Content
- Introduction to hydropower and statistics
- layout of hydropower plants. storage and run-of-the river power plant
- Integrating new renewable energy with pumped storage power plants
- Type of Machines
- Global quantities and Energy losses
- Power balance
- Velocity triangles and Euler equation
- Turbine and Pump hydraulic Characteristics
- Sustainability of hydropower technology
Keywords
Hydropower plant, hydraulic turbine, storage pump and pump-turbine
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
Introduction to electrical engineering, Physics
Conversion d'énergie
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Assess / Evaluate Capacity of a Hydropower Plant
- Specify the type of generating or pumping unit
- Assess / Evaluate the power production and sustainability standards compliance
Transversal skills
- Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
- Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
Teaching methods
ex cathedra lectures with working case studies and exercices
Expected student activities
attendance at lectures completing exercises and reading written material
Assessment methods
written exam
Resources
Ressources en bibliothèque
Notes/Handbook
slides handout
Moodle Link
Prerequisite for
Electromechanical conversion
master project
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
- Lecture: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
- Lecture: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
- Lecture: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Written (winter session)
- Subject examined: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
- Lecture: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Exercises: 1 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional