Design of Hydroelectric Power Plants – Step by Step

<p>The design of a hydroelectric plant along with an installation of transformation of potential energy of water into electricity is an activity that is not standardized. Each new project is an interesting engineering challenge and teams need to work in different conditions of each site integrated to design a functional economical and environmentally sustainable project. The development of a project here understood as the plant itself the reservoir the maneuver substation and the associated transmission line is a multidisciplinary activity that encompasses areas of civil engineering geology mechanical and electrical engineering environmental engineering economic engineering construction and assembly and the engineering of operation and maintenance of civil works and electromechanical equipment. The book is organized to facilitate the performance of professional life of the new generations of engineers who will join the Electric Sector or in other sectors that demand the knowledge regarding hydraulic structures. The book is a simple manual providing the practical step-by-step procedure for designing hydroelectric plants including legislation with a general view of the project.</p>