The International
Network for
Sustainable Energy
Micro-Hydro
Development
by CRT Nepal
The present favourable status of micro hydro in Sri Lanka is mainly due to the efforts of the ITDG to promote research and technology transfers and to influence policy makers.
The extensive experience and insights gained by the ITDG working in Nepal, Peru and Sri Lanka have been used as the main resource base to prepare a training manual on small-scale water power schemes.
This is a comprehensive and a well illustrated manual (379 pages) used to train engineers, lay persons, rural development planners, specialists and non specialist, technical and non technical alike. The manual provides numerous working examples so that financial and engineering calculations can be followed in detail leading the reader to confidentially design his own scheme.
The topics covered in the manual include:
- Feasibility reports
- How to choose and size an electrical generator
- Economic indicators
- Energy demand studies
- River flow prediction studies
- Using electronic load controllers
- Flood prediction and geological instability
- Sizing of electrical power cables and switchgear
- How to survey a site
- Maintenance and operation
- Civil work and penstock design
- Commissioning and testing
- How to match a turbine to a site
- Use of pocket computers
810kB