Components of a hydroelectric scheme
Hydroelectric developments
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Components of a hydroelectric scheme
Hydroelectric developments

Author : Pierre-Louis VIOLLET

Publication date: April 10, 2010 | Lire en français

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2. Components of a hydroelectric scheme

Whether high, medium or low head (and with the exception of water turbines and tidal power plants), hydroelectric schemes all feature more or less the same types of components. Figure 3 describes the components of the Brassac scheme, an overview of which is given in figure 1 .

2.1 Water intake structures, dams

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