ABHISHEK SAINI

ABHIJIT PANDEY
NISHIL JAIN
HARSHVARDHAN
ABHISHEK DHYANI
 Hydrological cycle
 What is hydro power?
 Hydro power from the beginning
 Types of waterwheel
 Enter electricity
 Types of turbine
 Head and flow
 Summary
 The hydrological cycle

 Courtesy Queen Mary University of London

 Water which is high up has gravitational
potential energy
 Energy is released when water falls
 Hydro power takes this energy and converts it
into something more useful
 Power: P = Q x m x g x H

 P: power, Watts
 Q: flow rate, cubic metres per second
 m: mass of falling water (1,000 kg per cubic
metre for water)
 g: acceleration due to gravity, 9.81 m/s/s
 H: head, metres, height through which water
falls
 ‘Noria’ irrigation device over 5,000 years ago in
the Middle East
 First recorded grain mills about 2,000 years ago
in Greece, Norway and Middle East
 First waterwheel mentioned in the Domesday
Book was in the 8th Century
 Some 20,000 working mills in England at its
peak
 Three main types of waterwheel:
 Overshot
 Undershot
 Breastshot

 Other types:
 Horizontal, Poncelot, Pitchback