China Water Encyclopedia. Hydropower Volume

Author: Dong Yuxin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is one of the 21 volumes of the China Water Conservancy Encyclopedia. It organizes the knowledge of this discipline into 14 sections in the form of entries: Hydropower Resources, Hydropower Planning, Hydropower Economics, Hydropower Station Structures, Turbines, Turbine Generators, Turbine-Generator Sets, Hydropower Station Electrical Circuits and Substation Equipment, Hydropower Station Operation and Management, Small Hydropower, Pumped Storage Hydropower, Tidal Power Stations, China's Hydropower Construction, and Global Hydropower Development. It lists 345 entries, introducing their basic concepts, fundamental theories, basic methods, and essential facts. The content is both profound and accessible, with accurate and detailed information presented in an easy-to-understand language. This book is suitable for engineering technicians, researchers, and management personnel engaged in water conservancy and hydropower, as well as students and faculty from relevant disciplines in colleges and universities. It can also serve as a reference for a broad readership interested in hydropower and seeking to gain knowledge about the field.