Application of special types of turbines at locations near the measuring stations "Luke" and "Turkovići" on the Gornja Dobra River

Abstract

U ovom diplomskom radu analizira se rijeka Gornja Dobra kod hidroloških postaja Luke i Turkovići u svrhu određivanja potencijala i mogućnosti gradnje malih hidroelektrana na tim dijelovima vodotoka, s naglaskom na posebne turbine. U samom radu daje se uvid u podatke o vodostaju, protoku i poprečnim presjecima rijeke Gornje Dobre kod obje hidrološke postaje, preuzetih od „Državnog hidrometeorološkog zavoda Republike Hrvatske“. Također u radu se obrađuju turbine, njihova podjela te sam princip rada kao i već izgrađene hidroelektrane na području rijeke Donje Dobre. U samom radu provodi se proračun turbina koje koriste potencijalnu energiju i turbina koje koriste kinetičku energiju vode, uz detaljnu analizu rezultata proračuna snage turbina. Na kraju diplomskog rada provodi se analiza dobivenih podataka te se prikazuje procjena o potencijalu tog dijela vodotoka, odnosno mogućnosti gradnje malih hidroelektrana uz primjenu posebnih vrsta turbina.This thesis analyzes the Gornja Dobra River at the Luke and Turkovići hydrological measurement stations to determine the potential and possibilities of building small hydropower plants on these parts of the watercourse, emphasizing special turbines. The paper provides insight into data on water level, flow, and cross-sections of the Gornja Dobra River at both hydrological stations, taken from the "State Hydrometeorological Institute of the Republic Croatia". The paper also discusses turbines, their classification, the principle of operation, and the hydropower plants that have already been built in the Donja Dobra River area. The paper calculates turbines that use potential energy and turbines that use the kinetic energy of water, with a detailed analysis of the results of the turbine power calculation. At the end of the thesis, an analysis of the data obtained is carried out, and an assessment of the potential of this part of the watercourse, i.e., the possibilities of building small hydropower plants using special types of turbines, is presented