1st Edition

Design of Hydroelectric Power Plants – Step by Step

By Geraldo Magela Pereira Copyright 2022
628 Pages 455 Color & 102 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

628 Pages 455 Color & 102 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

The design of a hydroelectric plant, along with an installation of transformation of potential energy of water into electricity, is an activity that is not standardized. Each new project is an interesting engineering challenge, and teams need to work in different conditions of each site, integrated to design a functional, economical and environmentally sustainable project. The development of a... Read more

1. Hydroelectric powerplants  2. Planning hydropower generation  3. Types of power plants and layouts  4. Hydrological studies  5. Power output  6. Geological and geotechnical studies  7. Dams  8. Spillways  9. Hydraulic conveyance design  10. Mechanical equipment  11. Electrical equipment. Operation – maintenance  12. Construction planning  13. Risks and management of patrimony  14. References

Biography

Geraldo Magela Pereira is a Civil Engineer, graduated from the Brasília University (July, 1974), with 45 years of experience in hydroelectric powerplants projects (HPPs). He has received a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering and Civil Defense Protection at the Fluminense Federal University, Niterói – Rio de Janeiro State (2017). He has worked in the geotechnical and hydraulic areas, including studies on hydraulic models, arrangements and plan-coordination and direction of projects, in its various phases: Inventory Studies, and Feasibility Studies, along with Basic Projects and Executive Projects. He has also worked in the commercial area between 1998 and 2012, developing business for the implementation of projects in EPC Contracts. He published one paper in the XVI ICOLD of San Francisco (USA) in 1988, about the "Historic Food During the 2nd Phase of Tocantins River Diversion for the Construction of Tucuruí HPP", Q. 63, R. 2, and several papers in Brazilian seminars of large dams. He also published three books in Portuguese language: Hydroelectric Power Plants Design Step by Step in 2015, Spillways Design Step by Step in 2016 and Accidents and Ruptures of Dams in 2018. He published the book Spillways Design Step by Step again in 2020 in English language.