Water transmission lines have potential reserved energy, which is usually lost. Therefore, targeting this clean energy to produce electricity power up the auxiliaries and utilities of water plants or consumers financially environmentally beneficial. This paper aims investigate feasibility installing an inline hydropower system in existing pipe. It analyzes implementing a mini-hydropower plant l...

This paper proposes a simulation modeling method for the electrical switching system of hydropower station, which is a sub-topic for Hydropower Station Simulation Training System. The graphics model of commonly used electrical switch equipment is developed with a certain software [1]. As vast and different types of Hydropower station circuit breakers and associated grounding switches, and each ...

Toppling is a common deformation and failure phenomenon in the reservoir bank slopes of hydropower projects. This paper studies genesis evolution different toppling bodies during water impoundment at Miaowei Hydropower Station Reservoir on Lancang River southwest China. properties were determined second characteristics analyzed stages. Different degrees primarily affected by transverse bending ...

Reservoir sedimentation is a critical issue worldwide, resulting in reduced storage volumes and, thus, reservoir efficiency. Moreover, can also increase the flood risk at related facilities. In some cases, drawdown flushing of an appropriate management tool. However, there are various options as to how and when perform such flushing, which should be optimized order maximize its efficiency effec...

Amazon watersheds are a complex ecosystem: the interaction between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and the water level fluctuations are the main forcing function that regulates the biodiversity, the evolutionary processes and the interaction between terrestrial and aquatic biota in the large internal deltas, the extensive floodplains regions and the network of channels, creeks, rivers, meand...

Development of new reservoirs are utmost important for their utilization of providing water for irrigation, hydropower and flood damages reduction etc. In-addition to constructing new reservoirs, the efficient and sustainable use of existing reservoirs is also important for rapid economic growth of world. Pakistan is blessed with rich surface water resources of 180 Billion m3 annualy. However, ...

The multi-objective long-term economic dispatch in hydropower system is a complicated nonlinear optimization problem with a group of complex constraints which makes the optimization of conflict objectives through traditional methods a hard task. This paper is aim to present a novel multi-objective evolutionary algorithm named multiobjective artificial bee colony (MOABC) algorithm and compares t...

Support for low-carbon energy and opposition to new large dams encourages global development of small hydropower facilities. This support is manifested in national and international energy and development policies designed to incentivize growth in the small hydropower sector while curtailing large dam construction. However, the preference of small to large dams assumes, without justification, t...

The Vjosa River in Albania represents one of Europe's last free-flowing wild rivers, comprising a mosaic various habitats and forming highly dynamic natural ecosystem for flora fauna, that has largely disappeared from other European rivers outside Russia. However, due to economic interests, this sensitive heterogeneous river system is under pressure potential future use hydropower, threatening ...

Renewable energy is an important topic in China as the country experiences increased wealth and energy demand. Historically, hydropower has been a valuable source of renewable energy production in China, and will continue to be as the Chinese increase hydroelectric facilities by 2020. Using provincial level data from 1980-2010, this paper estimates the relationship between the percentage of hyd...