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Hydropower Plants

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Decision Making Algorithms for Hydro-Power Plant Location

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The hydropower plants can be broadly subdivided into different classes based on quantity of water available, available head, and nature of load. Based on quantity of water available hydro power plant can be classified into Reservoir plants, Run-off river plants with pondage, and Run-off River plants without pondage. In case of available head, hydropower plants can be further subdivided into Low head, Medium head, and High head. With respect to nature of Load any hydropower plant can be grouped into Base and Peak load plants.

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  1. National Institute of Technology, Agartala, India

    Mrinmoy Majumder

  2. Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India

    Soumya Ghosh

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Majumder, M., Ghosh, S. (2013). Hydropower Plants. In: Decision Making Algorithms for Hydro-Power Plant Location. SpringerBriefs in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-63-5_2

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