HYDROPOWER PART

TURKISHY WATER FOUNDATION

Hydropower Class                   

PART 1
Hydrological and Geological Calculations

PART 2
Hydropower Potential and Types

PART 3
Technologies, Design and Hydraulic Components

PART 4
Projects, Management, Social and Environmental Impacts

PART 1

1.1 Hydrological Calculations

  1. Drainage basin potential
  2. Runoff
  3. Floods
  4. Snow melt
  5. Hydrographs

1.2 Climate and Rainfall
1.3 Runoff and Rainfall Relation and Estimations
1.4 Geology and Hydrogeology 
1.4.1 Tectonics
1.4.2 Hydrogeology of dam area

PART 2

2.1 Energy Needs
2.2 Hydropower Potential and Types
2.2.1 Hydroelectric energy formulation
2.3 Use of Hydropower Worldwide
2.4 Hydropower Plants
2.4.1 Large scale hydropower plants
2.4.2 Small scale hydropower plants

PART 3

3.1 Technologies, Design and Hydraulic Components
3.2 Turbine Types
3.3 Electricity Generation
3.4 System Design
3.5 Hydraulic Components

PART 4

4.1 Projects and Management
4.2 Planning Methods
4.4 Financing of Hydropower
4.5 Social and Environmental Impacts