Introduction to Hydroelectric Power Plant Engineering

The potential energy of water has been used to drive mills, pumps and for numerous other applications. Converting the potential and kinetic energy of water to electrical energy however, is a relatively new concept. Modern hydroelectric power plants represent the pinnacle of hydropower eeering, but how do they work? How efficient are they? Are they really ‘green’? In this course we are going to answer all of these questions and many more!

You will learn:

What role hydroelectricity plays in today’s power eeering market.

What the common hydro power plant components are (penstock, gates, spillway, turbines etc.).

Hydro power plant teology (headwater, tail race, etc.).

How different hydro power plants work (dam, run of the river, tidal, pumped storage etc.).

The differences between several hydro turbines and their typical applications (Kaplan, Pelton, Francis).

And a lot lot more!

The course is designed to take you from zero to hero concerning hydroelectric power plant eeering knowledge. Even if you already have some background power plant eeering knowledge, this course will serve as an efficient refresher. Whatever your level of understanding, or eeering background (electrical eeering, automobile eeering, power eeering, oil and gas, chal eeering, mechanical eeering etc.), we guarantee you will have never taken an eeering course like this one (unless you have taken one of our other courses!).

Interactive 3D models are used to show you each type of hydroelectric power plant, their main components and each type of hydroelectric turbine.

Hope to see you on the course!