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Serious Microhydro : Water Power Solutions from the Experts.
Title:
Serious Microhydro : Water Power Solutions from the Experts.
Author:
Davis, Scott.
ISBN:
9781550924480
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (483 pages)
Contents:
Book Cover -- Advance Praise -- Title Page -- Rights Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Case Studies by Head -- Part One: Classic High Pressure Sites -- Chapter 1: Sustainable Skiing - Snowmass Ski Area Gets Hydro -- Chapter 2: From Water to Wire - Building a Microhydro System -- Chapter 3: Hydro Power High in the Canadian Rockies -- Chapter 4: Powerful Dreams - Crown Hill Farm's Hydroelectric Plant -- Part Two: Household Pressure Sites -- Chapter 5: The Small AC System -- Chapter 6: Kennedy Creek Hydroelectric Systems -- Chapter 7: Independent Power and Light! -- Chapter 8: A Visit to Hydro Oz -- Chapter 9: Historic Oregon Trading Post - A Renewable Energy Model for the Public -- Chapter 10: A Working Microhydro at Journey's End Forest Ranch -- Chapter 11: Living With Lil Otto or Microhydro in Seasonally Wet Climates -- Chapter 12: Water Power in the Andes: Yesterday's Solution for Today's Needs -- Chapter 13: Zen and the Art of Sunshine -- Chapter 14: Power to the People -- Chapter 15: A Batteryless Utility Intertie Microhydro System -- Chapter 16: PV/Hydro Systems and a Visit to the Lil Otto Hydroworks -- Chapter 17: Mini Hybrid Power System -- Chapter 18: Hydro Power Done Dirt Cheap -- Chapter 19: A Microhydro Learning Experience -- Chapter 20: Hydro - New England Style -- Chapter 21: Remote Power and Amateur Radio -- Chapter 22: Been There, Done That -- Chapter 23: The Ten Kinzel/Kingsley Rules for Surviving Microhydro -- Part Three: Low Head Sites -- Chapter 24: Ultra-Low Head Hydro -- Chapter 25: Rolling Thunder -- Chapter 26: Handmade Hydro Homestead -- Chapter 27: Choosing Microhydro - Clean Electricity in the Outback -- Chapter 28: Water Rites - A Microhydro Evolution -- Chapter 29: 240 VAC Direct Drive Hydro -- Chapter 30: Annex 4 - Picohydro Pilots Established in Ecuador.

Chapter 31: One Dam On Its Way -- Part Four: Microhydro in Context - History, Tips, Critical Design Elements -- Chapter 32: The Photo Comparison Method of Estimating Water Flow -- Chapter 33: Small Water Power Siting -- Chapter 34: Review of The Death of Ben Linder -- Chapter 35: Microhydro Power in the Nineties -- Chapter 36: Soft Starting Electrical Motors -- Chapter 37: Microhydro Intake Design -- Chapter 38: Microhydro Pipe Dilemma -- Chapter 39: The Hydro's Back -- Chapter 40: The Village or the House - That is the Question -- Part Five: The Future - Bringing Market Solutions to Environmental Problems -- Chapter 41: Twenty Years of People Power -- Chapter 42: Energy Farming -- Chapter 43: Practical Solar - A Californian Combines Net Metering with Time of Use Metering to Make PV Pay -- Chapter 44: Independent Power Providers - Beyond Net Metering -- Chapter 45: Seeking Our Own Level -- Chapter 46: Clearing the Air - Home Power Dispels the Top RE Myths -- Chapter 47: Stimulating the Picohydropower Market for Low Income Households in Ecuador - Executive Summary -- Chapter 48: The Story of PowerPal Microhydro -- Chapter 49: Market Solutions for Environmental Problems - The Streamworks Project -- Endnotes -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
From water to wire--harnessing the energy of running water.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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