Explain different components of small hydroelectric power system
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Q: Determine the total energy production of a run-of-river plant having an total efficiency of 85%. It…
A: According the given question, the given data is Overall efficiency =85% Length of penstock = 400 m…
Q: Determine the total energy production of a run-of-river plant having an total efficiency of 85%. It…
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Q: A hydroelectric power plant operates under a discharge of 500 cfs with 90 % turbine efficiency. The…
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Q: A hydroelectric power plant operates under a discharge of 500 cfs with 90 % turbine efficiency. The…
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Q: pipeline leads from one reservoir to another which has a water surface 10 m lower.For a discharge of…
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Q: he flow of a river is 150 cubic feet per second at a site where a 75 feet hydrostatic head can be…
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Q: Water flows through a 7.5 m diameter penstock on a dam at a flow rate of 113 m3/s. The total head…
A: Diameter of penstock (D) = 7.5 mFlow rate (Q) = 113 m3/secTotal head (HT) = 18.4 mSpecific weight of…
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Q: A centrifugal pump discharging 900 gpm and operates at 1800 rpm against a head of 120 feet has a…
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- What are the advantages and disadvantages of hydroelectricity?Discuss the benefits of pumped storage hydropower (PSH).Need asap... A village has 1,182 persons. Each person uses 13.4 kWh of electricity per day. They are considering installing a small run of river hydroelectric facility where the flow rate is 3.0 m3/s and the equivalent head is 20 m. The system has 90% efficiency and pipe losses are expected to be 5%. Determine if the proposed run-of-river facility can produce the required daily energy requirements if a micro hydrokinetic water turbine is used.
- (a)Evaluate hydropower plants in terms of social and economic impact with your own evaluation. (b)Hydropower plants could be classified according to the quantity of water, water head, plant capacity, and load characteristics. Categorize the hydropower plants according to the water head.The flow of a river is 150 cubic feet per second at a site where a 75 feet hydrostatic head canbe created by the erection of a dam. What is the potential capacity (in kW) of a hydroelectricpower plant if installed at this site? Consider that hydraulic efficiency of energy conversioncan be 80%, and that the electric efficiency can be 90%.Compute the horsepower required to pump : a) A stream of 60 liters per second against a head of 12 meters, assuming 100% efficiency. b) Actual pumping plant efficiency is 59%. What is the horsepower requirements?
- Design head at China’s Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, is 80.6 m, and rated power output of each of the 32 turbine generator units is 700 MW. If the efficiency of each of the turbine generator units at full power output is 93.2%, what is the design flow through each turbine?Calculate the continuous power that will be available from hydroelectric plant having an available headof 300 meters, catchment area of 150 sq. km, annual rainfall 1·25 m and yield factor of 50%. Assumepenstock, turbine and generator efficiencies to be 96%, 86% and 97% respectively. If the load factor is40% what should be the rating of the generators installed ?Determine the total energy production of a run-of-river plant having an total efficiency of 85%. It receives flow by means of a penstock, 400m long with 1.2m diameter, and f=0.015 in Darcy-Weisbach equation. The available head is 200m and seasonal fluctuations of upstream and downstream water levels are ignored. The flow duration data are tabulated as below.
- l. The diversion requirement of a 5-ha farm was estimated to be 10mm/day during peak periods. If the pumping plant has a 60% efficiency, how many kilowatt-hour energy is required to lift water 5 meters?Water is pumped 14.5 km from a reservoir at elevation 30 m to another reservoirat elevation 70 m. The steel pipeline connecting the reservoirs has a nominal diameter of 1400mm (the actual inside diameter is 1372 mm) with C = 90. If the flow is 1.18 m3/s, the pumpingefficiency is 82%, and electricity costs $0.14/kWh. Assuming that the density of water is 1000kg/m3, what will be the monthly power bill? Sketch the hydraulic and energy grade lines.5. Water is pumped 14.5 km from a reservoir at elevation 30 m to another reservoir at elevation 70 m. The steel pipeline connecting the reservoirs has a nominal diameter of 1400 mm (the actual inside diameter is 1372 mm) with C = 90. If the flow is 1.18 m3/s, the pumping efficiency is 82%, and electricity costs $0.14/kWh. Assuming that the density of water is 1000 kg/m3, what will be the monthly power bill? Sketch the hydraulic and energy grade lines.