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Hydroelectric Power for a fuel cell
Built for students learning it for a class or exam. See the concept move instead of memorizing formulas — and check your homework intuition. Simulate a fuel cell live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
Hydroelectric PowerLive
head × flow × gravity
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Hydroelectric power is beautifully simple: P = ρ·g·Q·H·η, the weight of water falling per second times the height it drops, times turbine efficiency. High-head mountain schemes need little water; low-head river plants need enormous flow. It is the most efficient and dispatchable of the major renewables.
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Power output4.17 MW
Annual energy18261 MWh
Homes powered1826
Governing equation
Reading this result: Power scales linearly with all three inputs (P = ρ·g·Q·H·η), so doubling either the head or the flow doubles the output at this operating point.
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