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Micro-Hydro Design Manual: A guide to small-scale water power schemes
Micro-Hydro Design Manual has grown from Intermediate Technology's field experiences with micro-hydro installations and covers operation and maintenance, commissioning, electrical power, induction generators, electronic controllers, management, and energy surveys.There is an increasing need in many countries for power supplies to rural areas, partly to support industries, and partly to provide illumination at night. Government authorities are faced with the very high costs of extending electricity grids. Often micro-hydro provides an economic alternative to the grid. This is because independent micro-hydro schemes save on the cost of grid transmission lines, and because grid extension schemes often have very expensive equipment and staff costs. In contrast, micro-hydro schemes can be designed and built by local staff and smaller organizations following less strict regulations and using 'off-the-shelf' components or locally made machinery.
288 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1993
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September 16, 2008
Loved the formulas-great diagrams also.
September 4, 2017
Very in-depth on the subject matter.
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October 15, 2014
it is a good manual to foll0w for designing micro hydropower projects
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August 19, 2016not so easy, but well studied
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