Hydropower engineering
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Hydropower engineering Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Hydropower engineering (subject code 3713305) as prescribed for C(RE · Semester 1 divides the course into 4 units, covering 38 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3713305)Unit 1 Introduction
- Sources and forms of energy
- types of power plants
- elements of hydropower scheme
- hydropower development in India
- Power house structures-substructure and superstructure Layout and dimensions
- deign considerations
- Hydropower plants classification: Surface and underground power stations
- Low medium-high head plants-layout and components
- pumped storage plants
- tidal power plants
- microtydal units
- Load and power studies: load curve
- load factor
- load duration curve
- firm capacity
- reservoir capacity
- capacity factor
Unit 2 Penstocks and power canals
- Classification of penstocks
- Design of Penstocks
- economic diameter
- anchor blocks
- surges in canals design criteria of power canals
- Intake structures: Location function and types of intakes
- energy losses at intake trash rock
- design of intakes
Unit 3 Water hammer and surge tanks
- Rigid and elastic water column theories
- water hammer pressure
- Behavior of surge tanks
- types of surge tanks
- hydraulic design
- design of simple surge tank-stability
Unit 4 Hydraulic turbines and types and classification, constructional
- hydraulic analysis
- characteristic curves
- governing of turbine
- drafts tubes-types
- hydraulic principles, and design
- Gates and valves- types
- Design of air vent
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