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Hydropower. Table of contents WIP. Introduction Tech Applications Numbers. What is hydropower ?. Hydropower or water power is power derived from the energy of falling and running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes . Hydropower plants Green energy
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Table of contents WIP • Introduction • Tech • Applications • Numbers
What is hydropower? • Hydropower or water power ispower derived from the energy of falling and running water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes. • Hydropower plants • Green energy • Requires rivers / large height differences
Physicalbasis • First, water is in thereservoir • The waterruns to turbinesthatrotatethegenerator • Electricity is formed in thegenerator and thentransformed into powergrid for consumers
Startingfromtheefficiency, output power is… η= Poutput=ηPinput=η =η=η Poutput=
Anotherway to definethepower of hydropowerplant • From thelaw of conservation of mechanicalenergy: Em,1−W=Em,2 Ep,1+Ek,1−W=Ep,2+Ek,2 Ep,1−W=Ek,2 mgh1−W=mv22 v2=√2gh1− v2=√2gh1− waterspinstheturbineswiththatspeed
The Generated Voltage voltage time
Hydropower in Finland • Over 250 plants, from 178 MW to 0.4 MW • Firstone in 1891 in Tampere • 4% of Finland’stotalenergyconsumptioncomesfromhydropower
Issues • Landusage: - Size • Wildlife impacts - Fish - Natural waterflowdisturbed • Spoiledlandscape
Presentation by J-P, Eero and Jasu Finnish Comenius team Erkko-lukio 2014 This project has been funded by the European Commission. The Commission accepts no responsibility for the contents.