canal gate Articles
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Project - 1.5 MW, MA
Year: 2020 Running Gear: 3 Vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system, exciters, and canal gate controller This is the second controls upgrade project completed for this customer, for another hydroelectric plant on a highly developed river in central MA, with multiple hydro plants operating both upstream and downstream of the project. ...
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Interaction between the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Orleans Levee Board preceding the drainage canal wall failures and catastrophic flooding of New Orleans in 2005
The authors hope to correct any premature conclusions about the role of the pre-Katrina Orleans Levee Board (OLB) in the failure of the outfall drainage canals in New Orleans during the 2005 hurricane – conclusions that appear to have been based on inaccurate information and/or assumptions. With regard to the 17th Street and London Avenue Canals, the authors have not uncovered any ...
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Project - 3.3 MW, MA
Year: 2022 Running Gear: 3 Vertical shaft Francis turbines with synchronous generators Scope: Replacement of control system, exciters, HPUs This is the third controls upgrade project completed for this customer, who operates a portfolio of hydroelectric plants in central MA. Originally constructed in 1928, this hydroelectric power plant was owned and operated for many years by the local ...
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The History of Water Distribution and Treatment
Introduction Ancient water distribution and treatment methods originated millennia before principles of modern hydraulic design, such as conservation of mass, energy, and momentum, were even put to thought [1]. Spending most of human history as hunters and gatherers, only in the last 10,000 years did civilizations develop more sophisticated means of agriculture-use and, in turn, water ...
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