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Title: A Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology

Abstract

The Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology (MYRP) presents a strategy for specifying, designing, testing, and demonstrating the efficacy of standard modular hydropower (SMH) as an environmentally compatible and cost-optimized renewable electricity generation technology. The MYRP provides the context, background, and vision for testing the SMH hypothesis: if standardization, modularity, and preservation of stream functionality become essential and fully realized features of hydropower technology, project design, and regulatory processes, they will enable previously unrealized levels of new project development with increased acceptance, reduced costs, increased predictability of outcomes, and increased value to stakeholders. To achieve success in this effort, the MYRP outlines a framework of stakeholder-validated criteria, models, design tools, testing facilities, and assessment protocols that will facilitate the development of next-generation hydropower technologies.

Authors:
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, DC (United States).Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  4. Knight Piesold, Denver, CO (United States)
  5. McKeown and Associates, Moberly, MO (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Defect Physics (CDP)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1343501
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-2016/102
WC0102000; CEWW099
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
13 HYDRO ENERGY

Citation Formats

Smith, Brennan T., Welch, Tim, Witt, Adam M., Stewart, Kevin M., Lee, Kyutae, DeNeale, Scott T., Bevelhimer, Mark S., Burress, Timothy A., Pracheil, Brenda M., Pries, Jason L., O'Connor, Patrick W., Curd, Shelaine L., Ekici, Kivanc, Papanicolaou, Thanos, Tsakiris, Achilleas, Kutz, Benjamin, Bishop, Norm, McKeown, Alisha, Rabon, Daniel, Zimmerman, Gregory P., Uria Martinez, Rocio, and McManamay, Ryan A. A Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.2172/1343501.
Smith, Brennan T., Welch, Tim, Witt, Adam M., Stewart, Kevin M., Lee, Kyutae, DeNeale, Scott T., Bevelhimer, Mark S., Burress, Timothy A., Pracheil, Brenda M., Pries, Jason L., O'Connor, Patrick W., Curd, Shelaine L., Ekici, Kivanc, Papanicolaou, Thanos, Tsakiris, Achilleas, Kutz, Benjamin, Bishop, Norm, McKeown, Alisha, Rabon, Daniel, Zimmerman, Gregory P., Uria Martinez, Rocio, & McManamay, Ryan A. A Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1343501
Smith, Brennan T., Welch, Tim, Witt, Adam M., Stewart, Kevin M., Lee, Kyutae, DeNeale, Scott T., Bevelhimer, Mark S., Burress, Timothy A., Pracheil, Brenda M., Pries, Jason L., O'Connor, Patrick W., Curd, Shelaine L., Ekici, Kivanc, Papanicolaou, Thanos, Tsakiris, Achilleas, Kutz, Benjamin, Bishop, Norm, McKeown, Alisha, Rabon, Daniel, Zimmerman, Gregory P., Uria Martinez, Rocio, and McManamay, Ryan A. 2017. "A Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1343501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343501.
@article{osti_1343501,
title = {A Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology},
author = {Smith, Brennan T. and Welch, Tim and Witt, Adam M. and Stewart, Kevin M. and Lee, Kyutae and DeNeale, Scott T. and Bevelhimer, Mark S. and Burress, Timothy A. and Pracheil, Brenda M. and Pries, Jason L. and O'Connor, Patrick W. and Curd, Shelaine L. and Ekici, Kivanc and Papanicolaou, Thanos and Tsakiris, Achilleas and Kutz, Benjamin and Bishop, Norm and McKeown, Alisha and Rabon, Daniel and Zimmerman, Gregory P. and Uria Martinez, Rocio and McManamay, Ryan A.},
abstractNote = {The Multi-Year Plan for Research, Development, and Prototype Testing of Standard Modular Hydropower Technology (MYRP) presents a strategy for specifying, designing, testing, and demonstrating the efficacy of standard modular hydropower (SMH) as an environmentally compatible and cost-optimized renewable electricity generation technology. The MYRP provides the context, background, and vision for testing the SMH hypothesis: if standardization, modularity, and preservation of stream functionality become essential and fully realized features of hydropower technology, project design, and regulatory processes, they will enable previously unrealized levels of new project development with increased acceptance, reduced costs, increased predictability of outcomes, and increased value to stakeholders. To achieve success in this effort, the MYRP outlines a framework of stakeholder-validated criteria, models, design tools, testing facilities, and assessment protocols that will facilitate the development of next-generation hydropower technologies.},
doi = {10.2172/1343501},
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number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}