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Field Power Tests of Turbine-Generator Units Involving Water Discharge Measurements via Various Methods. Run-of-River Hydroelectric Power Plants

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An analysis of field tests of turbine-generator units involving discharge (flow-rate) measurements performed via different methods at several domestic and foreign run-of-river (ROR) hydroelectric power plants is presented.

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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel’stvo, No. 2, February 2021, pp. 17 – 32.

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Dmitriev, S.G., Minakov, V.A., Karpinsky, A.V. et al. Field Power Tests of Turbine-Generator Units Involving Water Discharge Measurements via Various Methods. Run-of-River Hydroelectric Power Plants. Power Technol Eng 55, 192–205 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-021-01340-0

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