Waterpower Station

Interactive hydroelectric systems lab

MODEL RUNNING / HYDROELECTRIC
SYSTEM OVERVIEW / 3D

From stored water to the grid

RUNNING
Preparing the hydraulic model…
Flow visualization — not to scaleDRAG TO ORBIT · SCROLL TO ZOOM
WATERMECHANICALELECTRICAL
PARAMETER LAB

System controls

01 / Water

02 / Turbine

03 / Generator

04 / Transmission

Adjust a parameter to see its effect on delivered power.

FIELD NOTES / 01

The physics behind the flow

01

Voltage · Current · Power

Voltage is electrical pressure; current is charge flow. Power is the rate energy is transferred: in three-phase AC, P = √3 × V × I × PF.

02

Head is elevation

A river’s slope is not its head. Head is the vertical elevation difference available to the turbine—not the distance along the hillside.

03

Power equations

Hydro power: P = ρ g Q H η. Tidal stream power scales with velocity cubed: P ∝ v³.

Moon phase affects tides through spring/neap cycles. It does not change a dam’s stored head.

CONTROLLED TESTS / 07

Experiment mode

LIVE MODEL OUTPUT

Live relationships

Head → power120.0 m

Indicative curve · current operating point shown above