Product Description

Micro-hydro systems can be an invaluable means, of bringing power to rural areas. In this way mechanical power for milling and electrical power for lighting, refrigeration and small industry can be generated to improve the quality of life and boost the economy in villages which are not connected to the national grid. This manual, based on the authors' considerable experience of working in the field and training local engineers, examines every stage of planning an installation, from site survey and estimation of demand to contracts and financial analysis. Worked examples with illustrations and notes help the reader through all the practical aspects of the project, with detailed sections on turbines, governing, drive systems, electrical power and maintenance. Aimed at planners, field workers and local engineers, this is a comprehensive guide for those wanting to install a micro-hydro system. This book should interest engineers wanting to design micro-hydro scheme, planners, field workers, local engineers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #235480 in Books
• Published on: 1993-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

AT LAST A COMPREHENSIVE SMALL SCALE HYDRO BOOK!
If you want to understand the practicalities of small scale hydro, the costs and what to factor in, what materials and their working lives, including their known problems/benefits. Site evaluation including practical power/flow and site measurenents, the basic civil engineering needed behind it. All this in plain English, to top it all, they threw in all the formulas (and answers), who says you can't speak English once you get a PhD. This book was clearly writtten for Engineers, but readable and understandable by all.

Great book, explains it all.
Excellent book of the subject. It covers a great deal of what we studied in the Sustainable Heat and Power module of an MSc in Renewable Energy I studied last year, only in a lot more detail. It appears to encompass several working lifetimes of experience in implementing micro-hydro schemes, although mostly in developing countries it seems. My only reservation is that there are so many things to consider when building a micro-hydro scheme, it is surprising any of them get built.