Hydropower: Types, Development Strategies and Environmental Impacts ( Energy Science, Engineering and Technology )

Publication series ：Energy Science, Engineering and Technology

Author： Claude E. Rupert

Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year： 2013

E-ISBN: 9781629486321

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781629486314

Subject： TK Energy and Power Engineering

Keyword： Energy

Language： ENG

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Hydropower: Types, Development Strategies and Environmental Impacts

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HYDROPOWER TYPES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

1. HISTORY OF HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT

2. PRESENT STATE OF GLOBAL HYDROPOWER ENGINEERING

3. TYPES OF HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES

4. CLASSES OF DAMS

5. IMPACTS OF NATURAL PROCESSES ON HYDROPOWER STRUCTURES

6. IMPACTS OF RESERVOIRS ON NATURAL COMPONENTS

7. LARGEST CATASTROPHIC FAILURES OF DAMS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL HYDROPOWER: A PATHWAY TOWARDS ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. ENERGY SITUATION IN NIGERIA

3. RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES AND POTENTIAL IN NIGERIA

4. HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION

5. SMALL HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX