A report on Hydropower
Use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines.
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Hydroelectricity
3 linksHydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity produced from hydropower.
Industrial Revolution
3 linksThe transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
The transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
This transition included going from hand production methods to machines, new chemical manufacturing and iron production processes, the increasing use of steam power and water power, the development of machine tools and the rise of the mechanized factory system.
Trip hammer
2 linksMassive powered hammer.
Massive powered hammer.
Historically, trip hammers were often powered hydraulically by a water wheel.
Dam
2 linksBarrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.
Barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams.
Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity.
River
1 linksNatural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
Natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.
Most of the major cities of the world are situated on the banks of rivers, as they are, or were, used as a source of water, for obtaining food, for transport, as borders, as a defensive measure, as a source of hydropower to drive machinery, for bathing, and as a means of disposing of waste.
Richard Arkwright
1 linksEnglish inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.
English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution.
He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary carding engine to convert raw cotton to 'cotton lap' prior to spinning.
Air pollution
1 linksContamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
Contamination of air due to the presence of substances in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
Most effective is the switch to clean power sources such as wind power, solar power, hydro power which do not cause air pollution.
Renewable energy
1 linksEnergy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale.
Energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale.
This results in reduced capacity factor and may require keeping some gas-fired power plants or other dispatchable generation on standby until there is enough energy storage, demand response, grid improvement, and/or base load power from non-intermittent sources like hydropower, nuclear power or bioenergy.
Water scoop (hydropower)
0 linksA water scoop is a simple hydropower machine – that is, a machine used to extract power from the flow of water.