Hydropower R&D: Recent Advances in Turbine Passage Technology

Rinehart, Bennie Nelson ; Cada, G. F.

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Modifications;    Testing;    Stresses;    99 - General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Fish;   

DOI  :  10.2172/911516
RP-ID  :  DOE/ID-10753
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-99ID-13727
RP-ID  :  911516

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this report is to describe the recent and planned R&D activities across the U.S. related to survival of fish entrained in hydroelectric turbines. In this report, we have considered studies that are intended to develop new information that can be used to mitigate turbine-passage mortality. This review focuses on the effects on fish of physical or operational modifications to turbines, comparisons to survival in other downstream passage routes (e.g., bypass systems and spillways), and applications of new modeling, experimental, and technological approaches to develop a greater understanding of the stresses associated with turbine passage. In addition, the emphasis is on biological studies, as opposed to the engineering studies (e.g., turbine index testing) that re often carried out in support of fish passage mitigation efforts.