UNIT 1:
Water Power Introduction. Sources of Energy. Status of Power in the world. Hydro Power. Place of Hydro Power in a power System. Transmission voltages and Hydro-Power. Estimation of Water Power Potential.

UNIT 2:
River Hydro-Power Plant Types of Hydro Power plants. Runoff River Plants. Valley Dam Plants. Diversion Canal Plants. High Head Diversion. Storage and Pondage.

UNIT 3:
Pumped Storage Power Plant Introduction of Pumped Storage power plants. Types of Pumped Storage plants. Advantages and disadvantages of pumped Storage power plants. Two unit and three unit arrangement. Reservoir and water conveyance.

UNIT 4:
Hydraulic Machines –Centrifugal Pumps Introduction of Centrifugal pump. Centrifugal pumps : Various types and their important components. Working principle of pump. Priming of a pump. Characteristic Curves of a centrifugal pump. Velocity triangle of centrifugal pump.

UNIT 5:
Hydraulic Machines -Reciprocating pumps Reciprocating pumps: Principle of working, Coefficient of discharge, slip, single acting and double acting pump, Manometric head, Acceleration head.