Power Plant Construction and QA/QC Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Engineering Technology Division Power Plant Construction and QA/QC Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy

Sample Hydroelectric Project Future Development Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Overview Definition Dam and Power History Types Conventional Power Tidal Power Pumped Storage Power Cost and Development Sample Hydroelectric Project Future Development

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Definition HYDROELECTRIC ENERGY - The production of electrical power through the use of the gravitational force of falling or flowing water. ½ pound per foot As Area Flow TF As Flow Pressure

History of Dams Egypt ~2600 BC China ~500 BC Romans ~100 AD Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy History of Dams Egypt ~2600 BC China ~500 BC Romans ~100 AD France ~1100 AD

History of Dams – First Hydroelectric Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy History of Dams – First Hydroelectric 30 September 1882 Appleton, Wisconsin For: Appleton Paper Co. By: H. J Rogers

1 acre-foot = 43,560 sq ft by 1 foot deep Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Size Category Storage (acre-feet) Height (feet) Small <1000 <40 Medium >1,000 and <50,000 >40 and <100 Large >50,000 >100 1 acre-foot = 43,560 sq ft by 1 foot deep 1 acre is 208.7 by 208.7 ft

Conventional Power Dam Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Conventional Power Dam

Conventional Power Dam Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Conventional Power Dam

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Tidal Power

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Pumped Storage Power

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Pumped Storage Power

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Cost and Development

Sample Hydroelectric Project Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Sample Hydroelectric Project

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Future Development

Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy Questions?