Advanced Sensor Fish Device for ImprovedTurbine Design

Program Document · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2009

OSTI ID:1218116

Carlson, Thomas J.

Juvenile salmon (smolts) passing through hydroelectric turbines are subjected to environmental conditions that can potentially kill or injure them. Many turbines are reaching the end of their operational life expectancies and will be replaced with new turbines that incorporate advanced “fish friendly” designs devised to prevent injury and death to fish. To design a fish friendly turbine, it is first necessary to define the current conditions fish encounter. One such device used by biologists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was the sensor fish device to collect data that measures the forces fish experience during passage through hydroelectric projects.

• Research Organization: EERE Publication and Product Library, Washington, D.C. (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Water Power Program (EE-4W) (Water Power Program Corporate)
• OSTI ID: 1218116
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Juvenile
salmon
smolt(s)
passage
kill
injury
injure
fish friendly
fish-friendly
design(s)
death
define
condition(s)
biological
biologist(s)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PNNL
sensor fish
data
measure
force(s)