Deepakkumar Yadav
Plants Based on Availability of Head Low Head Plants : Hydro power plants are called as low head plants in case the available water head is less than 30 meters. In such plants the water is stored by constructing a dam across a river and the power plant is constructed at the base of the … Read more
Conduits (Canal, Flumes, Tunnel, Pipe line, Penstock) A headrace is a channel which leads the water to the turbine and the tail race is a channel which leads the water from the turbine to the river. Combination of various types of conduits are shown in Figure these are as follows : Canal : It is … Read more
Type of Spillways As indicated above, the spillways are provided to discharge the flood water during rainy season if the water level rise above the designed maximum level in the reservoir. It saves the dam from damage. Types of Spillway are : Solid gravity or overall spill way Chute or Trough spillway Side channel spillway … Read more
Types and Choice of Dams A dam is a thick wall made of reinforced concrete (R.C.C), earth and stone masonary to raise the water for storage at high head. It is built across the river. Dams are classified as : 1. Fill dams : Earth dam Back-fill dam 2. Masonary dams : Gravity dams Buttress … Read more
Schematic Layout of Hydro Electric Power Plant Q. What is layout of hydroelectric power plant? Q. How is hydro power plant constructed? Q. What are the different parts of a hydroelectric power plant? A schematic layout of hydro-electric power plant is shown in Figure A large amount of water is collected during rainy season in … Read more
Mass Curve A mass curve is a plot between the cumulative volume of water that can be stored from stream flow and the time in day, weeks or in months. Such a plot helps in designing the size of the storage required for hydro-electric power plants. Also, with the help of mass curves it is … Read more
Selection of Site for Hydro Electric Power Plants Investigations are made for selecting a suitable site for construction of dam and installation of hydraulic turbines. The basic characteristics of a good site are to have a large catchment area, high average rainfall and steep gradient in the area to obtain high head. Once the location … Read more
Hydrographs Hydrographs are the plots between the river discharge in me’ls and the time. Hydrograph may be plotted on daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis. It can predict the availability of power from the stream at different time of a day during the year . Hydrograph also help in assessment of flood flow of rivers … Read more
Hydrology The science of hydrology deals with the occurrence and distribution of water over and above the earth’s surface. Such a study is based on meteorology, geology, agricultural physics, chemistry, botany and the various data obtained based on the observation and measurement. From the study of data, it is necessary to calculate the mean rainfall … Read more
Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydro Power Plants over other Power Plants Advantages of Hydro Power Plants : Though its capital cost is comparatively high but its operation cost is much less Due to this the cost of power generation per unit is low. These plants are more reliable, Get Starting and stopping of these plants takes very … Read more