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Revision as of 15:15, 2 August 2012
Manuals and Guides
| Manual |
Author and year | Description |
| Micro Hydro Design Manual |
Harvey; 1993 |
A guide to small scale water power schemes |
| Designing and Building Mini and Micro Hydro Power Schemes: A Practical Guide |
Luis Rodriguez, Teodoro Sanchez (Practical Action: 30. März 2011) |
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| A Design manual |
Description of turbines, governing, belt drives,shafts, balancing, safety, electical power in details with examples and mathematical presentations. | |
| Micro-Hydro design aids manual |
Chitrakar; 2004 | Procedural guidelines for Micro-Hydro power projects in Nepal (hydrology, headworks, settling basins, penstock and power calculation, Transmission and distribution, costs and financial analysis… |
| Druckstossberechnung | Explanation for mathematical calculations concerning turbines | |
| Micro hydro power sourcebook 1 |
Allen R. Inversin, 1986 |
measuring head and discharge; designs flow; site selection (with examples of many countries) |
| Micro hydro power sourcebook 2 |
check link above |
Civil works in details |
| Micro hydro power sourcebook 3 |
check link above |
All about turbines in details |
| Micro hydro power sourcebook 4 | check link above |
explanations of the hydropower electrical and mechanical procedures 8) governing |
| Manual on Hydro-Micro development (South Asian case) | Brief explanations a photos for micro-hydro power projects in South Asia | |
| Layman's book:How to develop a Small Hydro Site |
Penche, Dr. Ingeniero de Minas; 1998 | Definitions, site evaluation methodology, hydrolic structures, environmental impact and administrative procedures in deep details. |
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Guide on How to Develop a Small Hydro Plant - Part 1 Updated verison of Layman's book:
Guide on How to Develop a Small Hydro Plant - Part 2
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ESHA, 2004 | Definitions, site evaluation methodology, hydrolic structures, environmental impact and administrative procedures in deep details. |
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Hydropower enginneering (3578 KB)
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General information and history of the micro-hydro projects | |
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Handbook for developing micro-hydro in British Columbia (315 KB)
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BChydro; 2004 |
Site selection, cost and financing, permitting process, grid interconnection and energy sales, construction, operation, maintenance and surveillance |
Manual literature recommendations (ICIMOD publications) (20KB) 
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International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development; 1999 |
Collection of manuals' titels and summaries |
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Guidelines for detailed feasability studies of micro-hydro projects (691 KB) |
Energy Sector Assistance Program; 2003 |
Civil, mechanical and electrical components |
| Case studies |
Nottigham Trent University; 2002/1999 | Case studies on Micro Hydro in Kenya and Nepal |
| Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 2 | Arter,Meier; 1990 |
Harnessing waterpower on a small scale (performance test on cross flow turbines) |
| Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 3 | Nakarmi, Arter, Widmer, Eisenring; 1993 |
Cross flow turbine designsand equipment engineering |
| Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 5 | Widmer, Arter; 1992 |
"Village electrification (generators, control system, power factor correction, earthing, distribution system, commercial engineering, Tariffs & financial evaluation" |
| Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 9 | Eisenring, 1991 |
Micro pelton turbines |
| Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 10 | Chapallaz, Ghali, Eichenberger, Fischer; 1992 |
Manual of induction motors used as generators (basic principals of synchronus and induction generators) |
| Hydraulic engineering manual vol. 11 | Chapallaz, Eichenberger, Fischer; 1992 |
Manual of pumps used in turbines |
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Pico hydro for village Power (2867 KB)
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Maher, Smith; 2001 |
A practical manual for schemes up to 5KW in hilly areas |
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Good and Bad of Micro hydro Power - Vol 1
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ACE/GTZ 2009 | Site Identification, Civil Works, Electro-Mechanical |
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Good and Bad of Micro hydro Power - Vol 2
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ACE/GTZ 2009 | Transmission 6 Distribution, House Installations, Management & Administration, Utilization of Energy |
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Bon & Mauvais Exemples d'une Mini-Centrale Hydroélectrique
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ACE/GTZ 2010 | |
| Scout Guide
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Hydro Scout Guide - GTZ/Schnitzer 2009 - english |
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Hydro Scout Guide - short version Madagascar; 2010 |
french simplified version |
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Manual Microturbinas Axiales Simplex
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GIZ EnDev (Nicaragua/Honduras)E.Paramo |
spanish manual about construction of simple axial turbines for MHP |
| Training on pico cross flow - Manual |
Crispen Norman Zana, Maurico Gnecco, Hilario Saenz Palomque, Manica, Mozambique, May 2010 |
The manual describe in words, pictures and drawing the production process of Pico cross flow trubines. |
| Pumps as Turbines |
It is possible to use water pumps "backwards" as turbines. Advantages is a wide availability also from spare parts.
=> Manual how to plan a site by using a Pump as Turbine | |
| Environment Assessment and Watershed Action Planning - Manual | Katharina Meder, 2011, EnDev Ethiopia |
Further Information
Another good overview about available Manuls can be found here.
