Importance of Hydro Power

Design of Micro - Hydro - Electric Power Station

Micro-hydro-electric power is both an efficient and reliable formof clean source of renewable energy. It can be an excellent method of harnessing renewable energy from small rivers and streams. The micro-hydro project designed to be a run -of-river type, because it requires very little or no reservoir in order to power the turbine. The water will run straight through the turbine and back into t...

Optimization of Hydro-Power Plants for Generation

A decision support system is presented that addresses optimal unit dispatch and load allocation in a multi-unit hydroelectric plant. The concept behind the optimization approach is explained. Estimates of the improvements this system can provide over existing plant operational methodologies are provided. Actual use of this system has provided gains of over 2% in plant performance.

Fluid Mechanics , Pumps , Piping , and Hydro Power

Modeling Hydro Power Plants and Tuning Hydro Governors as an Educational Guideline

Appropriate modeling of components and related controllers are very significant in studying dynamic performance of power systems. In this paper, an educational procedure for modeling, simulation, and governor tuning of hydro power plants is presented. Different existing dynamic models of hydro plant components are reviewed. The procedure for calculating the required parameters from real plant d...

High Quality Modelling of Hydro Power Plants for Restoration Studies

The verification of existing plans for network restoration after blackouts in European electrical energy systems becomes more and more important with the ongoing deregulation process. For this verification high quality computer models of the electrical system are necessary which are able to generate exact results for all possible restoration scenarios. The most important elements of these model...