Small-Scale Hydropower and Energy Recovery Interventions: Management, Optimization Processes and Hydraulic Machines Applications

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: analytical solution; axial flow pump; BEP; bulk viscosity; CFD; conduit; counter-rotating microturbine; damping; dissipation; drinking water facilities; efficiency prediction; energy recovery; experimental model; flow dynamics; Francis turbine; frugal innovation; hydraulic characteristics; hydraulic power plant; hydropower; improved operation strategy; low tech; mathematic analysis; Mathematics and Science; measurement; micro-hydro pump storage; micro-pipe turbine; model test; multi-objective optimization; municipal water treatment station; n/a; numerical simulation; optimization processes; orthogonal test; performance measurements; Physics; pressure pulsation; pressure pulsations; prototype endurance tests; pump as turbine; pumping system; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; renewable energy; Research and information: general; rotational speed; second viscosity; selection design; simulation model; small-scale hydropower; system engineering; tap-water pipeline; theoretical model; turbine maps; wall roughness; water distribution network; water wheel
• ISBN: 9783036555546; 3036555536; 9783036555539; 3036555544
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-5553-9

Several topics in the small-scale hydropower sector are of great interest for pursuing the goal of a more sustainable relationship with the environment. The goal of this Special Issue entitled “Small-Scale Hydropower and Energy Recovery Interventions: Management, Optimization Processes and Hydraulic Machines Applications” was to collect the most important contributions from experts in this research field and to arouse interest in the scientific community towards a better understanding of what might be the main key aspects of the future hydropower sector. Indeed, the Guest Editors are confident that the Special Issue will have an important impact on the entire scientific community working in this research field that is currently facing important changes in paradigm to achieve the goal of net-zero emissions in both the energy and water sectors.