1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 1 acre-foot = 43,560 sq ft by 1 foot deep
Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Size
Category Storage (acre-feet) Height (feet)
Small < <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 by ft

7. Conventional Power Dam
Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Conventional Power Dam

8. Conventional Power Dam
Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Conventional Power Dam

9. Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Tidal Power

10. Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Pumped Storage Power

11. Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Pumped Storage Power

12. Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Cost and Development

13. Sample Hydroelectric Project
Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Sample Hydroelectric Project

14. Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
Future Development

15. Section 1.5– Hydroelectric Energy
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