A new signal development process and sound system for diverting fish from water intakes

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:7309650

Klinet, D A; Loeffelman, P H; van Hassel, J H ^[1]

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1. American Electric Power Service Corp., Columbus, OH (US)

This paper reports that American Electric Power Service Corporation has explored the feasibility of using a patented signal development process and underwater sound system to divert fish away from water intake areas. The effect of water intakes on fish is being closely scrutinized as hydropower projects are re-licensed. The overall goal of this four-year research project was to develop an underwater guidance system which is biologically effective, reliable and cost-effective compared to other proposed methods of diversion, such as physical screens. Because different fish species have various listening ranges, it was essential to the success of this experiment that the sound system have a great amount of flexibility. Assuming a fish's sounds are heard by the same kind of fish, it was necessary to develop a procedure and acquire instrumentation to properly analyze the sounds that the target fish species create to communicate and any artificial signals being generated for diversion.

• OSTI ID: 7309650
• Report Number(s): CONF-920432-; CODEN: PAPWA
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Vol. 54:1; Conference: 54. annual American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 13-15 Apr 1992; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
FISHES
PHYSICAL PROTECTION
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
INTAKE
SOUND WAVES
AMPLIFIERS
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ELECTROMECHANICS
EQUIPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
SIGNALS
UNDERWATER
WATER
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LEVELS
MECHANICS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
PUBLIC UTILITIES
VERTEBRATES
130600* - Hydro Energy- Environmental Aspects
440800 - Miscellaneous Instrumentation- (1990-)