Costing of a Small Hydropower Projects （成本的小型水电项目）.pdf

IACSIT International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 3, June 2012 Costing of a Small Hydropower Projects Sachin Mishra, S. K. Singal, and D. K. Khatod be submerged, shifting of people etc. from the sites. Political Abstract—Hydropower, large and small, remains by far the and environmental implications have made planners to think most important of the renewable sources for electrical power for some other alternative to the large hydro. Thus comes the generation worldwide, providing 19% of the planet’s electricity. concept of small hydro. Small hydro technology is extremely Small hydro is one of the cost-effective and environmentally robust (systems can last for 50 years or more with little benign energy technologies to be considered for rural electrification in less developed countries. The installation cost maintenance) and is also one of the most environmentally of the small hydropower project is mainly divided into two benign energy technologies available [1]. parts - Civil works and electromechanical equipment. One of the most important element on the recovery of a small hydro-power plant is the electromechanical equipment II. SMALL HYDROPOWER TECHNOLOGY (turbine–alternator). The cost of the equipment means a high percentage of the total budget of the plant. The present paper Hydro-turbines convert water pressure into mechanical intends to develop a correlation to determine the cost based on sha