QUESTION PAPER
SECTION-A UNIT-I INTRODUCTION- DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
UNIT-II DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
SECTION-B UNIT-III DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
UNIT-IV DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
SECTION-C UNIT-V WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM DOWNLOAD HERE
SECTION-D UNIT-VI TURBINES- DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
UNIT-VII Types of power houses-
Examples.
SECTION-A UNIT-I INTRODUCTION- DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
- Sources of energy,
- status of hydropower,
- thermal vs hydropower,
- advantages of hydropower,
- place of hydropower in power system
UNIT-II DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
- Electrical load on hydro power,
- load curves, load factor,
- capacity factors,
- utility factors,
- diversity factors,
- load on hydropower stations,
- load curves, load duration curves,
- firm power , secondary power ,
- prediction of loads
SECTION-B UNIT-III DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
- Types of hydropower stations-
- classification of hydropower stations,
- run of river plants,
- general lay out of run of river plants,
- Vlley dam plans, storage and pondage.Examples
UNIT-IV DOWNLOAD NOTES FROM HERE
- Basic features of Hydropower plants-
- advantages of pumps storage plants,
- storage plants,
- types of pump storage plants,
- reversible turbines,
- efficiency of pump storage plants. Examples.
SECTION-C UNIT-V WATER CONVEYANCE SYSTEM DOWNLOAD HERE
- Water Conveyance System-
- Classifications of penstocks,
- design criteria of penstocks,
- anchor blocks,
- types of valves,
- water hammer,
- surges in power channels,Examples
- Types of Surge shafts-
- surge analysis,
- design of surge shafts.Examples.
SECTION-D UNIT-VI TURBINES- DOWNLOAD NOTES HERE
- ypes of turbines,
- criterian for selection,
- specifis speed of turbones,
- unit powr,
- unit discharge,
- cavitatin in turbines,
- design of draft tube. Examples
UNIT-VII Types of power houses-
- types of power houses,
- lay out of power houses,
- ventilations,
- under ground power houses,
- advantages,
Examples.
- Reference-Water power Engineering by Dandekar and Sharma
- Hydropower structures Volume IIi-By R S Varshney
- Hydro Power Engineering By Dr Darde P N ,Vayu Education,Delhi