Cost analysis of pump as turbine for pico hydropower plants - A case Study

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 721-726

  Motwani, K H ^a   Jain, S V ^b   Patel, R N ^b  

^a Marwadi Education Foundation's Group of Institutions   (India)

^b NIRMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Case study; Cost analysis; Pico hydropower; Pump as turbine; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891682727     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.01.103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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