BACKGROUND Freshwater mussels remain among the most imperiled species in North America due primarily to habitat loss or degradation. Understanding how mussels respond to habitat changes can improve conservation efforts. Mussels deposit rings in their shell in which age and growth information can be read, and thus used to evaluate how mussels respond to changes in habitat. However, discrepancies...

Public participation is now part of many decision making processes for managing environmental and technical risks. This article describes a test of a strategy to improve the quality of public input by combining themes from risk communication with the prescriptive decision process of value-focused thinking. It was hypothesized that participating in a structured, value-focused risk communication ...

Transient events often account for most of the fatigue damage sustained by hydroelectric turbines during operation. Since one of these damageable events is load rejection, this paper presents a study of the dynamic response of two hydroelectric turbines during load rejection. The two turbines are similar in design and in overall measured behavior. However, we observed that the two turbine runne...

Copyright © 2005, American Association for Artificial Intelligence (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved. The objective of this project is to control water delivery and distribution at Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Station (NFHS) in order to maximize efficiency of the system, thereby increasing energy generation. Two machine learning algorithms will be applied. (1) Q-learning a reinforcement learn...

Nowadays, it is important to consider environmental issues, as ecological problems and their severe effects are intensifying in Iran, particularly in Khuzestan province. The environmental effects of hydroelectric plants are highly regarded due to their significant impact on an extensive area. Lack of safe path for fish passing through the turbines is one of these damages. In order to deal with ...

In the article, experiences of developed countries in introducing mobile solar and garland micro- hydroelectric power plants mountain regions cannot be directly applied to conditions Uzbekistan. Kosonsoy district, located east Uzbekistan, belongs mountainous regions. Mobile micro-hydroelectric plant is an acceptable option for electricity supply small consumers district. Preliminary data, drawi...