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Wasserkraft_e
D. L. Vischer, Prof.
Dr. Dr. h.c.
R. Sinniger,
Prof. Ing. ETH Kerndaten
Hydropower
in Switzerland
The use
of hydropower in Switzerland is based
on a long tradition. The topography of
Switzerland presents favourable conditions for providing
the population with electrical energy obtained
from the exploitation of the flows and gravitational potential of its
waters.
Tremendous dams, modern weirs, turbines and generators have led to
world wide
recognition of the leading achievements of
Switzerland’s engineers and companies in the field of
hydropower development.
The
documentation presents a major chapter of
Swiss engineering, the development of hydropower
exploitations from the beginnings with the water wheel to the major
civil works
developments and up to the latest developments in turbine, generator
and
control techniques. The wide spectrums of the subject and the long
history of
the technical developments require presentation reflecting particular
moments
of this history; however they reflect as a whole an
impressive picture of this most important part of the energy supply of
Switzerland.
The
documetation comprises six
departments:
- The Beginnings of Hydropower
- Milestones of Hydropower
Exploitation
- Dams, the Useful Pyramids
- Developments in Hydropower
Equipment
- The Countenance of Power
Stations
- The Pioneers.
132
pages
67
illustrations
(bw)
31 illustrations (color)
130 photos
(bw)
86 photos (color)
20,5 cm
x 23,0 cm
Paperback
ISBN-13:
978-3-7266-0043-3
ISBN-10: 3-7266-0043-4
EAN-Code: 9783726600433
Original
title: Wasserkraft in der Schweiz
Language: English
Other languages:  German,
 French
Electricity
generation and transmission
power
stations
turbine
developments
water power exploitation
dams dam
book of exhibition "Wasserkraft in der
Schweiz"
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