The development and deployment of a submersible ROV for the underwater inspection of hydroelectric station tunnels

The inspection of deep and long, water-filled tunnels at pumped storage hydroelectric stations has posed a challenge to the electric utility industry. Virginia Power and its partner, Allegheny Power System, faced this challenge at its Bath County Pumped Storage Station in western Virginia. <p>...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heffron, Ronald E.
Other Authors: Systems Engineering
Format: Dissertation
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40680
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01202010-020029/