HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT GENERATION PRESENTATION

It concluded introduction components of hydro electric power plant

1. HydroelectricPowerPlant
PreparedBy
OmBaldaniya&MeghPatel
Civil&InfrastructureEngineering
AdaniUniversity

2. PresentationContent
■Introduction
■MajorComponents
■WorkSystem
■TypesofTurbines
■Advantages
■Disadvantages
■ContributionInRenewableEnergy

3. Introduction
HydroelectricPowerPlantisaplacewhereelectricityis
madeusingthepowerofmovingwater.Largedamesare
buildonriverstostorewaterinreservoirssothatitcan
useinIrrigation,FarmingandDrinkingpurpose,alsoto
generateElectricitybyconvertingPotentialintoKinetic
Energy,KineticintoMechanicalEnergyandMechanical
intoElectricalEnergy.ThisistheoneoftheOldestand
CleanestSourceofRenewableEnergy.So,Let’sstudy
thisMechanismmoredeep.

4. MajorComponents
●Dam
●Createreservoirandstorewater.
●Reservoir
●StorePotentialenergyinwater
●Turbines
●ConvertwaterflowintoMechanicalenergy
●Generators
●ConvertMechanicalEnergyintoElectricalEnergy

5. WorkSystem
ADamholdsthewaterinaMan-madelake,alsoKnownas
Reservior.TheWaterthenreleasedfromthetopoftheDamto
theTurbinelocatedatthebottomoftheDamthroughPenstock.
DuringthiswholeprocessthePotentialEnergyofWateratthetop
ofthedamconvertedintoKineticEnergyatthebottom.Thenthis
watercomeinahighpressureandhittheTurbine,makeTurbine
spinduetohisAerodynamicshape.Thenthegeneratorconverts
thisMechanicalEnergyintoElectricalEnergyandtransferto
citiesusingTransformer.

6. TypesofTurbines
ManytypesofturbineswereusedintheHydroelectricpower
plantbasedontheflowofwaterandheightofwater.
●Pelton
●Lowflow&Highwaterhead
●Francis
●Mediumflow&Mediumwaterhead
●Kaplan
●Highflow&Lowwaterhead

7. ImageSource:U.S.DepartmentOfEnergy

8. Advantages
●RenewableEnergySource
●AsWaternaturallyrenewedbythewatercycle.
●Eco-Friendly
●AsitdonotproducePollution.
●HighEfficiency
●About90%ofEnergywillbeConverted.
●LongLife
●Ithas50-100yearsofLifespamwithProperMaintanance.

9. Disadvantages
●HighConstructionCost
●RequiredalotofMoney.
●RiskofFlooding
●Itcausemassivefloodifitbreaks.
●SeasonalDependence
●InDoughtorLowrainfallyears,electricity
gendrationreduce.
●LimitedSuitableLocation
●Onlybuildinthoseareaswherelargeriversorhigh
waterheadsareavailable.

10. ContributioninRenewableEnergy
Contribution as per 2025
Nuclear Hydro Renewables

11. ThankYou