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Going with the Flow: Small Scale Water Power - Softcover

Billy Langley; Dan Curtis

 
9781898049180: Going with the Flow: Small Scale Water Power
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1898049181 ISBN 13: 9781898049180
Publisher: Centre for Alternative Technology Publications, 2004

Synopsis

Takes you through the whole process of installing an electricity generating micro-hydro system, from site assessment to commissioning and installation. Starting off with a short history of waterpower it moves on to describe the techniques and tools required to assess a site for its electricity generating potential. It gives a full run down of the different civil and electrical engineering components required to make electricity. This includes water extraction (intakes, settling tanks and penstocks), generation (drive systems, generators and load controllers) and transmission (cabling, transformers). The book then goes on to talk about the legal, financial and environmental aspects and offers several case studies of existing systems. Includes a glossary and conversion tables.

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About the Author

Billy Langley is a renewable energy engineer who has been designing, supplying and installing hydro schemes from domestic to grid scale over the last 12 years. He is also a hydro developer and project engineer for a major UK electricity company. Dan Curtis is an engineer committed to sustainability and has been involved in a number of environmental projects in the UK and abroad.

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Publisher
Centre for Alternative Technology Publications
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1898049181
ISBN 13 
9781898049180
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
160