Pre-requisite: None
Fundamentals of hydropower; Classification of hydro power plants; Water power estimates; Pondage and storage; Load curve and load factor; Utilization factor; Capacity factor; Diversity factor; Firm power and secondary power; Prediction of load; Run of the river plants; Pumped storage plants; Mini and micro hydel plants; Tidal power plants; Design of hydropower installation components; Intake structures; Water conductor systems; Transients in water conductor systems; Tunnels; Water hammer; Surge-tanks, Penstocks, valves and anchor-blocks; Types of powerhouse: underground, semi-underground; Turbines and generators and their foundations; Flood routing through reservoirs and channels; Dam breach analysis; Cost and value of water power; Introduction to structural and geotechnical aspects of powerhouse design.
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