DON HONORIO VENTURA TECHNOLOGICAL STATE UNIVERSITY

Bacolor, Pampanga
ME 513a
Quiz #1

Name: Date:
BSME 5-B Score:

I. Write the word TRUE on the blank if the statement is correct. If the
statement is wrong, write the word FALSE. (10 pts.)
TRUE 1. Hydropower plants are dependable and last long.
TRUE 2. Hydropower stations can and do flood.
TRUE 3. Hydropower can impact water quality and flow.
FALSE 4. Hydropower cant store energy.
TRUE 5. Hydropower relies on the water cycle.
FALSE 6. All stations should have one independent way to exit.
FALSE 7. Hydropower is fueled by oil.
TRUE 8. Reservoirs can be used for recreational activities.
TRUE 9. Older plants were often design with little regard to safety.
FALSE 10. Safety at hydro stations involves only having the correct equipment or hardware
present at the site.

II. IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING. (20 pts.)

Mini Hydropower 1. It is a hydropower plant that generates 100 kW MW of electricity.
Surge Tanks 2. It reduces water hammering in pipes.
Hydraulic Head 3. The distance between the water surface and the turbines.
Intake Gates 4. The water from reservoir is released and controlled through these
gates.
Hydropower 5. It is the most widely used form of renewable energy.
Spill Way 6. A away for spilling of water from dams.
Power Plant 7. It is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
Penstock 8. That long pipe that carries the water flowing from the reservoir
towards the powerhouse.
Run-of-the-river 9. These electricity stations are not design to store water and they have a
much smaller reservoir capacity than pumped storage stations.
Transmission Lines 10. These sends the electricity generated to a large industrial consumer
directly.
22.5 GW 11. What is the maximum capacity of the Three Gorges Dam?
1.6 MW 12. What is the maximum capacity of the Agusan Dam?
 Generator 13. A rotating machine that converts mechanical power into electrical
power.
Francis Type 14. It is a Fish-friendly turbine.
14 GW 15. What is the maximum capacity of the Itaipu Dam?
Hydroelectric Power16. It is the production of electrical power through the use of the
gravitational force of falling or flowing water.
Reservoir 17. The place behind the dam where water is stored is called _______.
Large Hydropower 18. It is a hydropower plant that generates more than 30 MW of power.
105 MW 19. What is the maximum capacity of Ambuklao Dam?
Itaipu Dam 20. What is the name of the power plant that is known for being one of the
Seven Wonders of the Modern World?

III. ENUMERATION (40 PTS.)

A. Physical Environmental Effects 10. Intake Gates

11. Penstock
1. The river and ecosystem will be 12. Water Turbines
altered as soon as the dam 13. Generators
construction begins. 14. Spill Ways
2. Sediments / Forced Erosion 15. Surge Tank
3. Loss of habitat
D. Types of Turbines
B. Hydroelectric Power Generation
Methods 16. Francis Type
17. Pelton Type
4. Dam
5. Pumped Storage E. Hydropower Plant Safety
6. Run-of-the-river Measures
7. Tidal Power
18. Designing safety for hydropower
C. Hydroelectric Power Components stations.
19. Planning ahead to control risks.
8. Dam 20. Safety upgrades for older power
9. Water Reservoir station

IV. ESSAY (30 pts.)

*Explain how a Hydroelectric Power Plant works.

First we choose the area where the water is sufficient to reserve and no any crisis
of water and suitable to build a dam, then we construct the dam. The main function of
dam is to stop the flow of water and reserve the water in reservoir.
 Initially the water flows through the dam. At the dam the water gets accumulated.
Thus, the potential energy of the water increases due to the height of the dam.

When the gates of the dam are opened then the water moves with high Kinetic
Energy into the penstock. Through the penstock water goes to the turbine house. Since
the penstock makes water to flow from high altitude to low altitude the Kinetic Energy of
the water is again raised.

In the turbine house the pressure of the water is controlled by the controlling
valves as per the requirements. The controlled pressurized water is fed to the turbine.

Due to the pressure of the water the light weight turbine rotates. Due to the high
speed rotation of the turbine the shaft connected between the turbine and the generator
rotates.

Due to the rotation of generator the ac current is produced. After generating

electricity at low voltage, we use step up transformer to enlarge the level of voltage
(generally 132 KV, 220 KV, 400 KV and above) as per our requirement. After that we
transmit the electric power to the load center, and then we step down the voltage for
industrial and large consumer and then again we step down the voltage to distribute
electricity at domestic level.