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Production of electricity in power plants using steam-driven turbines represents today and will continue to remain for decades the main source of such energy, regardless of the fuel consumption type: fossil or nuclear. Even some types of power plants using renewable energy, such as solar energy, transform it first into steam energy. Considering that nowadays about 80% of total world electrical energy is produced by power plants that use steam energy, it is very important that the efficiency and reliability of esse...

Although hydropower is one of the oldest energy sources used by man, it is still the leading green, nonpolluting and renewable source for electricity generation worldwide. Hydroelectric power generation is also the most efficient method of large scale electric power generation. Estimates show that there is a huge worldwide capacity of unutilized hydropower potential. Therefore, there are many opportunities for new hydroelectric power plants throughout the world, which makes the study and design of new and improved...