Hydropower engineering

by Warnick, C. C., (Calvin Cropper)

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Title Statements

Full title :Hydropower engineering / C.C. Warnick in collaboration with Howard A. Mayo, James L. Carson, Lee H. Sheldon.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1984.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Prentice Hall
Place of Publication:Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1984.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 326 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0134484983, 9780134484983
oclc:ocm10023182
LC Classification:TK1081
Dewey Decimal:621.31/2134

Introduction -- Terminology and types of turbines -- Hydraulics of hydropower -- Turbine constants -- Hydrologic analysis for hydropower -- Turbine selection and plant capacity determination -- Cavitation and turbine setting -- Water passages -- Elementary electrical considerations -- Pressure control and speed regulation -- Powerhouses and facilities -- Economic analysis for hydropower -- Pumped/storage and pump/turbines -- Microhydro and minihydro systems -- Environmental, social, and political feasibility.