DOE Hydropower Program Annual Report for FY 2001

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1218128· OSTI ID:1218128

Sale, Michael J. ^[1]; Čada, Glenn F. ^[1]; Carlson, Thomas J. ^[2]; Dauble, Dennis D. ^[2]; Hunt, Richard T. ^[3]; Sommers, Garold L. ^[3]; Rinehart, Ben N. ^[4]; Flynn, John V. ^[5]; Brookshier, Peggy A. ^[6]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
3. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
4. Consultant, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
5. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States). Office of Biopower and Hydropower Technologies
6. US Department of Energy (USDOE), Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Idaho Operations Office

This annual report describes the various projects supported by the hydropower program in FY 2001. The program’s focus for FY 2002 was on improving the environmental performance of hydropower projects by addressing problems such as fish mortality during passage through turbines, alteration of instream habitat, and water quality in tailwaters. A primary goal of this research was to develop new, environmentally friendly technology. DOE-funded projects have produced new conceptual designs for turbine systems, and these were tested in pilot-scale laboratory tests and in the field. New design approaches range from totally new turbine runners (e.g., work by Alden Research Laboratory and Concepts NREC) to modifications to existing designs (e.g., Voith Siemens work on Minimum Gap Runners). Biological criteria have also been developed in controlled laboratory tests of fish response to physical stresses, such as hydraulic shear and pressure changes. These biocriteria were combined with computational design tools to locate and eliminate damaging areas inside turbine systems.

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• OSTI ID: 1218128
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID--10992; 3740
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
2001
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Alden
Columbia River
DO
NREC
Siemens
Voith
alteration
biological
computational
dissolved
environmental
fish
gap
gas
habitat
instream
minimum
mortality
oxygen
passage
phase II
pressure
quality
restoration
runners
salmon
sensor
shear
spillways
stress(es)
stressors
supersaturation
survival
tailwaters
turbine(s)
water