The paper presents the general scheme and the relevant implementation of a Maximum Efficiency Point Tracking (MEPT) system for a Small Hydro Power (SHP) plant equipped with a variable-speed generator. This last consists of a Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) and a power electronic converter that independently controls both the rotor speed and the generator power factor. The MEPT is designed...

A small hydro-power plant designing in aspect of current legislation is an interdisciplinary problem because the fact that efficiency priority not so important as ecological one. In this article regulations concerning permissions for operation are discussed. The criteria presented a impact on river ecosystem.

In a deregulated market, the operator of a hydro storage power plant has to consider different market products as well as uncertainties in its prices for optimal scheduling. A suitable mathematical framework for such problems is stochastic dynamic programming. The critical aspect there is modeling, since efficient solution techniques are well known. We present a modeling approach, where the act...

BACKGROUND Studies on plant communities in the Amazon have reported that different hydro-edaphic conditions can affect the richness and the species composition of different ecosystems. However, this aspect is poorly known in the different savanna habitats. Understanding how populations and plant communities are distributed in these open vegetation areas is important to improve the knowledge abo...

Hydro-power plants are able to produce electrical energy in a sustainable way. A known format for producing is through generation scheduling, which task usually established as Unit Commitment problem. The challenge this process define the amount of that each turbine-generator needs deliver plant, fulfill requested dispatch commitment, while coping with operational restrictions. An optimal sched...

The state of Cameroon, faced with the situation electricity deficits, is promoting development renewable energies in general and to meet rural electrification needs particular. purpose this work study feasibility MHP Batcheu, show its contribution sustainable locality prove that it a profitable project. After study, appears waterfall Batcheu favourable establishment an installed power 260 kW op...