Course Details
Dams and Hydropower Engineering
Academic Year 2023/24
BRA004 course is part of 1 study plan
BPC-SI / V Summer Semester 3rd year
Basic information on dam design and hydropower energy. Follows course Hydro technical structures and Hydro technical structures I.
Detailed information dam construction, basic data required for dam design, dam load, cross sectional profile design, functional objects and their design, foundation and realization, measurements dam on dams, monitoring.
Stream hydropower utilization, possibilities and rules of usage, types of hydro-energy structures and their water management solution, objects of different types of hydro power plant, constructional configuration of turbines, individual components solution, design of small hydro power plant and peak load power plant.
Detailed information dam construction, basic data required for dam design, dam load, cross sectional profile design, functional objects and their design, foundation and realization, measurements dam on dams, monitoring.
Stream hydropower utilization, possibilities and rules of usage, types of hydro-energy structures and their water management solution, objects of different types of hydro power plant, constructional configuration of turbines, individual components solution, design of small hydro power plant and peak load power plant.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
By attending the course students will get basic information and knowledge, which enables them to solve individually the problems related to design and realisation of dams and structures required for water power energy utilisation.
Knowledge
The output is knowledge about problems related to design and realisation of dams and structures required for water power energy utilisation.
Syllabus
1. Development and history of dam engineering, division of dams according to their constructional material and according to static transfer of load into the underlay. Data required, design of cross sectional profiles of dams.
2.–3. Functional objects and their design, hydraulic design of individual types of functional objects.
4.–5. Calculation of dam cross-section parameters for different types of dams (lining and protection of outer and upstream face, drainage system, filters, dam crest, dam sealing, connection of sealing to the underlay).
6.–7. Foundation and realization of dams, measurements on dams, monitoring.
8. Hydro power energy possibilities and rules of usage.
9. Types hydro power plant and their solution, functional objects of different types of hyro power plants, constructional design.
10.–11. Division of hydro power plants, constructional solution of turbines and their accessories, solution of individual parts of hydro power plants.
12. Design of small hydro power plant and peak load power plant. Engine room and accessories of hydro power plants.
2.–3. Functional objects and their design, hydraulic design of individual types of functional objects.
4.–5. Calculation of dam cross-section parameters for different types of dams (lining and protection of outer and upstream face, drainage system, filters, dam crest, dam sealing, connection of sealing to the underlay).
6.–7. Foundation and realization of dams, measurements on dams, monitoring.
8. Hydro power energy possibilities and rules of usage.
9. Types hydro power plant and their solution, functional objects of different types of hyro power plants, constructional design.
10.–11. Division of hydro power plants, constructional solution of turbines and their accessories, solution of individual parts of hydro power plants.
12. Design of small hydro power plant and peak load power plant. Engine room and accessories of hydro power plants.
Prerequisites
Basics of hydraulics, hydrology, hydro-technical structures I, structures foundation, earth mechanics, geology, realization of structures, mechanics, static, elasticity and resistance, basics of design of concrete, steal and timber structures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
summer
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1. Development and history of dam engineering, division of dams according to their constructional material and according to static transfer of load into the underlay. Data required, design of cross sectional profiles of dams.
2.–3. Functional objects and their design, hydraulic design of individual types of functional objects.
4.–5. Calculation of dam cross-section parameters for different types of dams (lining and protection of outer and upstream face, drainage system, filters, dam crest, dam sealing, connection of sealing to the underlay).
6.–7. Foundation and realization of dams, measurements on dams, monitoring.
8. Hydro power energy possibilities and rules of usage.
9. Types hydro power plant and their solution, functional objects of different types of hyro power plants, constructional design.
10.–11. Division of hydro power plants, constructional solution of turbines and their accessories, solution of individual parts of hydro power plants.
12. Design of small hydro power plant and peak load power plant. Engine room and accessories of hydro power plants.
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
1.–2. Design of run-off the river hydropowerplant (HPP).
3. Design of technological equipment of small HPP.
4.–5. Layout and sections of HPP.
6. Layout of embankment dam, longitudinal section.
7.–8. Typical cross section of the dam. Layout plan.
9. Location of appurtenant works.
10. Bottom outlets – hydraulic design.
11.–12. Emergency spillway – hydraulic design. Credits.