Essays about: "micro hydropower"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words micro hydropower.

1. 1. Tribological Performance of Hygrothermally Aged UHMWPE Hybrid Composites

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik

   Author : Luca Palmeira Belotti; [2018]
   Keywords : UHMWPE; aging; polymers; tribology;

   Abstract : Stricter environmental regulations and trend of decreasing cost and increasing operational efficiency are the driving forces for the improvement of the tribological performance in many different industries. For example, in the case of hydropower plants, there has been increasing research carried out to achieve oil-free stations, which would substitute the oil-based lubricants with environmentally accepted lubricants or water. READ MORE

3. 2. Rural Electrification in East Malaysia : Achieving optimal power generation system and sustainability of rural electrification projects

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Tian Shen Liang; [2016]
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   Abstract : The objectives of this project are to propose improvements to one of the civil society organisations, Lightup Borneo, helping it to attain an optimal power generation system capable of supplying reliable and continuous electricity, as well as to achieve sustainability of rural electrification projects. The project spans six months; methodology includes desk research, field research, case study and simulation using HOMER. READ MORE

4. 3. Renewable Energy for Rural Electrification and Development in Mozambique

   University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

   Author : Emilia Ines COME; [2015]
   Keywords : Rural electrification; Energy sector; Renewable Energy; RE potential; LEAP Model; Solar PV for village school;

   Abstract : Rural areas continue to be home to the majority of the population in Africa. The importance of providing modern energy to rural areas cannot, therefore, be overemphasized.  No wonder that at presently the major energy resource in Mozambique is fuel wood biomass. READ MORE

5. 4. Feasibility study of Gisuma micro-hydropower plant (Rwanda)

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik

   Author : Leonidas Nzirorera; J. Pierre Shumbosho; [2015]
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   Abstract : Nowadays; Rwanda is one of the country which is under developing country and one of the strategy to be used is to explore and develop the sector of energy in Rwanda. Our country Rwanda needs to develop the rural electrification sectors in order to provide illumination to the population living in those rural  areas for rapid development in different sectors like schools; health centers; business centers; administrative officers. READ MORE

6. 5. The Sustainable Eradication of Energy Poverty. A study of micro hydropower in Murung Raya, Indonesia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Brittany Benson; [2014]
   Keywords : rural electrification; micro hydropower; sustainable development; Indonesia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore the sustainability of a renewable village grid micro hydropower project in the Murung Raya district of Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, according to indicators for five dimensions of sustainability: economic, environmental, social, technical, and institutional. The theoretical discussion and subsequent analytical framework are rooted in dimensions of sustainable development based on a paper from Ilskog and Kjellström (2008), where they aim to conceptualisation sustainable development for off-grid rural electrification. READ MORE