Course teached as: B020440 - IMPIANTI IDRAULICI Second Cycle Degree in CIVIL ENGINEERING Curriculum TERRITORIO
Teaching Language
Inglese
Course Content
The course covers the analysis, design and management of pumping stations and hydropoweer plants. During the course, plants operating in water supply systems, in hydro power plants, in drainage systems will be analyzed.
THe course material (slides and othe documents) will be provided during lectures.
Suggested course books:
- Evangelisti, Giuseppe. 1964. Impianti Idroelettrici. Volume 1 e 2. Patron. Bologna.
- E. Penche, Celso, 1998. Layman's Guidebook on how to develop a small hydro site. ESHA European Small Hydropower Association.
- Bianchi A. & Sanfilippo U., 2001. Pompe e impianti di sollevamento. Hoepli
-> Hydrology complements Loucks, D.P. and van Beek, E., 2005.Water Resources Systems Planning and Management.UNESCO. Paris.
Learning Objectives
The course covers the analysis, design and management of pumping stations and hydropoweer plants. During the course, plants operating in water supply systems, in hydro power plants, in drainage systems will be analyzed. The specific objectives will be the learning of the fundamental design and mangament principles for pumping station and hydropower plants
Teaching Methods
The course includes lectures, exercises and
a Project work with the preliminary design of a pumping station and a mini hydro power plant
Type of Assessment
Methods of evaluation- Grading
Projects Work evaluation
Oral examination
The grade will be based on exams, project, and homework.
ACTIVITIES PERCENTAGES
Exams 40%
Projects 40%
Homework 20%
Course program
1. Introduction
2. Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystem Nexus - A systemic approach to design
- Analysis of the socioeconomic-environmental context in the design of hydraulic systems
- Legal framework: Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC), Flood Directive (2007/60/EC) and related directives
- Grey approach and green approach in the design. Win-win solutions
3. Hydraulic machines
- Thermodynamic of open systems.
- Introduction of fundamental equations
- Examples and classification of installations
4. Lifting equipment
General criteria for design a lifting equipment:
- Principles of pump operation. Speed triangles
- Calculation of lifting power plant.
- Problem classification (invariable project data) Operating range
- Suction and pressure diameters
- System and pump characteristic curves
- Characteristic diagrams, Cavitation, NPSH
- Pump selection (operating point).
- Sizing of the suction chamber
- Unsteady flow and water hammer, control and safety equipment
5. (Mini)hydro installations
- Classification of hydroelectric plants. Construction details of hydraulic turbines and type classification
- Potential hydro-energy assessment of a territory. Topographical and hydrological analysis
- Introduction to the design of a minihydro plant.
- Design of a minihydro plant (gripping works, pressure drop, turbine choice)
- Electric generators of a minihydro systems. Evaluation of economic performance of minihydro plant
Hydrology complements
Territorial framework analysis (topography, pedology, land use)
Rainfall-Runoff modelling for minihydro flow estimation
Estimation of water requirements in the various sectors