Technologies for Evaluating Fish Passage Through Turbines

Technical Report · Wed Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2003

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1218167· OSTI ID:1218167

Weiland, Mark A. ^[1]; Carlson, Thomas J. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

This study evaluated the feasibility of two types of technologies to observe fish and near neutrally buoyant drogues as they move through hydropower turbines. Existing or reasonably modified light-emitting and ultrasonic technologies were used to observe flow patterns, the response of fish to flow, and interactions between fish and turbine structures with good spatial and temporal accuracy. This information can be used to assess the biological benefits of turbine design features such as reductions in gaps at the tips and hub of turbine runner blades, reshaping wicket gates and stay vanes, modifications to draft tube splitter piers, and design changes that enhance egress through the powerhouse and tailrace.

• 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; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1218167
• Report Number(s): PNNL--14437; 3780
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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accuracy
acoustic
array(s)
baseline
biological
blade(s)
camera(s)
cycle(s)
detection
digital
diode
draft tube
duty
egress
ensonified
fish
flow
frame
gaps
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hydrophones
hyperbolic
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light-emitting
noise
ping(s)
powerhouse
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resolution
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spatial
stay vane(s)
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tailrace
tips
tracking
transmission(s)
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wicket gate(s)