Micro Hydro Power (MHP) Manuals
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Manuals and Guides
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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 | Avaiable by Email/CD Rom - please request here | measuring head and discharge; designs flow; site selection (with examples of many countries) |
Micro hydro power sourcebook 2 | Avaiable by Email/CD Rom - please request here | Civil works in details |
Micro hydro power sourcebook 3 | Avaiable by Email/CD Rom - please request here | All about turbines in details |
Micro hydro power sourcebook 4 | Avaiable by Email/CD Rom - please request here | explanations of the hydropower electrical and mechanical procedures 8) governing |
Micro hydro quality standards (Indian case) (1463 KB) | Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; 2005 | Civil works, electro-mechanical equipments, power sub-transmission and distribution, installation, operation and maintenance |
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. |
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 |
ESHA, 2004 | Definitions, site evaluation methodology, hydrolic structures, environmental impact and administrative procedures in deep details. |
Hydropower enginneering (3578 KB)
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General information and history of the micro-hydro projects | |
Handbook for developing micro-hydro in British Columbia (315 KB) |
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) ![]() |
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development; 1999 |
Collection of manuals' titels and summaries |
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 |
Pico hydro for village Power (2867 KB) |
Maher, Smith; 2001 |
A practical manual for schemes up to 5KW in hilly areas |
Good and Bad of Micro hydro Power - Vol 1 |
ACE/GTZ 2009 | Site Identification, Civil Works, Electro-Mechanical |
Good and Bad of Micro hydro Power - Vol 2 |
ACE/GTZ 2009 | Transmission 6 Distribution, House Installations, Management & Administration, Utilization of Energy |
Bon & Mauvais Exemples d'une Mini-Centrale Hydroélectrique
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ACE/GTZ 2010 | |
Hydro Scout Guide - GTZ/Schnitzer 2009 - english |
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Hydro Scout Guide - short version Madagascar; 2010 |
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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 |