Micro-hydro-electric power is both an efficient and reliable formof clean source of renewable energy. It can be an excellent method of harnessing renewable energy from small rivers and streams. The micro-hydro project designed to be a run -of-river type, because it requires very little or no reservoir in order to power the turbine. The water will run straight through the turbine and back into t...

In Pelton turbine, the energy carried by water is converted into kinetic energy by providing nozzle at the end of penstock. The shape of jet affects the force and torque on the bucket and runner of turbine. The nozzle of circular cross section is commonly used. In this paper attempt has been made to study the effect of four different jet shapes on the flow and torque characteristics of Pelton t...

Suitable and accurate flow measurement in pumped storage hydropower plants (PSP) is a challenging task due to the entirely different hydraulic behaviour of penstock. This study presents novel approach choosing suitable method position. The focus on specific short penstock largest peak-load plant, Orlík, after its transformation PSP. Our based three main pillars: numerical modelling fluid (ANSYS...

This paper presents a new approach to Load Frequency Control (LFC) for a hydro-power plant. The control algorithm combines sliding mode control with H∞ technique. The dynamic model of an entire hydro-power plant has been developed. The sliding hyperplane is constructed by H∞ full state feedback control method. The ideal lossless turbine-penstock model is used in this paper to conduct the simula...