Hydropower Operations
Articles & Whitepapers
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Project - 1 MW, NC
Year: 2021 Running Gear: 2 Vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system, exciters, and HPUs Originally part of a large cotton mill complex in North Carolina dating back to the 1800s, this 1 MW hydropower plant stayed in operation into the 2000s, longer than the rest of the declining mill town. The cotton mill itself finally shut down in ...
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Extended multi-objective firefly algorithm for hydropower energy generation
Classical methods have severe limitations (such as being trapped in local optima, and the curse of dimensionality) to solve optimization problems. Evolutionary or meta-heuristic algorithms are ...
News
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Biden Administration Launches $28 Million Program to Advance Hydropower for Clean Energy
The Biden Administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy, this week launched more than $28 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for research and development projects that will advance and preserve hydropower as a critical source of ...
Equipment & Solutions
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Hydropower Coanda Screen
The most popular and effective way for the Coanda Intake Screen, also called hydropower screen, is using it for the Hydroelectric Plants – Hydropower energy. Coanda Water Screen prevents harmful materials in the intake process and provides clean water. Thus, turbine blades in hydropower plants can operate for longer without being damaged. Thus, the Coanda Intake Screen operates long years ...