Course - Hydropower Structures - TVM4165
TVM4165 - Hydropower Structures
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades
| Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| School exam | 100/100 | 4 hours | D |
Course content
Types of hydro power plants. Need for water reservoirs. Loads and stability of dams, concrete and rockfill dams. Floods and flood diversion. Hydraulic methods for calculation of flow in waterways. Design of waterways and selected hydraulic structures; headworks and tailworks, tunnels, pipelines and surge chambers. Types of turbines and layout of hydro power stations.
Learning outcome
Knowledge
Students should have knowledge about:
- Energy production, efficacy and efficiency of hydropower.
- Economic structural design conditions for hydropower plants.
- Calculate flow rate loads for dams.
- Structural design and function of the various types of dams.
- Structural design and dimensioning of spillways, slots, hydropower inlets, tunnels for operation and transmission, pipelines and concrete plugs.
- Water hammer pressure surge and mass fluctuations, as well as installations to control them.
- Structural design of hydropower plants.
- Structure and function of the various types of turbines.
- Regulations related to the various elements of a hydropower plant.
Skills
The student shall know
- Perform cost-benefit analyses of hydropower plants.
- Calculate flow rate loads of dams.
- Select the right dam type according to local conditions.
- Calculate structural design of dam for stability based on the regulations and accepted methods.
- Calculate structural design of simple spillways, slots, hydropower intakes, tunnels for operation and transmission, pipelines and concrete plugs.
- Select the right type of turbine.
- Perform analysis of water hammer pressure surge and mass fluctuations and design of installations for controlling mass fluctuations.
General competance
The student can:
- Plan all the elements of a hydropower plant on the basis of regulations, accepted methods and of the consideration for the environment.
- Analyze cost-benefit analyses of various hydropower projects.
Learning methods and activities
Lectures and exercises in class and laboratory. One day field trip.
Compulsory assignments
- Exercises
Further on evaluation
Written school exam on paper. Compulsory exercises, 2/3 must be passed before the exam.
If there is a re-sit examination in May/June or August, the examination form may be changed from written to oral. Students who register for a re-sit exam in May/June can not register for a re-sit exam in August.
Recommended previous knowledge
Basic hydro mechanics or fluid mechanics. Basic hydrology.
Course materials
Vassdragsteknikk I/II, (latest edition) Odd Guttormsen.
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Version: 1
Credits:
7.5 SP
Study level: Third-year courses, level III
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: AUTUMN 2024
Language of instruction: Norwegian
Location: Trondheim
- Technological subjects
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Examination
Examination arrangement: School exam
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD School exam 100/100 D 2024-12-02 15:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates SL238 Sluppenvegen 14 2 SL410 blå sone Sluppenvegen 14 51 SL321 Sluppenvegen 14 1 SL319 Sluppenvegen 14 1 SL520 Sluppenvegen 14 2 SL410 orange sone Sluppenvegen 14 30 - Spring UTS School exam 100/100 D 2025-06-03 15:00 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates SL110 lilla sone Sluppenvegen 14 15 - Summer UTS School exam 100/100 D INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"