This workshop will cover design considerations as they apply to both low and high head micro-hydro systems. The focus will be on core concepts that may be applied to a wide range of hydro applications. Participants perform preliminary system sizing for mechanical and electrical power generation of 50 Watt to 100 kiloWatt capacities. The course combines class lectures with site tours and lab exercises. Hands-on exercises include: methods of flow measurement, determining head, analyzing and assembling small functioning systems.
The five day micro-hydro workshop was the best practical session I have taken in a long time!
--Bernard Amadei, founder, Engineers Without Borders and Micro-hydro workshop participant, 2007.
Thank you for your knowledge of hydro systems. Because water is very respected in my culture, this was one dream for me because I learned how to use the water, the mother water. Thank you SEI and my instructors for helping me fulfill one of my dreams and my spirit.
-- Diego Teran, Ecuador, Micro-Hydro Power workshop participant 2006
This class concludes a full curriculum of the most intense, informative, and well directed courses I could imagine having the good fortune to participate in. Thank you very much!
-- Jon Crowley, Micro-hydro workshop participant, 2003
Workshops begin at 9 am unless otherwise noted. Please show up
at 8:30 am the first day.
