Control models for hydropower system analysis and operation

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:166971

Georgakakos, A P; Yao, H; Yu, Y

In this work, several new models for hydropower systems analysis and operation have been developed and tested. More specifically, the new models are designed to address the following issues: (1) Determination of the dependable power capacity for a system of hydropower facilities, (2) Determination of the firm energy for a system of hydropower facilities, with or without dependable capacity commitments, and (3) optimization of the hydroelectric energy value. (The value of energy is measured by the savings in thermal plant fuel consumption). The models of the first two categories have a time discretization of one day, while those of the third are hourly. All models share a common structure consisting of a turbine load allocation module and a reservoir control module. In addition to a detailed representation of the hydroelectric facilities, this control model structure is also able to model most aspects of water management. The models are applied to the Lanier-Allatoona-Carters reservoir system on the Chattahoochee and Coosa River Basins in the southeastern U.S.

• Research Organization: Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta, GA (United States). Environmental Resources Center
• OSTI ID: 166971
• Report Number(s): PB--96-118781/XAB; ERC--06-94; CNN: Grant DI/USGS-14-08-0001-G2013(03)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

13 HYDRO ENERGY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS
LOAD MANAGEMENT
OPERATION
OPTIMIZATION
RESOURCE POTENTIAL