NPD Hydro

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Abstract

This tool, the Non-Powered Dam Hydropower Development and Ranking Opportunity Tool (NPD HYDRO), allows users to prioritize or rank NPD sites for future development based on user-defined priorities. Benefits can be evaluated in several categories: the grid, community, industry, and environment (represented by the GCIE impact scores in the tool. In addition, the tool provides the user with a qualitative measure for the feasibility of adding energy storage during NPD conversion, specifically battery, hydrogen electrolysis, and pumped-storage hydropower (PSH). By taking a holistic approach to the potential range of benefits provided by NPD conversions with results tailored to the user’s priorities, NPD HYDRO provides the opportunity for national-level screening and enables users to focus on the sites that are most closely aligned with their interests.
Developers:
Woodruff, Nathan [1] Gallego-Calderon, Juan [1] Mosier, Thomas [1] Meng, Jakob [1] Usman, Muhammad [1] Tamaddun, Kazi [2] Harnish, Ryan [2] Barrows, Sarah [3] King, Abigail [2]
  1. Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
  2. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Release Date:
2024-02-28
Project Type:
Open Source, Publicly Available Repository
Software Type:
Scientific
Programming Languages:
Python
Licenses:
GNU General Public License v3.0
Sponsoring Org.:
Code ID:
126020
Research Org.:
Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Country of Origin:
United States
Keywords:
non-powered damns; retrofit; prioritization

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Citation Formats

Woodruff, Nathan, Gallego-Calderon, Juan F., Mosier, Thomas M., Meng, Jakob P., Usman, Muhammad U., Tamaddun, Kazi, Harnish, Ryan A., Barrows, Sarah E., and King, Abigail G. NPD Hydro. Computer Software. https://github.com/idaholab/NPD_Hydro. USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE). 28 Feb. 2024. Web. doi:10.11578/dc.20240415.2.
Woodruff, Nathan, Gallego-Calderon, Juan F., Mosier, Thomas M., Meng, Jakob P., Usman, Muhammad U., Tamaddun, Kazi, Harnish, Ryan A., Barrows, Sarah E., & King, Abigail G. (2024, February 28). NPD Hydro. [Computer software]. https://github.com/idaholab/NPD_Hydro. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240415.2.
Woodruff, Nathan, Gallego-Calderon, Juan F., Mosier, Thomas M., Meng, Jakob P., Usman, Muhammad U., Tamaddun, Kazi, Harnish, Ryan A., Barrows, Sarah E., and King, Abigail G. "NPD Hydro." Computer software. February 28, 2024. https://github.com/idaholab/NPD_Hydro. https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240415.2.
@misc{ doecode_126020,
title = {NPD Hydro},
author = {Woodruff, Nathan and Gallego-Calderon, Juan F. and Mosier, Thomas M. and Meng, Jakob P. and Usman, Muhammad U. and Tamaddun, Kazi and Harnish, Ryan A. and Barrows, Sarah E. and King, Abigail G.},
abstractNote = {This tool, the Non-Powered Dam Hydropower Development and Ranking Opportunity Tool (NPD HYDRO), allows users to prioritize or rank NPD sites for future development based on user-defined priorities. Benefits can be evaluated in several categories: the grid, community, industry, and environment (represented by the GCIE impact scores in the tool. In addition, the tool provides the user with a qualitative measure for the feasibility of adding energy storage during NPD conversion, specifically battery, hydrogen electrolysis, and pumped-storage hydropower (PSH). By taking a holistic approach to the potential range of benefits provided by NPD conversions with results tailored to the user’s priorities, NPD HYDRO provides the opportunity for national-level screening and enables users to focus on the sites that are most closely aligned with their interests.},
doi = {10.11578/dc.20240415.2},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240415.2},
howpublished = {[Computer Software] \url{https://doi.org/10.11578/dc.20240415.2}},
year = {2024},
month = {feb}
}