Hydropower Engineering I

Year 3 HWRE
Introduction
Sources of energy
• There are two major sources of power generation;
a) Conventional sources
• Thermal power
• Hydropower
• Nuclear power
a) Non-conventional sources
• Tidal power
• Solar power
• Geothermal power
• Wind power
• Wave power
Energy – Physical Bases and Measuring Units

Derivation: Table 1.1: Energy and Related Terms

Units:
Table 1.2: Energy Units and Conversions
It is recommended to use the unit of SI.

Table 1.3 Internationally Recommended Prefixes for SI Units

K M G T P E Prefix symbol
kilo mega giga tera peta exa Prefix
103 106 109 1012 1015 1018 Factor by which the unit
is multiplied