Freshwater biofilms are currently being studied to determine their effect on the capacity of hydroelectric power scheme canals and the structure of their turbulent wall layers. Mean velocity boundary layer profiles and total drag measurements have been conducted in a purpose built recirculating water tunnel on freshwater biofilms grown in a hydroelectric canal. Two different fouled surfaces wer...

Mathematical and simulation models enable hydroelectric power unit dynamic behavior analysis using computers. In this paper, nonlinear mathematical of all elements in hydroelectrical plant are detailed described. Basic water supply tunnel, surge tank, penstock, turbine synchronous generator. If we want more credible simulations calculation results, have to use differential equations. Using thes...

To ensure navigable depths in the problem area Gorodets - Nizhny Novgorod, significant dredging is required to develop almost all riffles area. However, sandy soils that make up channel will lead a sinking of soil into shipping channels, which require additional during summer-autumn period when water low. Factors influencing change site are: 1) exhausted hydraulic capacity river; 2) influence f...

Automatic water level control methods for open channels have difficulties to keep good performances for a large range of flow and significant unknown disturbances. A new concept called Model-Free Control is applied in this paper for hydroelectric run-of-the river power plants. To modulate power generation, a level trajectory is planned for cascaded power plants. Numerous dynamic simulations sho...

This paper presents an overview of the effects of electric power generation and transmission on indigenous communities in Brazil. According to data from FUNAI (the Brazilian government's Board of Indian Affairs), there are 156 cases of direct impact, present or future, of the electric power sector on Indian settlements geographically distributed throughout Brazil, 65% of which are located in th...

Generation scheduling is a most important task in the operation and planning of power system. It can be on real term, short term, medium term, and long term basis as per the scheduled horizon. Scheduling of purely hydroelectric system differ from the thermal scheduling and hydrothermal scheduling problems in two aspects firstly fuel cost for the thermal part of the system can no longer be used ...

The mathematic representation of the tailrace elevation as function of the water release can be modified, for example, by the geomorphologic impact of large floods. The level-release polynomial from a hydroelectric plant is important information to computational models used for optimization and simulation of the power generation systems operation. They depend on data quality to provide reliable...