Course detail

Small Hydropower Plants

FAST-5R0Acad. year: 2021/2022

Small hydro power plants (SHPP) – definition, terminology. Conditions required for realisation and innovation of SHPP, their division.
Types of plants considering its placement at gate structure.
Hydro energetic solution of run-off the river SHPP and with short-timed discharge regulation.
Turbines for SHPP – types, products information. Economic conditions for the SHPP construction and operation, capital cost repayment period.
Study, conceptual solution of SHPP constructional components– intakes, penstocks, engine room, outlets.
Suitability of different types of gate structures for the SHPP design.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Jan Šulc, CSc.

Department

Institute of Water Structures (VST-VST)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Not applicable.

Prerequisites

Hydraulics I. and II., River training and weirs, Dams and utilisation of hydro power energy, Water management and civil engineering economy.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1.week: Energy sources. Stream water power - potential resource. Theoretical, technically applicable hydropower potential of the stream.
2.week: Natural, artificial, primary and secundary sources of waterpower. Basic types of hydropower structures and their components. Structure of energy plants in CZ. Development of energetics in CZ.
3. week: Hydro power plants division. HP cascades. Eficiency of of water source.
4.week: Work and function of water power plant in eletric network - loading diagram.
5. week: Hydro-energetic solution of of run-off the river hydro power plant
6.week: Classification and typed of water turbines. Kaplan, Francise and Pelton turbines.
7.week: Spiral casing of water turbines. Suction pipe. Sucktion head. Cavitation.
8.week: Intake structures of pressureless and pressure hydropower strucutres. Rules of design and types of intake structures. Solution of foreground of intakes, scumboards. Influent conduit of hydro power plants.
9. week: Design of profiles of water power canals and pressure pipes. Safety and operational gates.
10.week: Direct and indirect hydraulic shock. Compensating chambers, their function and types.
11.week: Constructional part of HPP. Buildings of HPP - types of engine room according ot construction and placement. Complete spatial solution. Substructure of engine room – function, basic types of engine set supporting systems. Upper part of the engine room – function, construction types.
12.week: Weir and dam HPP.
13.week: Pilot operation and inspection of hydropower structures.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Overview of energy balance in CZ and applicability of primar hydro energy potential. Elementary solution of small hydro power plant and suitable types of water turbine made nowadays. Overview of basics of SHPP construction and operation economy.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Gabriel,P. a kol.: Malé vodní elektrárny. ČVUT Praha 1998

Recommended reading

Bednář,J.: Malé vodní elektrárny 2 - Turbíny. SNTL Praha 1989
Hodák, T.; Dušička, P.: Malé vodné elektrárne. Jaga group Bratislava 1998
Melichar,J.: Malé vodní turbíny. ČVUT Praha 1995

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

13 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jan Šulc, CSc.

Exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Jan Šulc, CSc.