Description

Water Flow Measuring Methods in mini/micro hydropower for Streams and River (Case study: Fomanat plain, Gilan)

<Abstract>

This study represents application of various methods to measure rate of water flow in mini/micro hydropower. In this study, Discharge measurement was carried out for 7 calendar months, from September 2018 to April 2019 using three techniques including GIS-based method, direct method, and estimating based on a regional regression model.

3rd National Conference on Water Resources Management in Coastal Plains

Authors

M. Jafari Ashourabadi ¹

R. Fazloula¹

M. Effati²

A. Jamali³

1; Department of Water Engineering, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran.

2; Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.

3; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

Keyword

• POTENTIAL POWER GENERATION
• Discharge
• GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS)
• mini/micro hydropower