Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Manuals
Overview
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Manuals and Guides
| Manual | Author and year | Description |
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Harvey; 1993 |
A guide to small scale water power schemes | |
| Luis Rodriguez, Teodoro Sanchez (Practical Action: 30. März 2011) | ||
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Description of turbines, governing, belt drives,shafts, balancing, safety, electical power in details with examples and mathematical presentations. | |
| Chitrakar; 2004 |
Procedural guidelines for Micro-Hydro power projects in Nepal (hydrology, headworks, settling basins, penstock and power calculation, Transmission and distribution, costs and financial analysis. | |
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Explanation for mathematical calculations concerning turbines | |
| Allen R. Inversin, 1986 |
measuring head and discharge; designs flow; site selection (with examples of many countries) | |
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Civil works in details |
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All about turbines in details |
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explanations of the hydropower electrical and mechanical procedures 8) governing |
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Brief explanations a photos for micro-hydro power projects in South Asia | |
| Penche, Dr. Ingeniero de Minas; 1998 |
Definitions, site evaluation methodology, hydrolic structures, environmental impact and administrative procedures in deep details. | |
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ESHA, 2004 |
Definitions, site evaluation methodology, hydrolic structures, environmental impact and administrative procedures in deep details. |
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General information and history of the micro-hydro projects | |
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BChydro; 2004 |
Site selection, cost and financing, permitting process, grid interconnection and energy sales, construction, operation, maintenance and surveillance |
| International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development; 1999 |
Collection of manuals' titels and summaries | |
| Energy Sector Assistance Program; 2003 |
Civil, mechanical and electrical components | |
| Nottigham Trent University; 2002/1999 |
Case studies on Micro Hydro in Kenya and Nepal | |
| Arter,Meier; 1990 |
Harnessing waterpower on a small scale (performance test on cross flow turbines) | |
| Nakarmi, Arter, Widmer, Eisenring; 1993 |
Cross flow turbine designsand equipment engineering | |
| Widmer, Arter; 1992 |
"Village electrification (generators, control system, power factor correction, earthing, distribution system, commercial engineering, Tariffs & financial evaluation" | |
| Eisenring, 1991 |
Micro pelton turbines | |
| Chapallaz, Ghali, Eichenberger, Fischer; 1992 |
Manual of induction motors used as generators (basic principals of synchronus and induction generators) | |
| Chapallaz, Eichenberger, Fischer; 1992 |
Manual of pumps used in turbines | |
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Maher, Smith; 2001 |
A practical manual for schemes up to 5KW in hilly areas |
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ACE/GTZ 2009 |
Site Identification, Civil Works, Electro-Mechanical |
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ACE/GTZ 2009 |
Transmission 6 Distribution, House Installations, Management & Administration, Utilization of Energy |
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ACE/GTZ 2010 | |
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Hydro Scout Guide - GTZ/Schnitzer 2009 - english | |
| Hydro Scout Guide - short version Madagascar; 2010 |
french simplified version | |
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GIZ EnDev (Nicaragua/Honduras)E.Paramo |
spanish manual about construction of simple axial turbines for MHP |
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*****, Maurico Gnecco, *****, Manica, Mozambique, May 2010 |
The manual describe in words, pictures and drawing the production process of Pico cross flow trubines. |
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It is possible to use water pumps "backwards" as turbines. Advantages is a wide availability also from spare parts. => Manual how to plan a site by using a Pump as Turbine | ||
| Katharina Meder, 2011, EnDev Ethiopia | ||
| RECP, EUEI PDF, ARE, REN21; 2014 |
Policy and Business Frameworks for Succesful Minigrid Roll-outs | |
| EUEI-PDF; 2014 |
A Framework and Analysis for Key Energy Market Systems |
Further Information
- Another good overview about available Manuls can be found here.
