HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER

WHAT IS HYDRO
ELECTRIC
POWER

HYDRO POWER •
REFERS TO THE
CONVERSION OF
FLOWING WATER
INTO
.ELECTRICITY
 IS THE HYDRO
ELECTRIC POWER A
RENEWABLE SOURCE
? OF ENERGY

IT IS CONSIDERED AS A •
RENEWABLE SOURCE
OF ENERGY , BECAUSE
THE WATER CYCLE IS
CONSTANTY RENEWED
BY THE SUN
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 THE HISTORY OF
HYDRO-ELECTRIC
POWER

• IN THE PAST, ONE OF THE

USES OF HYDRO ELECTRIC
POWER WAS GRINDING
GRAINS .
• BUT TODAY MODERN
HYDRO PLANTS PRODUCE
ELECTRICITY USING
GENERATORS AND
TURBINES.

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HOW IS ELECTRICTY GENERATED USING
HYDRO POWER:
THE MECHANICAL ENERGY CREATED
BY MOVING WATER SPINS ROTORS ON A
TURBINE , THIS TURBINE IS CONNECTED
TO AN ELECTROMAGNETIC GENERATOR
WHICH PRODUCES ELECTRICITY WHEN
THE TURBINE SPINS .
TYPES OF HYDRO ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF HYDRO •

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
HYDRO DAMS /1 •
RUN OF RIVER /2 •
 HYDRO DAMS

• A DAM IS A LARGE
BARRIER CONSTRUCTED
TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF
WATER AND CONTROL ITS
FLOW .
• .HYDRO-DAMS UTILIZE
THE POTENTIAL ENERGY
FROM DAMMED WATER TO
PRODUCE ELECTRICITY .

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?HOW HYDRO DAMS WORK

The elevation created by Some dams also contain an

additional reservoir at their
the dam(the higher base where water is stored to be
reservoir) creates pumped to the higher reservoir
gravitional force for turning for release when electricity in
the turbine when water is demand . ( pumped storage
released. hydro).
RUN OF RIVER HYDRO

THE SECOND FORM OF HYDRO •

ELECTRICITY IS RUN OFF RIVER HYDRO
RUN OFF RIVER HYDRO STILL USES •
TURBINES AND GENERATORS BUT RELIES
.ON NATURAL WATER FLOW
RUN OFF RIVER IS SUBJECT TO NATURAL •
WATER VARIABILITY
IT IS MORE INTERMITTENT THAN •
. DAMMED HYDRO
OF ALL RENEWABLE RESOURCES, HEP HOLDS
THE LARGEST SHARE OF WORLDWIDE
ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
 BENEFITS OF HEP

COST COMPETITIVE SOURCE OF ENERGY 

RELIABLE ITS 
FLOOD CONTROL 
RELIABLE WATER SUPPLY 
 DRAWBACKS(DISADVANTAGES) OF HEP

DAMMING A RIVER HAS A MAJOR IMPACT 0N THE LOCAL ENVIROMENT o

DAM FAILURE CAN BE CATASTROPHIC o
HYDRO PLANTS ARE NOT FREE OF GHGS EMISSIONS o
PLANTS IN FLOODED AREA MAKE ANOTHER GREEN HOUSE GAS CALLED o
MEYHANE
 THANKS A LOT FOR WATCHING

PREPARED BY MAAB YASIR AND MATAB •

HISHAM