Hydropower Generation Performance Testing at Plants in Thailand and Laos

Kern, Jamie; Hadjerioua, Boualem; Christian, Mark H.; Witt, Adam M.

Title: Hydropower Generation Performance Testing at Plants in Thailand and Laos

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An operational assessment of four hydropower plants in Southeast Asia revealed that gains in both energy production and water conservation could be achieved with little monetary investment through operational optimization efforts.

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Kern, Jamie ^[1];

^[2]; Christian, Mark H. ^[2];

^[2]

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of International Affairs, Washington, D.C. (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Publication Date:: Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1407783

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Hydro Review

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 36; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 0884-0385

Publisher:: PennWell Corp.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 13 HYDRO ENERGY

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  title        = {Hydropower Generation Performance Testing at Plants in Thailand and Laos},

  author       = {Kern, Jamie and Hadjerioua, Boualem and Christian, Mark H. and Witt, Adam M.},

  abstractNote = {An operational assessment of four hydropower plants in Southeast Asia revealed that gains in both energy production and water conservation could be achieved with little monetary investment through operational optimization efforts.},

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  journal      = {Hydro Review},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 36,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},

  month        = {Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}

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