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Title: A Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) for Characterizing Hydraulic Conditions and Impacts of Hydro-Structures on Fish

Abstract

Currently, approximately 16% of the world’s electricity and over 80% of the world’s renewable electricity is generated from hydropower resources, and there is potential for development of a significant amount of new hydropower capacity. However, in practice, realizing all the potential hydropower resource is limited by various factors, including environmental effects and related mitigation requirements. That is why hydropower regulatory requirements frequently call for targets to be met regarding fish injury and mortality rates. Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET), an integrated suite of software tools, is designed to characterize hydraulic conditions of hydropower structures and provide quantitative estimates of fish injury and mortality rates due to various physical stressors including strike, pressure, and shear. HBET enables users to design new studies, analyze data, perform statistical analyses, and evaluate biological responses. In this paper, we discuss the features of the HBET software and describe a case study that illustrates its functionalities. Here, HBET can be used by turbine manufacturers, hydropower operators, and regulators to design and operate hydropower systems that minimize ecological impacts in a cost-effective manner.

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5]
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Washington State Univ. Tri-Cities, Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
  3. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
  5. Washington State Univ. Tri-Cities, Richland, WA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1434848
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-124812
Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1073; ENERGA; WC0102000
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Energies
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher:
MDPI AG
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
13 HYDRO ENERGY; 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; sustainable hydropower; hydroelectric turbine; fish injury; fish friendly turbine

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Hou, Hongfei, Deng, Zhiqun Daniel, Martinez, Jayson J., Fu, Tao, Duncan, Joanne P., Johnson, Gary E., Lu, Jun, Skalski, John R., Townsend, Richard L., and Tan, Li. A Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) for Characterizing Hydraulic Conditions and Impacts of Hydro-Structures on Fish. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.3390/en11040990.
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Hou, Hongfei, Deng, Zhiqun Daniel, Martinez, Jayson J., Fu, Tao, Duncan, Joanne P., Johnson, Gary E., Lu, Jun, Skalski, John R., Townsend, Richard L., & Tan, Li. A Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) for Characterizing Hydraulic Conditions and Impacts of Hydro-Structures on Fish. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11040990
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Hou, Hongfei, Deng, Zhiqun Daniel, Martinez, Jayson J., Fu, Tao, Duncan, Joanne P., Johnson, Gary E., Lu, Jun, Skalski, John R., Townsend, Richard L., and Tan, Li. Thu . "A Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) for Characterizing Hydraulic Conditions and Impacts of Hydro-Structures on Fish". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11040990. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1434848.
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@article{osti_1434848,
title = {A Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET) for Characterizing Hydraulic Conditions and Impacts of Hydro-Structures on Fish},
author = {Hou, Hongfei and Deng, Zhiqun Daniel and Martinez, Jayson J. and Fu, Tao and Duncan, Joanne P. and Johnson, Gary E. and Lu, Jun and Skalski, John R. and Townsend, Richard L. and Tan, Li},
abstractNote = {Currently, approximately 16% of the world’s electricity and over 80% of the world’s renewable electricity is generated from hydropower resources, and there is potential for development of a significant amount of new hydropower capacity. However, in practice, realizing all the potential hydropower resource is limited by various factors, including environmental effects and related mitigation requirements. That is why hydropower regulatory requirements frequently call for targets to be met regarding fish injury and mortality rates. Hydropower Biological Evaluation Toolset (HBET), an integrated suite of software tools, is designed to characterize hydraulic conditions of hydropower structures and provide quantitative estimates of fish injury and mortality rates due to various physical stressors including strike, pressure, and shear. HBET enables users to design new studies, analyze data, perform statistical analyses, and evaluate biological responses. In this paper, we discuss the features of the HBET software and describe a case study that illustrates its functionalities. Here, HBET can be used by turbine manufacturers, hydropower operators, and regulators to design and operate hydropower systems that minimize ecological impacts in a cost-effective manner.},
doi = {10.3390/en11040990},
journal = {Energies},
number = 4,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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