Publications

Publications in English Publications in French

Nile Waters



• The potential roles of Africa's major rivers
  


• It is possible to increase by over thirty per cent the Nile Water availability
  (January 2011)



Design and construction of dams



• Some data on Hydropower (onshore and offshore)
  (June 2011)
• The role of dams in the XXI century. Achieving a sustainable development traget
  (Report for ICOLD'S Commitee on Governance of dams. Hydropower & Dams Issue 3 - 2006)
• Design and Construction of Dams, Reservoirs, and Balancing Lakes
  (Unesco - 2003)



Dams safety improvement and cost savings



• ICOLD - Q.93 - Legislation or regulation on safety may be detrimental to safety
  (June 2012)


• Draft of ICOLD Bulletin on Cost Savings in Dams (floods, spillways and siltation)
  


• ICOLD studies on cost saving opportunities
  (Note - 2009)
• Non structural measures are cost effective for reducing risks of most dams
  (September 2002)
• Classification of reported failures
  (ICOLD Bulletin 109)
• General Status of Reservoir and Dam Safety in China


• Dam construction sites accident prevention
  (ICOLD Bulletin 80)



Reservoirs sedimentation



• Dams with significant siltation problems
  (2010)


• Sedimentation Management in hydro reservoirs
  (Water India - 2004)



Spillways



• New methods and criteria for designing spillways could reduce risks and costs significantly
  (Hydropower & Dams, Issue Three, 2012)
• Should we forget the traditional « design flood »?
  (Hydropower & Dams Issue 2 - 2005)
• Gated spillways and other controlled release facilities, and dam safety
  (ICOLD 20th Congress : Question 79 - General report)
• Analysis and low cost mitigation of the flood risk of Asian dams
  (Xian symposium - November 2005)
• Efficiency, cost and utilization of various fuse devices and labyrinth weirs
  (ICOLD 22 nd Congress : Question 84.)
• New approaches to flood management
  (Asia 2006 - Session 9)
• Collapsible gates and labyrinth weirs for new or existing dams
  (Water India V - September 2008)
• Concrete fuse plugs
  (ICOLD Bulletin on Cost saving in dams. Appendix 4.3)
• Concrete fuse plugs : Data for an easy design
  (Leaflet-2009)



Piano Keys Weir



• The Piano Keys Weirs : a new cost-effective solution for spillways
  (Hydropower & Dams Issue 5 - 2003)
• Design of a new economic shape of weir
  


• Labyrinth weirs
  (ICOLD Bulletin on Cost saving in dams. Appendix 4.2)
• New labyrinth weirs triple the spillways discharge
  (Leaflet - 2009)



Small and medium dams



• Dams less than thirty meters high
  (ICOLD bulletin 109 - Summary and conclusion)
• Guidelines for small dams
  (Conclusion)
• Low cost technologies to improve reservoirs storage
  (Hydro 2009)



Tidal Plants



• Large Tidal plants
  


• ICOLD Question 88. Tidal plants may be 20% of future Hydropower
  


• An overview of tidal power potential and prospects
  (Hydropower & dams - Marine Energy Supplement, 2009)



Energy and energy storage



• Some comments on the future world energy
  (June 2011)


• The "Emerald Lakes"
  (Hydropower and Dams : Issue 1 - 2008)
• Hydropower storage may be the key to sustainable energy 07.2009
  

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