03764nam a2200397 4500 20260818090657.0 130598 th eng .b10198271 AIT Thesis no.WA-80-6 Jayasuriya, M. D. A. Development of a methodology to evaluate the small scale hydro-power potential Bangkok : Asian Institute of Technology, 1981 vii, 99 p. Thesis ; no. WA-80-6 A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1981 The rapid development and the industrialization of developing countries cause the demand for electrical energy to rise annually and constantly strain the resources of the power generating authorities. Small scale hydro- power tend to offer a quick solution to this multidimensional problem, through its renewable source and its economical feasibility . The lack of appropriate methodology to evaluate the small scale hydro-power has been a retarding factor in developing these numerous potentially rich locations. This study is done with the intention of filling this void by way of providing a methodology by which the hydro- power potential of small sites could be evaluated, together with their economic feasibilities. An attempt is made to cover all practical situations that could be anticipated to arise including the development of the flow duration curves for ungauged locations. The developed methodology is then applied to evaluate the hydro-power potential of the uppermost reach of the Mahaweli Ganga in Sri Lanka . The study is restricted to the catchment area contributing to the river gauging station at Watawala . The recorded daily stream flow at Watawala and the daily rainfall recordings at stations Watawala , Abergeldie and Hatton , recorded between the years 1958 to 1971 are the inputs in this study. Application of t he methodology successfully yielded the synthetic flow duration curves for a number of sub reaches and located the reach with the highest concentration of power . Furthermore, it indicates that if a capacity of 120 kw is installed on this reach, it would result in the optimum surplus of annual revenue . Finally when the generation costs of this 120 kw hydro-power p l ant is compared with an alternate diesel power plant of the same capacity , it shows that at an interest rate of a modest 8% and an annual fuel price increase of 5% , the cost of generating a kWh by t he diesel power p l ant would be about 2.6 times that of the hydro-power plant. Water-power electric plants Eggers, Helmut, Chairperson Selvalingam, Selvadore, Examination Committee Tawatchai Tingsanchali, Examination Committee Gupta, Ashim Das, Examination Committee The Government of Switzerland, Scholarship Donor Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. WA-80-6 Full-Text http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B21787 .b10198271 mnait s 250108 2 951012 m a s 0 mnait mnarc 22 40 Barcode : 30050120572580 CREATED : 2014-04-30 RECORD # : i12795276 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 Barcode : 30050160037999 CREATED : 2016-01-22 RECORD # : i12872374 LPATRON : 0 LCHKIN : - # RENEWALS : 0 # OVERDUE : 0 IUSE3 : 0 TOT CHKOUT : 0 TOT RENEW : 0 28841 28841 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnait 2026-08-18 50.00 0 AIT Thesis no.WA-80-6 30050120572580 2026-08-18 09:06:57 3 2026-08-18 22 0 0 0 0 MAIN MAIN mnarc 2026-08-18 0 AIT Thesis no.WA-80-6 30050160037999 2026-08-18 09:06:57 2026-08-18 40