Hydropower Knowledge

As we all know, water turbine generator set is the core and key mechanical component of hydropower station. Therefore, it is particularly important to ensure the stable operation of the whole hydraulic turbine unit. There are many factors that affect the stability of hydraulic turbine unit, which...Read more »

In the last article, we introduced a resolution of DC AC. the “war” ended with the victory of AC. therefore, AC gained the spring of market development and began to occupy the market previously occupied by DC. After this “war”, DC and AC competed in the Adams hydropower st...Read more »

As we all know, generators can be divided into DC generators and AC generators. At present, alternator is widely used, and so is hydro generator. But in the early years, DC generators occupied the whole market, so how did AC generators occupy the market? What’s the connection between hydro ...Read more »

The world’s first hydroelectric power station was built in France in 1878 and used hydroelectric generators to generate electricity. Until now, the manufacture of hydroelectric generators has been called the “crown” of French manufacturing. But as early as 1878, the hydroelectri...Read more »

Electricity is the main energy obtained by human beings, and the motor is to convert electric energy into mechanical energy, which makes a new breakthrough in the utilization of electric energy. Nowadays, motor has been a common mechanical device in people’s production and work. With the de...Read more »

Compared with steam turbine generator, hydro generator has the following characteristics: (1) The speed is low. Limited by the water head, the rotating speed is generally less than 750r / min, and some are only dozens of revolutions per minute. (2) The number of magnetic poles is large. Because t...Read more »

Reaction turbine is a kind of hydraulic machinery that converts hydraulic energy into mechanical energy by using the pressure of water flow. (1) Structure. The main structural components of reaction turbine include runner, headrace chamber, water guide mechanism and draft tube. 1) Runner. Runner ...Read more »

Climate change concerns have brought a renewed focus on increased hydropower production as a potential replacement for electricity from fossil fuels. Hydropower currently accounts for about 6% of the electricity produced in the United States, and the generation of electricity from hydropower prod...Read more »

Worldwide, hydropower plants produce about 24 percent of the world’s electricity and supply more than 1 billion people with power. The world’s hydropower plants output a combined total of 675,000 megawatts, the energy equivalent of 3.6 billion barrels of oil, according to the National...Read more »

If you mean power, read How much power could I generate from a hydro turbine? If you mean hydro energy (which is what you sell), read on. Energy is everything; you can sell energy, but you can’t sell power (at least not in the context of small hydropower). People often get obsessed with wanting t...Read more »

Waterwheel Design for Hydro Energy hydro energy iconHydro energy is a technology that converts the kinetic energy of moving water into mechanical or electrical energy, and one of the earliest devices used to convert the energy of moving water into usable work was the Waterwheel Design. Water whee...Read more »

In natural rivers, water flows from upstream to downstream mixed with sediment, and often washes the river bed and bank slopes, which shows that there is a certain amount of energy hidden in the water. Under natural conditions, this potential energy is consumed in scouring, pushing sediment and o...Read more »