Hydropower : types, development strategies and environmental impacts / Claude E. Rupert, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rupert, Claude E.

Series:

Energy science, engineering and technology series.

Energy science, engineering and technology

Standardized Title:

Hydropower (Nova Science Publishers)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development.

Water-power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hydropower is the power derived from the energy in moving water. Hydroelectricity is created by converting the kinetic energy in moving water to mechanical energy in turbine machinery, which is then used to generate electricity. In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the types, development strategies and environmental impacts of hydropower. Topics discussed include the history and present state of global hydropower development and engineering and types of hydropower structures; and a study of hydropower as a renewable and environmentally friendly energy source.

Contents:

""HYDROPOWER TYPES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS""; ""HYDROPOWER TYPES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1 HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""1. HISTORY OF HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT""; ""2. PRESENT STATE OF GLOBAL HYDROPOWER ENGINEERING""; ""3. TYPES OF HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES""; ""4. CLASSES OF DAMS""; ""5. IMPACTS OF NATURAL PROCESSES ON HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES""

""6. IMPACTS OF RESERVOIRS ON NATURAL COMPONENTS""""7. LARGEST CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF DAMS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2 DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HYDROPOWER: A PATHWAY TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. ENERGY SITUATION IN NIGERIA""; ""3. RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL IN NIGERIA""; ""4. HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION""; ""5. SMALL HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL AND ITS DEVELOPMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 4, 2014).

ISBN:

1-62948-632-9

OCLC:

900416198