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AKTU Hydraulic Machinery and Water Power Plants (HTWR801) Syllabus PDF – B.Tech Honors Degree in Water Resource Engineering
Hydraulic Machinery and Water Power Plants HTWR801
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Official AKTU syllabus of Hydraulic Machinery and Water Power Plants (HTWR801) for B.Tech Honors Degree in Water Resource Engineering – 4 credits, L-T-P 3-1-0. Read the unit-wise course content, course outcomes, evaluation pattern and recommended books online, or download the PDF.
Syllabus — Hydraulic Machinery and Water Power Plants
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CO1. Understand role of hydropower in a power system and estimate water power potential.
CO2. Analyze general arrangement of run of river plants.
CO3. Analyze and design of Penstocks.
CO4. Analyze and design Trash racks and intakes.
CO5. Analyze and design turbines in power plants.
| Unit-1 | Water power: Introduction, sources of energy, role of hydropower in a power system. Estimation of Water Power Potential: Flow duration curves of gauge and ungauge streams, load curve, load factor, capacity factor, utilization factor, diversity factor, load duration curve, firm power, secondary power, prediction of load. | 8 |
| Unit-2 | Types of hydro-power plants: Run of river plants, general arrangement of run of river plants, valley dam plants, diversion canal plants, high head diversion plants, storage and pondage, pumped storage power plants. | 8 |
| Unit-3 | Penstocks: General classification, design criteria, economical diameter, losses, anchor blocks, valves, bends and manifolds. | 8 |
| Unit-4 | Trash racks: Types, losses, design, stability. Intakes: Types, losses, air entrainment, anti-vortex device, air vent, power channels, fore bay tunnel. | 8 |
| Unit-5 | Turbines: Introduction, types of turbines, hydraulics of turbines, velocity triangles, draft tubes, cavitation in turbines, turbine model testing, characteristics of turbines. Transients caused by turbine, load acceptance and rejection, resonance in penstocks. | 8 |
Text Books
- Dandekar, M.M., and Sharma, K.H., "Water Power Engineering", Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.
- Barrows, H.K., "Water Power Engineering", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd.
- Varshney, R.S., "Hydro Power Structures", Nem Chand & Bros.
- Nigam, P.S., "Hydro Electric Engineering", Nem Chand & Bros.
- Choudhary, M.H., "Applied Hydraulic Transients", Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
- Streeter, V.L., and Wylie, B., "Fluid Transients", McGraw-Hill Book Company.
- Warnick, C.C., "Hydropower Engineering", Prentice-Hall.
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