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• Hydropower — Hydropower, hydraulic power or water power is power that is derived from the force or energy of moving water, which may be harnessed for useful purposes.Prior to the widespread availability of commercial electric power, hydropower was used for… …   Wikipedia

• Hydrostatic head — When generating hydropower, the head is a general term used to describe the distance that a given water source has to fall before the point where power is generated. Ultimately the force responsible for hydropower is gravity, so a… …   Wikipedia

• Nam Theun II Hydropower Project — Nam Theun II or NT2 is a hydropower project under construction on the Nam Theun river in Laos, with commissioning planned for 2009. The scheme will divert water from the Nam Theun, a tributary of the Mekong River, to the Xe Bang Fai river, with… …   Wikipedia

• KUZMIN — RUSSIA (see also List of Individuals) 18.9.1917/RU 6.6.1995 Moscow/RU Kirill Konstantinovich Kuzmin graduated in 1940 from the Electric Power department of the Moscow Power Institute and started his engineering career with the Moscow design board …   Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000

• Hydraulic ram — A hydraulic ram is a cyclic water pump powered by hydropower. It functions as a hydraulic transformer that takes in water at one hydraulic head and flow rate, and outputs water at a different hydraulic head and flow rate. The device utilizes a… …   Wikipedia

• List of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks — The following is a list of Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmarks as designated by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers since it began the program in 1971. The designation is granted to existing artifacts or systems representing a… …   Wikipedia

• VEITS — RUSSIA (see also List of Individuals) 1.5.1911 Samarkand/RU 10.1.1944/RU Il ya Alexandrovich Veits graduated in 1935 from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute as a hydraulic engineer. From 1934 he was a collaborator of the Leningrad Hydrotechnical …   Hydraulicians in Europe 1800-2000

• Hydroelectricity — The Gordon Dam in Tasmania is a large hydro facility, with an installed capacity of 430 MW …   Wikipedia

• turbine — /terr bin, buyn/, n. any of various machines having a rotor, usually with vanes or blades, driven by the pressure, momentum, or reactive thrust of a moving fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air, either occurring in the form of free jets or as …   Universalium

• Micro hydro — in northwest Vietnam Micro hydro is a term used for hydroelectric power installations that typically produce up to 100 kW of electricity. These installations can provide power to an isolated home or small community, or are sometimes… …   Wikipedia

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