MCE 4805 Power Plant Engineering

Hydroelectric Power Plant

Three Gorges Dam, China Head: 81m
Installed Capacity:
Itaipu Dam, Brazil and Paraguay Head: 118m
Installed Capacity:
Hoover Dam, USA Head: 180m
Installed Capacity:
Kaptai Dam, Bangladesh Head: 33m
Installed Capacity: 230 MW
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Introduction
Components of Hydroelectric Power Plants
Availability of Hydroelectric Power and
Energy
Types of Turbines
Types of Turbines
Hydraulic turbines: domains of head and
scale in the engineering practice of pelton,
francis and kaplan turbines
MAJOR ATTRIBUTES OF HYDROPOWER
HYDRO POWER – ECONOMIC ISSUES
HYDRO POWER – ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL ISSUES
Effects of Hydroelectric facilities
Effects of Hydroelectric facilities