Simulation and Modeling Capability for Standard Modular Hydropower Technology

Technical Report · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1394299· OSTI ID:1394299

Stewart, Kevin M. ^[1]; Smith, Brennan T. ^[1]; Witt, Adam M. ^[1]; DeNeale, Scott T. ^[1]; Bevelhimer, Mark S. ^[1]; Pries, Jason L. ^[1]; Burress, Timothy A. ^[1]; Kao, Shih-Chieh ^[1]; Mobley, Miles H. ^[1]; Lee, Kyutae ^[1]; Curd, Shelaine L. ^[1]; Tsakiris, Achilleas ^[2]; Mooneyham, Christian ^[2]; Papanicolaou, Thanos ^[2]; Ekici, Kivanc ^[2]; Whisenant, Matthew J. ^[1]; Welch, Tim ^[3]; Rabon, Daniel ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
3. US Department of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)

Grounded in the stakeholder-validated framework established in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s SMH Exemplary Design Envelope Specification, this report on Simulation and Modeling Capability for Standard Modular Hydropower (SMH) Technology provides insight into the concepts, use cases, needs, gaps, and challenges associated with modeling and simulating SMH technologies. The SMH concept envisions a network of generation, passage, and foundation modules that achieve environmentally compatible, cost-optimized hydropower using standardization and modularity. The development of standardized modeling approaches and simulation techniques for SMH (as described in this report) will pave the way for reliable, cost-effective methods for technology evaluation, optimization, and verification.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1394299
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-2017/175
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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