hydro plant Articles
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Newport hydro - Case study
The Newport Hydro plant was acquired by Great Bay Hydro Corporation in 2004. The powerplant, located on the Clyde River in Newport, VT, is one of four hydro plants owned by the hydro developer and is a three unit production facility with an operating capacity of over 7 MW. Two of the plant’s Francis runners have been replaced with new equipment. In 2010, CHC provided a new 620 mm Francis ...
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Research on joint generation scheduling of cascade hydro plants in the dry season
As more and more reservoirs are built, concentrated water releasing in the dry season will bring about additional flow compensation and the joint operation of cascade hydro plants is quite important. This paper discusses the water level decline strategy of four cascade hydro plants in the Jinsha River and analyses the relationship between guaranteed output and total power generation. ...
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Hydro Plant Redevelopment - Case Study
Many of our recent projects in the United States and Canada have been related to the redevelopment of abandoned structures or related to an existing plant upgrade. Shown below are a few project ...
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School street hydro - Case study
The School Street hydro plant was built in 1915 and overlooks the Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River. Located in the heart of Cohoes’ Harmony Mills Historic District, the powerhouse was completely restored by Brookfield, who called upon CHC to provide a replacement headcover for one of the existing Francis units. The new headcover was designed using a weld fabricated process and evaluated ...
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Morgan falls hydro - Case study
The Morgan Falls Hydro plant was built in 1996 on the LaHave River near New Germany, Nova Scotia. The plant was built on the site of the abandoned pulp mill constructed by the Morgan Falls Pulp Co. in 1893. CHC provided a 1500 mm horizontal axial flow Kaplan turbine heart to the previous owner in 2000, to retrofit to the existing S type configuration. In 2017, CHC refurbished the 1500 mm runner ...
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Byron weston dam - Case study
The Byron Weston hydro plant is located on the East branch of the Housatonic River in Dalton, Massachusetts. The dam was built in 1887 and is owned by Crane & Co., the oldest paper manufacturer in North America. The hydro plant which had been decommissioned in the early 1950’s was put back in operation in 2013. CHC provided a water-to-wire equipment package including a 1250 mm axial ...
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Lower village hydro - Case study
The Lower Village Hydro Dam was built in 1995 and is located on the Sugar River in Claremont, New Hampshire. The plant was last operational in 2011and was acquired by Sugar River Power LLC in January 2017, which owns and operates four other small hydro plants in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. As part of a major plant restoration and repowering project undertaken by the new owners, CHC is ...
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Minimum Flow Units - Case Study
Environmental regulations are becoming more stringent and the minimum by-pass flow requirements are generally increasing in North-America. Many of our small hydro technologies are perfectly suited for this type of application whether it is to replace an existing pressure reducing valve or implement a new turbine upstream of the by-passed reach of an existing hydro plant. Shown below is an example ...
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Drägsby Vattenkraft - Tjusterby, Finland - Case Study
Tjusterby hydro power plant is located near the city of Porvoo in Finland and it generates power for the mansion of ...
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West charleston hydro - Case study
In 2004, Great Bay Hydro Corporation acquired four generating facilities in Vermont, including the West Charleston Hydro plant which had been out of operation and abandoned for a number of years. The West Charleston plant was built in the early 1900s and is located on the Clyde River in the town of Charleston, Vermont. In 2010, as part of the re-permitting process and in order to meet current ...
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Hydropower - Practice and Application
Hydroelectric energy is the most widely used form of renewable energy, accounting for 16 percent of global electricity consumption. This book is primarily based on theoretical and applied results obtained by the authors during a long time of practice devoted to problems in the design and operation of a significant number of hydroelectric power plants in different countries. It was preferred to ...
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Integration of pump storage hydro with wind energy
Renewable energy has significant advantages as it does not contribute to Greenhouse Gases (GHG). Wind energy is a renewable energy alternative that is being installed worldwide. However, wind energy is unpredictable and thus, unavailable as compared to conventional generation. The availability of wind energy compared to conventional power plants is a cause of contention. Currently, the rate of ...
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Techno-economics of micro-hydro power plants for remote villages in Uttaranchal in India
Results of a techno-economic feasibility evaluation of some micro-hydro power (MHP) plants being planned and implemented for remote village power supply in the state of Uttaranchal in India are presented. The capital cost of MHP plants in the capacity range of 20–100 kW (including cost of local transmission and distribution system), investment requirement per unit of rated capacity, and relative ...
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Complete Overhaul of unique hydro power plant Želina - Case Study
The small hydro power plant Želina built on Ohre river has been commissioned since1908 year and these days is being listed as technical heritage of the Czech Republic. Generating technology is still oparated by CEZ. Scope of Želina power plant works is complete overhaul and modernization of two Francis turbine units, installation of new intake trash racks, up-grading of trash raking machines and ...
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Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Dam Completion Benefits Alaska Residents
The Lake Dorothy Hydroelectric Project, located near Juneau Alaska, was begun in 2006 and completed in 2010. Karl Vander, of North Pacific Erectors, was the Project Manager. North Pacific Erectors, a General Contractor for commercial and industrial construction, provided all construction trade labor, materials and expertise in the design-build hydroelectric development. We recently asked ...
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Application of the Most Recent Monitoring Systems in Hydro Power Plants
Abstract The paper describes main reasons for refurbishment of hydro power plants and summarizes the most frequent works during refurbishment. A special attention is paid to the process of refurbishment of the electric equipment, in the first line generators and excitation systems, and integration of the most contemporary monitoring system. The paper talks about some of the methods of estimation ...
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The Free University of Brussels & Hydrobox - partners in developing SMART power plants
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the area of computer science that emphasizes the creation of intelligent machines that work and react like humans. Already at a very young age, Professor Johan Loeckx became interested in artificial intelligence, which eventually led him to a career at the renowned Artificial Intelligence Lab of the Free University of Brussels. While also interested in ...
By HydroBox NV
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Ross Creek Hydroelectric Project - Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada - Case Study
Stistics: Turbine: One single nozzle Pelton Generator: One 150kW single phase synchronous generator @ 1200 RPM Rated head: 305m Rated flow: 0.057m3/sec Commissioned: 2012 This is one of two micro hydro power plants built for the supply of electricity to an equestrian center, which consists of three large farm buildings and one house. The two plants are within one kilometer of each, but ...
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Project - 4 MW, MA
Year: 2018 Running Gear: 2 Vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system and exciters This hydroelectric plant is located in central MA on a highly developed river, with multiple hydro plants operating both upstream and downstream of the project. Originally constructed in 1918 by a local manufacturing company, the project today consists of ...
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Short-term hydro thermal generation scheduling using modified invasive weed optimisation algorithm
This paper presents a radical methodology to find the solution of optimal short-term hydrothermal generation scheduling problem using modified invasive weed optimisation algorithm (MIWOA). The hydrothermal system is highly non-linear and non-convex due to its constraints, making the optimal scheduling difficult. In this paper, a modified invasive weed optimisation algorithm with parallel ...
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