Hydropower

Course contents
Hydraulic engines
- Energy transformation
- Types of turbines
- Efficiency, performance
- Operating speed, specific speed, runaway speed
- Cavitation, cavitation index
Types of turbines:
- Pelton
- Kaplan
- Francis
Layout
- Input variables
- Speed
- Selection/comparison of turbines
- Wear and tear
Implemented plants
- Types of implementation
- Storage pump and pump turbine
- Hydropower generators