Course detail

Design of Pump Stations and Hydropower Plants

FSI-MCSAcad. year: 2025/2026

Hydraulic power plants design - the basics of the water power is presented as to range, scope, technologies, structure, operation, control, measurements and economy of the plants.
The projecting of pumping station is aimed to determine of suitable pumps for pumping station.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

doc. Ing. Miloslav Haluza, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Entry knowledge

Knowledge, during the previous courses of Hydromechanics and Pipe engineering obtained, is the pre-requisite

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Seminars and written tasks on the excercises. Course-unit credit requirements, way and rules of examinations and the final classification of the course. Credit and Examination is in written form.
Seminars and written tasks on the excercises.

Aims

In the Projecting of pumping stations and water dams will students workiing on computations of water roads to water turbines, pressures and pressureless, the computations of weirs, compensatory rooms, basic dimensions of engine house of water power station, flow in stream bed with free water level. Designs of turbines in flow water power station from curve of head and discharge for giving locality from known characteristic of the turbine, input flow objects, stock computations for river flow, and about model similarity in models of dams and spillways.
Knowledge of theory, simulation methods, of the basic approach to design, technology and operation of the hydraulic power plants. Knowledge of experimental method.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bláha,J.,Brada,K., Příručka čerpací techniky. Praha,ČVUT 1997,ISBN 80-01-01626-9 (CS)
Čábelka,J., Využitie vodnej energie I. Bratislava, SVTL 1958 (SK)
Čábelka,J., Využitie vodnej energie II. Bratislava, SVTL 1959 (SK)
Kolář, V.,Vinopal, S.,Hydraulika průmyslových armatur. Praha, SNTL 1963 (CS)
Nechleba,M.,Vodní turbíny, jejich konstrukce a příslušenství.2. vydání. Praha, SNTL 1962 (CS)
Paciga,A. Projektovanie zariadení čerpacej techniky. Bratislava, SVTL 1978 (SK)
Štoll,Č.,Kratochvíl,S.,Holata,M., Využití vodní energie. Praha, SNTL 1977 2005 - ∞ (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ETI-P Master's

    specialization FLI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Haluza, CSc.

Syllabus

Hydraulic power plants design
1. Categories and layout of the HEPP(Hydro Electric Water Plant).
2.Flow in penstocks,consumption curves.A curves of flow and head persisting. The design of turbines with characteristic exploitation.The penstock design.
3.Design of surge chambers. The safety protection of penstocks.
4.The safety equipment of HEPP (screens,baffles,gate openings).Operational and safety valves.
5.Broth design, dimensioning.Water jump coomputation.
6.The main dimensions of machine room of HEPP.

Laboratory exercise

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

doc. Ing. Miloslav Haluza, CSc.

Syllabus

Exercises will be aimed of modelling measurements, computations of flow and mountain stream flow, computations of weirs and stocks. Laboratories will be aimed on obtaining of the coefficient of spillway.