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Hydropower Engineering Handbook, John S. Gulliver, Ph.D. Editor in Chief and Roger E. A. Arndt, Ph.D. Editor in Chief. Published by McGraw Hill Inc., 1991.
Under the leadership of Drs. Gulliver and Arndt, ten experts in the various fields that comprise hydropower engineering contributed to this handbook. The resulting chapters are: 1. Introduction to hydropower engineering, 2. Preliminary studies: hydrology, hydraulics an costs, 3. Small dam design, 4. Hydraulic turbines, 5. Hydraulic conveyance design, 6. Powerhouse design and small hydropower project cost estimates, 7. Case studies in facility design, 8. Ecological effects of hydropower facilities, 9. Economic and financial analysis, 10. Plant maintenance and operation, and 11. System planning and operation.
This book is out of print and available only from the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory in PDF (link or CD) format for $60. To order, send an e-mail inquiry to safl@umn.edu.)
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