CHAPER 8
Renewable Energy
Energy and the Environment
James A. Fay / Dan S. Golomb
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FIGURE 8.1 The rotating component of a hydroturbine: low-head, high-volume rate flow Kaplan turbine (left), medium-head Francis turbine
(center), and high-head, low-volume rate flow Pelton turbine (right). (By permission of VA Tech Hydro.)
Energy and the Environment
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FIGURE 8.2 The Noxon Rapids dam on the Clark Fork River in Montana generates 466 MW. (By permission of George
Perks/Avista Corp.)
Energy and the Environment
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FIGURE 8.3 A gasifier at a power plant in Burlington, Vermont, processes about 200 tons per day of wood chips and waste, generating a
gaseous fuel that provides 8 MW of electric power from a steam plant. (By permission of DOE/NREL-PIX.)
Energy and the Environment
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FIGURE 8.4 A diagram of the flow of fluids in a geothermal electric power plant.
Energy and the Environment
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