DIFFERENT HYDRO ELECTRIC

POWER PLANTS
(UNIT-II BEYOND SYLLABUS)

K.RADHAKRISHNAN
MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT

IMPORTANCE
The importance of generating power
through hydel resources is increasing
day by day as the generating cost
thermal plants is increasing rapidly.
In addition to this, there are many
problems associated with thermal plant
like coal mining, cleaning, transportation
and storage.

 Conventional sourcesinclude: firewood,

cattle dung cake, coal,petroleum, natural
gas and electricity (both hydel and
thermal).
Non-conventional sources include solar,
wind, tidal, geothermal, biogas and atomic
energy.
Energy resources are the chief sources of
fuel and power in India.

IMPORTANCE OF ENERGY
RESOURCES
Power is the main input for agriculture
and industry.
Energy sources are the backbone of
economic development .
The resources which are widely used
and constitute the major source of
energy are called conventional resources
of energy.

HYDRO POWER PLANT IN INDIA

HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER

GENERATION

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF

HYDROPOWER FACILITIES

Impoundment
Diversion
Pumped storage
Some hydropower plants use dams and
some do not. The images below show
both types of hydropower plants

IMPOUNDMENT
The most common type of hydroelectric
power plant is an impoundment facility.
An impoundment facility, typically a large
hydropower system,
Uses a dam to store river water in a
reservoir. Water released from the
reservoir flows through a turbine,
spinning it, which in turn activates a
generator to produce electricity.

IMPOUNDMENT

DIVERSION
A diversion, sometimes called run-ofriver, facility channels a portion of a river
through a canal or penstock. It may not
require the use of a dam

DIVERSION

PUMPED STORAGE

Another type of hydropower called pumped

storage works like a battery
It stores energy by pumping water up hill to a
reservoir at higher elevation from a second
reservoir at a lower elevation.
When the demand for electricity is low, a
pumped storage facility stores energy by
pumping water from a lower reservoir to an
upper reservoir.
During periods of high electrical demand, the
water is released back to the lower reservoir and
turns a turbine, generating electricity.

SIZE OF HYDROELECTRIC
POWER PLANTS
Facilities range in size from large power
plants that supply many consumers with
electricity to small and micro plants that
individuals operate for their own energy
needs or to sell power to utilities

LARGE HYDRO POWER

Although definitions vary, Its defines
large hydropower as facilities that have a
capacity of more than 30 megawatts.

SMALL HYDRO POWER

Although definitions vary, Its defines
small hydropower as facilities that have a
capacity of 100 kilowatts to 30
megawatts.

MICRO HYDRO POWER

A micro hydropower plant has a capacity
of up to 100 kilowatts. A small or microhydroelectric power system can produce
enough electricity for a home, farm,
ranch, or village.

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