Hydro-Electric and Pumped Storage Plants

With the power crisis engulfing the world, renewable sources of power like hydropower have gained prominence. Thus hydropower resources are being utilized all over the world on a large scale. This book is an effort to give the rudiments of hydropower generation, as a first course meant for undergraduate students. However, pumped storage plants, which generate peak power, are dealt with in more detail. A large number of illustrations and photographs have been included, making it easy to grasp the subject.