Hydropower plants

Teacher(s)

Soares Frazao Sandra;

Language

English
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Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of fluid mechanics as taught in LGCIV1051 or LMECA1321

Main themes

• Hydropower in the global context of energy
• Identification of exploitable sites
• Principles of hydraulic machinery and pre-design of turbines
• Hydraulic transients and surge tanks
• Local production and use of hydropower in developing countries

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Contribution to the acquisition and evaluation of the following learning outcomes of the programme in civil engineering: AA1.2, AA1.3, AA2.1, AA2.2, AA4.1 More specifically, at the end of the course, the student will be able to: Identify and characterize exploitable sites Design a multipurpose installation Design penstocks and surge tanks Understand the choice of the turbines and their consequences Transversal learning outcomes: discuss the question of energy, and in particular renewable energy,  in the world

Content

The course addresses technical issues related to the design of hydroelectric production units while discussing the various impacts related to the SDGs, in particular Goal 7 "Affordable and clean energy".
1. Hydropower in the world : past, present and future

• Advantages and disandvantages of hydropower, environmental impacts
• Selection criteria for exploitable sites
• Definiton of the potential of a given site
• Geological and hydrogeological context

2. Hydraulics and and hydropower :

• Fundamental notions : energy, efficiency, momentum
• Headlosses in the hydraulic circuit
• Water hammer and penstocks
• Surge tanks

3. Hydraulic turbines :

• Classification and general design
• Similitude and specific turbine
• General design of a hydropower plant

4. Alternator and power regulation
5. Micro-hydropower, hydropower in developing countries
6. Economical aspects

Teaching methods

Ex-cathedra teaching with examples of practical cases

Evaluation methods

Oral examination based on a list of question provided on Moodle

Online resources

Available on Moodle

Faculty or entity

GC