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Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Manuals

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Manuals and Guides


Manual Description
Micro Hydro Design Manual  A guide to small scale water power schemes
A Design manual Description of turbines, governing, belt drives,shafts, balancing, safety, electical power in details with examples and mathematical presentations.
Micro-Hydro design aids manual (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…
Druckstossberechnung Explanation for mathematical calculations concerning turbines
Micro hydro power sourcebook 1 measuring head and discharge; designs flow; site selection (with examples of many countries)
Micro hydro power sourcebook 2 Civil works in details
Micro hydro power sourcebook 3 All about turbines in details
Micro hydro power sourcebook 4 explanations of the hydropower electrical and mechanical procedures 8) governing
Micro hydro quality standards (Indian case, 2005) (1463 KB) Civil works, electro-mechanical equipments, power sub-transmission and distribution, installation, operation and maintenance
Manual on Hydro-Micro development (South Asian case) Brief explanations a photos for micro-hydro power projects in South Asia
Layman's book:How to develop a Small Hydro Site Definitions, site evaluation methodology, hydrolic structures, environmental impact and administrative procedures in deep details.
Hydropower enginneering (3578 KB) General information and history of the micro-hydro projects
Handbook for developing micro-hydro in British Columbia (315 KB) Site selection, cost and financing, permitting process, grid interconnection and energy sales, construction, operation, maintenance and surveillance
Manual literature recommendations (ICIMOD publications) Collection of manuals' titels and summaries
Guidelines for detailed feasability studies of micro-hydro projects (691 KB) Civil, mechanical and electrical components
Case studies by Nottigham Trent University
Case studies on Micro Hydro in Kenya and Nepal by Nottingham Trent University
Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 2 Harnessing waterpower on a small scale (performance test on cross flow turbines)
Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 3 Cross flow turbine designsand equipment engineering
Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 5 "Village electrification (generators, control system, power factor correction, earthing, distribution system, commercial engineering, Tariffs & financial evaluation"
Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 9 Micro pelton turbines
Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 10 Manual of induction motors used as generators (basic principals of synchronus and induction generators)
Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 11 Manual of pumps used in turbines
Pico hydro for village Power (2867 KB) A practical manual for schemes up to 5KW in hilly areas
The PICO Power Pack (fabrication and assembly instructions) Turbines and generator combinations for different sites, Tools and equipment requiered.

Pelton turbine runners. Turbine nozzle. Turbine cazing sideplate and seal arrangement. Final assembly.


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