Operational Stability of Hydropower Plant with Upstream and Downstream Surge Chambers during Small Load Disturbance

A surge chamber is a common pressure reduction facility in a hydropower plant.Owing to large flow inertia in the upstream headrace tunnel and downstream tailrace tunnel, a hydropower plant with upstream and downstream surge chambers (HPUDSC) was adopted.This paper aimed to investigate the operational stability and nonlinear dynamic behavior of a HP

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Barriers to the Quality of Emergency Online Pedagogies in Higher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study from the University of Namibia

Using the TIPEC framework, this Girls Fall Casual Set study undertook a critical literature analysis, and student survey to explore challenges experienced by higher education institutions during emergency online pedagogies because of disruptions from the COVID-19 outbreak.The study revealed that most higher education institutions are still grapplin

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