Subject Code: CE6L510	Name: Hydropower Engineering	L-T-P: 3-1-0	Credit: 4
Pre-requisite: None Fundamentals of hydropower; Classification of hydro power plants; Water power estimates; Pondage and storage; Load curve and load factor; Utilization factor; Capacity factor; Diversity factor; Firm power and secondary power; Prediction of load; Run of the river plants; Pumped storage plants; Mini and micro hydel plants; Tidal power plants; Design of hydropower installation components; Intake structures; Water conductor systems; Transients in water conductor systems; Tunnels; Water hammer; Surge-tanks, Penstocks, valves and anchor-blocks; Types of powerhouse: underground, semi-underground; Turbines and generators and their foundations; Flood routing through reservoirs and channels; Dam breach analysis; Cost and value of water power; Introduction to structural and geotechnical aspects of powerhouse design. Text/Reference Books: Barrows, H. K., Water Power Engineering, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 1943. Dandekar, M. M., Sharma, K. N., Water Power Engineering, Second Edition, Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd., Noida, 2013. Subramanya, K., Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, Tata McGraw-Hill Education (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2011. Daugherty, R. L., Hydraulic Turbines, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1920. Varshney, R. S., Hydro Power Structures, Second Edition, Nem Chand and Bros., Roorkee, 1977.

Subject Code: CE6L510

Name: Hydropower Engineering

L-T-P: 3-1-0

Credit: 4

Pre-requisite: None
Fundamentals of hydropower; Classification of hydro power plants; Water power estimates; Pondage and storage; Load curve and load factor; Utilization factor; Capacity factor; Diversity factor; Firm power and secondary power; Prediction of load; Run of the river plants; Pumped storage plants; Mini and micro hydel plants; Tidal power plants; Design of hydropower installation components; Intake structures; Water conductor systems; Transients in water conductor systems; Tunnels; Water hammer; Surge-tanks, Penstocks, valves and anchor-blocks; Types of powerhouse: underground, semi-underground; Turbines and generators and their foundations; Flood routing through reservoirs and channels; Dam breach analysis; Cost and value of water power; Introduction to structural and geotechnical aspects of powerhouse design.
Text/Reference Books:

Barrows, H. K., Water Power Engineering, McGraw-Hill Inc., New York, 1943.
Dandekar, M. M., Sharma, K. N., Water Power Engineering, Second Edition, Vikas Publishing House (P) Ltd., Noida, 2013.
Subramanya, K., Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, Tata McGraw-Hill Education (P) Ltd., New Delhi, 2011.
Daugherty, R. L., Hydraulic Turbines, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1920.
Varshney, R. S., Hydro Power Structures, Second Edition, Nem Chand and Bros., Roorkee, 1977.