EE-456 / 2 crédits

Enseignant: Vagnoni Elena

Langue: Anglais


Summary

Master Lecture on the layouts, compenents and operating principles of hydropower plants and hydroelectric units for generation and pumping.

Content

  • Introduction to hydropower and statistics
  • Operating principles, power balance and energy losses
  • Layout and characteristics of hydropower plants: storage and run-of-the river power plants
  • Layout and characteristics of pumped-storage hydropower plants
  • Design and control of generating and pumping units
  • Turbines and Pumps hydraulic Characteristics
  • Sustainability of hydropower technology

Keywords

Hydropower plant, hydraulic turbine, storage pump and pump-turbine

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

Introduction to electrical engineering, Physics

Conversion d'énergie

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Assess / Evaluate characteristics and operation of a hydropower Plant
  • Select appropriately components and control systems of generating or pumping unit
  • Assess / Evaluate the power production and sustainability standards compliance

Transversal skills

  • Use a work methodology appropriate to the task.
  • Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.

Teaching methods

ex cathedra lectures with working case studies and exercices

Expected student activities

attendance at lectures completing exercises and reading written material

Assessment methods

written exam

Resources

Ressources en bibliothèque

Notes/Handbook

slides handout

Moodle Link

Prerequisite for

Electromechanical conversion

master project

Dans les plans d'études

  • Semestre: Automne
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel
  • Semestre: Automne
  • Forme de l'examen: Ecrit (session d'hiver)
  • Matière examinée: Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units
  • Cours: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Exercices: 1 Heure(s) hebdo x 14 semaines
  • Type: optionnel

Semaine de référence

Mardi, 14h - 15h: Cours AAC132

Mardi, 15h - 16h: Exercice, TP AAC132

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