Hydraulic Engines: Design and Installation

Hydraulic Engines: Design and Installation addresses the critical domain of harnessing water's energy for mechanical work, a vital aspect of sustainable power generation. Despite its potential, this field presents significant challenges, including optimizing energy transformation, minimizing losses, ensuring system efficiency, and navigating complex legal and environmental regulations. Establishing hydraulic works requires careful consideration of authorized installations, available fall determination, and mitigating ecological impacts such as land drainage. This book comprehensively covers fundamental principles of energy conversion and efficiency calculation. It explores practical regulatory aspects, water level management techniques using dams and sluices, and the crucial role of flow measurement and historical data. Detailed analyses of water distribution systems, including both undrowned and drowned orifices, are provided, alongside their design considerations and mathematical underpinnings for equitable flow. Further, it delves into the mechanics and design of hydraulic turbines, construction of artificial waterfalls and dams, and hydrological profile analysis for impact assessment. This essential resource is tailored for students, researchers, and professionals in hydraulic engineering, civil engineering, and renewable energy sectors.

Alice Ackerman is a distinguished author with extensive post-doctoral experience in France. Their expertise spans fundamental hydraulic principles, water distribution systems, turbine mechanics, and hydrological impact assessment. This work includes legal and environmental considerations for hydraulic structures like dams.