Development and evaluation of the modular inclined screen (MIS)
- Alden Research Lab., Inc., Holden, MA (United States)
- Stone & Webster Engineering Corp., Boston, MA (United States); and others
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has developed and biologically evaluated a new type of fish diversion screen known as the Modular Inclined Screen (MIS). The MIS is designed to operate at any type of water intake with water velocities approaching the screen of up to 3.1 ms{sup -1}. The biological evaluation of the MIS was conducted in the laboratory with juveniles of eleven species. Fish passage was evaluated at five module velocities ranging from 0.6 to 3.1 ms{sup -1}. Net passage survival with a clean screen typically exceeded 99% at velocities up to 1.8 ms{sup -1} for most species, and exceeded 99% overall (all velocities combined) for channel catfish, coho salmon, brown trout, and Atlantic salmon. Fish passage tests with debris accumulation demonstrated that increases in screen head loss up to 12 cm did not reduce the ability of the MIS to safely and effectively divert fish, depending on species and module velocity. On the basis of these results, EPRI, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation (NMPC) and other contributors have constructed a prototype MIS at NMPC`s Green Island Hydroelectric Project on the Hudson River. Field evaluations of this first MIS will be conducted in the fall of 1995. In addition to the MIS, the effectiveness of a strobe light system will be studied to determine its ability to divert blueback herring from the river to the MIS.
- OSTI ID:
- 220108
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9507190-; TRN: 96:000708-0190
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waterpower 1995: international conference, San Francisco, CA (United States), 25-28 Jul 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Waterpower`95. Volume 1-3; Cassidy, J.L. [ed.]; PB: 2869 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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