Chris Elliott

Planning and Installing Micro-Hydro Systems

A Guide for Designers, Installers and Engineers

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Produktbeschreibung

Micro-hydro refers to hydro power systems with a power rating of 100kW or less, which are becoming increasingly popular due to new technology, less stringent regulation of grid-connected generators and standardized turbine designs. This book provides: vital diagrams pictures and tables detailing the planning and installing of a micro-hydro installation; information on the maintenance and economics once an installation is running all relevant legal and legislative concerns with installing a small hydro installation; potential sources of support and subsidy contact details for suppliers and manufacturers. The guide is accessible, but a prior knowledge of basic engineering principles and some degree of maths competency is assumed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 302mm x 249mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1225g
• ISBN-13: 9781844075386
• ISBN-10: 1844075389
• Artikelnr.: 26021080

Autorenporträt

Chris Elliott is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and has many years' experience in small hydro in the UK, and set up WRE in 2005, later taken over by Renewables First. He has designed and installed dozens of schemes in this time across a range of sizes and technologies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Energy in Context 2. Hydro Basics 3. The Weight of Water 4. Head
and Flow 5. Ecological Considerations 6. Stages of Project Design 7.
Initial Design 8. Predicting Power Output and Energy Capture 9. The
Value of Power 10. Weirs and Impoundments 11. Intakes and Forebays
12. Spillways 13. Channels 14. Fish Passage Structures 15.
Powerhouses 16. Screening 17. Penstocks 18. Sluices 19. Turbines 20.
Mechanical Transmission 21. Archimedes Screw Turbines 22. Electrical
Basics 23. Control Equipment 24. Generators 25. Grid Connection 26.
Design for Flood 27. Assessing Historic Structures 28. Condition
Monitoring 29. Commercial 30. Site Investigation 31. Temporary Works
and Construction Methods 32. Accepting Machinery, Installation and
Commissioning 33. Maintenance and Monitoring