Hydropower plants: generating and pumping units

Summary

Master Lecture on the different layouts of hydropower plants. Detailing the specification of generating units (with Pelton, Francis, Kaplan and Bulb turbines), and pumped-storage hydropower plants (reversible and ternary units).

Content

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 Capacity of a Hydropower Plant
• Specify the type 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

• Cavitation / Franc
• Turbomachines hydrauliques / Henry

Notes/Handbook

slides handout

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/EE-456

Prerequisite for

Electromechanical conversion

master project