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A lack of experience in planning can seriously endanger a projects success. After identifying potential sites, ensure at least experts crosscheck. Planning (site suitability, civil construction, equipment dimensioning) is crucial. Only personal with practical experience will get you locally adapted solutions. | A lack of experience in planning can seriously endanger a projects success. After identifying potential sites, ensure at least experts crosscheck. Planning (site suitability, civil construction, equipment dimensioning) is crucial. Only personal with practical experience will get you locally adapted solutions. | ||
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| − | <u>Site suitability:</u> often flow and head are over rated. Ensure flow measures are done in dry season to avoid long idle periods when water-flow is insufficient. Distance between mhp-site and consumer defines length of power line => a crucial cost factor especially at smaller sites. Potential power output is naturally restricted. | + | <u>[[Wind Projects - Initial Site Selection|Site suitability]]:</u> often flow and head are over rated. Ensure flow measures are done in dry season to avoid long idle periods when water-flow is insufficient. Distance between mhp-site and consumer defines length of power line => a crucial cost factor especially at smaller sites. Potential power output is naturally restricted. |
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| − | <u>Civil construction: </u>civil engineers without PRACTICAL experience in "MINI hydro power" construction tend to overdo their planning. => too massive structures, too expensive. The terrain for mhp is usually remote (difficult quality control), steep, in danger of floods. Hardware may be not available locally. | + | <u>[[Hydro Power - Civil Engineering|Civil construction:]] </u>civil engineers without PRACTICAL experience in "MINI hydro power" construction tend to overdo their planning. => too massive structures, too expensive. The terrain for mhp is usually remote (difficult quality control), steep, in danger of floods. Hardware may be not available locally. |
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| − | <u>Local production of turbines</u> is not easy and requires experience/time, commitment and failure resistance (project wise). As smaller the turbines as easier is their creation in local workshops. As bigger and more costly the mhp-sites as more crucial becomes turbines efficiency. Turbines > 20 kW usually should be sophisticated machinery. | + | <u>[[Wind Turbine Technology|Local production of turbines]]</u> is not easy and requires experience/time, commitment and failure resistance (project wise). As smaller the turbines as easier is their creation in local workshops. As bigger and more costly the mhp-sites as more crucial becomes turbines efficiency. Turbines > 20 kW usually should be sophisticated machinery. |
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| − | <u>Load-Controller</u> are usually electronic equipment. Their transport is not expensive. To prove its functionality and stability practically is a lengthy prosess. It's more likely to import them than to develop it locally. If a local mhp-market will exist the controller business will follow.<br/>Pipes and gates are not mhp-specific and their production may already exist within the project area. Trash-rack design should be done carefully. Its manufacturing can be done easily at local workshops. Flanges have to operate under pressure but may be produced in suitable workshops or are to be imported. Valves are usually precision manufacturing and require sophisticated manufacturing. | + | <u>[[Components of Battery Charging Systems (BSC)#Load Control|Load-Controller]]</u> are usually electronic equipment. Their transport is not expensive. To prove its functionality and stability practically is a lengthy prosess. It's more likely to import them than to develop it locally. If a local mhp-market will exist the controller business will follow.<br/>Pipes and gates are not mhp-specific and their production may already exist within the project area. Trash-rack design should be done carefully. Its manufacturing can be done easily at local workshops. Flanges have to operate under pressure but may be produced in suitable workshops or are to be imported. Valves are usually precision manufacturing and require sophisticated manufacturing. |
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<u>Critical parts,</u> often done wrong are: Sand-trap, spillway/flushgate, trash rack. Ensure that production follows the design. Items which are costly and have no obvious function are most likely to be droped. E.g. safety features, foundations of constructions or correct cement ratio.<br/> | <u>Critical parts,</u> often done wrong are: Sand-trap, spillway/flushgate, trash rack. Ensure that production follows the design. Items which are costly and have no obvious function are most likely to be droped. E.g. safety features, foundations of constructions or correct cement ratio.<br/> | ||
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Revision as of 13:26, 30 July 2014
Local Production Capacity
-> Manufacturers list *general*
Planning
A lack of experience in planning can seriously endanger a projects success. After identifying potential sites, ensure at least experts crosscheck. Planning (site suitability, civil construction, equipment dimensioning) is crucial. Only personal with practical experience will get you locally adapted solutions.
Site suitability: often flow and head are over rated. Ensure flow measures are done in dry season to avoid long idle periods when water-flow is insufficient. Distance between mhp-site and consumer defines length of power line => a crucial cost factor especially at smaller sites. Potential power output is naturally restricted.
Civil construction: civil engineers without PRACTICAL experience in "MINI hydro power" construction tend to overdo their planning. => too massive structures, too expensive. The terrain for mhp is usually remote (difficult quality control), steep, in danger of floods. Hardware may be not available locally.
Local production of turbines is not easy and requires experience/time, commitment and failure resistance (project wise). As smaller the turbines as easier is their creation in local workshops. As bigger and more costly the mhp-sites as more crucial becomes turbines efficiency. Turbines > 20 kW usually should be sophisticated machinery.
Load-Controller are usually electronic equipment. Their transport is not expensive. To prove its functionality and stability practically is a lengthy prosess. It's more likely to import them than to develop it locally. If a local mhp-market will exist the controller business will follow.
Pipes and gates are not mhp-specific and their production may already exist within the project area. Trash-rack design should be done carefully. Its manufacturing can be done easily at local workshops. Flanges have to operate under pressure but may be produced in suitable workshops or are to be imported. Valves are usually precision manufacturing and require sophisticated manufacturing.
Construction of civil structure may be done by local manpower and/or local companies. Control is required. At Civil constructions the strength of foundations and the cement-ratio must be checked during implementation!
Electrical Transmission installation is straight forward. In most country such materials and installation know-how is available.
Critical parts, often done wrong are: Sand-trap, spillway/flushgate, trash rack. Ensure that production follows the design. Items which are costly and have no obvious function are most likely to be droped. E.g. safety features, foundations of constructions or correct cement ratio.
Further Information
| Good and bad of mini hydro power vol.1 |
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| Good and bad of mini hydro power vol.2 |
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| Hydro Scout Guide |
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