Small Hydroelectric Engineering Practice

A great book and must read before investing. Extremely practical and deals with all the aspects of Small Hydro Power development . Must read by investors and more so by consultants .....

Very practical!

This book is filled with examples of innovative designs and practical experience. The CD of drawings and programs are an added bonus.

Very useful book

We are a group of individual investors who are trying to tap into the small hydro space. At the moment we are working on two small hydro schemes. None of us are engineers by trade, so our strategy has been to lean heavily on a reputable consultant with experience and know-how. Unfortunately, despite carefully screening the consultants, our mandated consultant appears to be reluctant to explore anything new. Their approach has been to give us pretty much off-the-shelf drawings "customized" to our sites. I guess if it works, it wouldn't matter if they are off-the-shelf, but we constantly have urge them to look at the total picture i.e. cost, ease of construction, time savings and longer term maintenance savings.For example, when I asked them if we should consider 1 turbine instead of the more traditional 2, they gave the 40% output reason pointed out in the book which was widely accepted by all. Discussions about using different materials other than steel for penstocks also didn't go too far.Now that the consultant is entering into the tender drawings phase, We are trying to raise many of the design considerations highlighted in this book to them. As we debate each item, I cannot help but feel extremely relieved to have bought and read this book. At the very least, even though we are led by our consultant on the designs, we are not completely blind and have working knowledge to influence the designs.This book has been invaluable to our business. The contents in the book are having a real life impact here in our projects.I highly recommend this book to anyone who is about to enter into the small hydro space.

If you are the developer, designer, constructor, owner or operator of small hydro plants then ignore this book at your peril!For anybody with an interest in the subject, this is an immensely readable book filled with invaluable information and experience, including drawings. I particularly enjoyed the various lessons learned paragraphs dotted throughout the book, which help illustrate the various sections covering pretty much everything needed to create a successful project. Bryan’s enthusiasm and considerable knowledge of the subject is very clear and it is to his great credit that he’s prepared to share this with the industry. If experts in other generation technologies would do the same then our electricity would undoubtedly be cheaper and more reliable!Of course the book doesn’t claim to have all the answers, but if it just helps readers identify and understand the issues so they can ask the right questions then it’s done its job.

This book is a "must-have" for anyone working in the hydropower sector. Especially for all engineers starting in this area of business. It is a comprehensive compilation of everything one needs to know about small hydroelectric plants plus a valuable source of information on a variety of topics in the hydropower sector. Definitely a very useful and valuable book to have in one's technical library

In a word: Amazing !!!

Requested my money back because the book is not new as claimed in their listing on Amazon

I purchased kindle edition. How I can gain access to CD content?Thanks,Kinga

100 % Recommendablegreat contribution with very detailed information. The accompanying CD has information of engineering drawings, economic analysis and design of turbines in excel that complement this great book.

I expected more on generator chapter as done for turbine.