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Title: Modeling and Simulation of Ternary Pumped Storage Hydropower for Power System Studies

Journal Article · · IET Generation, Transmission, & Distribution
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  1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
  2. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  3. General Electric Renewable Energy, Brossard (Canada)
  4. Auburn Univ., AL (United States)
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As the deployment of wind and solar energy increases in the United States, energy storage (ES) will play an important role in future electric power grids. To help manage the variability from high penetration levels of renewable generation, ES can provide promising power/energy demand to coordinate with renewables generation, as a virtual power plant (VPP). There is an industry need for the capability in power system studies to model ternary pumped storage hydropower (T-PSH) that offers increased system benefits. This paper presents a comprehensive vendor-neutral dynamic model of T-PSH in GE's commercial software positive sequence load flow (PSLF). A new governor model is developed with detailed gate valve modeling and a shared-penstock function. Specifically, this model is designed to simulate the seamless transition among three operation modes: generation mode, pumping mode, and hydraulic short-circuit mode. The developed T-PSH model has been tested and validated on a 10-bus test system. A comparison study of T-PSH to conventional pumped storage hydropower has also been conducted on the Western Interconnection system.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Wind and Water Technologies Office (EE-4W)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1558899
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1786739
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5D00-71771
Journal Information:
IET Generation, Transmission, & Distribution, Vol. 13, Issue 19; ISSN 1751-8687
Publisher:
Institution of Engineering and TechnologyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 7 works
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13 HYDRO ENERGY
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