Finding Potential Sites for Small-Scale Hydro Power in Uganda: a ...
Finding Potential Sites for Small-Scale Hydro Power in Uganda: a ...
Finding Potential Sites for Small-Scale Hydro Power in Uganda: a ...
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To measure the slope of a potential site one of us walked 100 meters either up-river ordown-river, depend<strong>in</strong>g on our start po<strong>in</strong>t. To measure the distance we used a 20-metertape measure. When reach<strong>in</strong>g the 100-meter po<strong>in</strong>t, one of us used the <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ometer andtook sight on the other person’s eyes. The angles are then put <strong>in</strong>to Equation 4.2 tocalculate the height difference between us. At sites with very difficult terra<strong>in</strong>, we had todivide the measurements <strong>in</strong>to steps, as can be seen <strong>in</strong> Figure 4.11.h=nL ns<strong>in</strong>αn(4.2)where h n is head, L n is distance between measur<strong>in</strong>g po<strong>in</strong>ts and α n is the angle of<strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ation (Fraenkel et al., 1991).Figure 4.11 Incl<strong>in</strong>ometer and measur<strong>in</strong>g technique. Source:Fraenkel et al., 1991.4.3.2 On-Site Measurements of FlowWhen measur<strong>in</strong>g the flow of the rivers <strong>in</strong> our evaluation, we used the pr<strong>in</strong>ciple of lett<strong>in</strong>ga cross-sectional profile of the streambed be charted <strong>for</strong> a known length of the stream(see Figure 4.12). We used a slightly modified approach compared to the describedmethod, because of limited resources and time. Instead of chart<strong>in</strong>g the complete profileof the streambed, we let one measurement <strong>in</strong> the middle of the stream represent theheight of a triangle-shaped cross-section (see Equation 4.3).45