renewable energy sources like wind, sun, and hydro are considered as a reliable alternative to the traditional energy sources such as oil, natural gas, or coal. this paper describes modeling and simulations to determine a method for the power performance evaluation of autonomous wind turbine system. a speed control regulator is utilized to control the dc bus voltage. the inverter gate’s signals...

Varying the generator load of a hydro turbine results in short-term changes rotation frequency runner, leading inevitably to flow instability and strong swirling behind turbine. This may lead formation unsteady regimes featured by vortex known as precessing core (PVC) Dorfler et al. (2012). effect causes dangerous periodic pressure pulsations that propagate throughout water column draft tube. T...

This paper presents a mathematical model of hydro power units, especially the governor system model for different operating conditions, based on the basic version of the software TOPSYS. The mathematical model consists of eight turbine equations, one generator equation, and one governor equation, which are solved for ten unknown variables. The generator and governor equations, which are differe...

At the smallest scale, hydropower or pico-hydro can be produced by utilizing water flow at piping system. This paper discusses about performance of a bulb-turbine in system using Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) method. study aims to analyze effect rate and speed on efficiency Solidworks Flow Simulation 2016. The propeller turbine design used this has 4 blades blade angle 200, static bulb with...

Water level fluctuations in lakes lead to shoreline displacement. The seasonality of flooding or beaching of the littoral area affects nutrient cycling, redox gradients in sediments, and life cycles of aquatic organisms. Despite the ecological importance of water level fluctuations, we still lack a method that assesses water levels in the context of hydropower operations. Water levels in reserv...

The full exploitation of offshore wind resources can essentially satisfy the massive energy demand. realization and application ultra-high-power turbines are crucial to achieving use deep-sea reducing cost power. For VolturnUS-S semi-submersible floating foundation a 15 megawatt (MW) turbine, effect structural parameters on hydrodynamic performance was investigated by controlling variables desc...

The low head hydro power plant in Wettingen, Switzerland, is in operation since 1933 and no effective cam optimization has been carried out up to now. The goal of the measuring campaign was to provide data enabling an economic study for a retrofit and upgrade project of the plant and the measurement of the efficiency improvement of turbines after refurbishment. The contribution discusses cam te...

This paper presents the operation of a Multi-agent system (MAS) for the control of a smart grid. The proposed Multi-agent system consists of seven types of agents: Single Smart Grid Controller (SGC), Load Agents (LAGs), a Wind Turbine Agent (WTAG), Photo-Voltaic Agents (PVAGs), a Micro-Hydro Turbine Agent (MHTAG), Diesel Agents (DGAGs) and a Battery Agent (BAG). In a smart grid LAGs act as cons...

Marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology performance testing in the laboratory and field supports the US Department of Energy’s MHK program goals to advance the technology readiness levels of MHK machines, to ensure environmentally responsible designs, to identify key cost drivers, and to reduce the cost of energy of MHK technologies. Laboratory testing results from scaled model machine testing...