Hydroelectric energy is a major source of renewable electricity in the world. The industry is continuously searching for ways to improve the efficiency and reliability with which it produces energy. The turbine governor plays vital role in keeping frequency constant. Here we proposed a fuzzy approach to turbine governor by utilizing human experience. The simulation model of Hydro Power Plant (H...

Micro-hydro power plants are power plants with small capacity, which is built in specific locations. The main problem of micro-hydro is the voltage generated is not stable at 220 VA and frequency of 50 Hz. A microhydro that was constructed by Lie Jasa et al. in Gambuk village at Pupuan sub-district, Tabanan district of Bali province, Indonesia in 2010 is still an open loop system in which spin ...

We consider the optimal scheduling of hydropower plants in a hydrothermal interconnected system. This problem, of outmost importance for large-scale power systems with a high proportion of hydraulic generation, requires a detailed description of the so-called hydro unit production function. In our model, we relate the amount of generated hydropower to nonlinear tailrace levels; we also take int...

In this paper the design methodology of parallel distributed fuzzy PID control is presented. The idea is to design a control law for each rule of the fuzzy controller and blend them together. The proposed parallel distributed fuzzy control algorithm is developed as a natural similarity to the conventional PID controller. This paper describes the structure and the design aspects of a fuzzy PID c...

The primary goal of the this paper is to summarize field demonstrations of the feasibility of detecting changes in blade and shaft natural frequencies (such as those associated with a blade or shaft crack) on operating machinery using non-contact, nonintrusive measurement methods. This paper primarily addresses the results of application of this nonintrusive torsional vibration sensing to: a la...

This paper presents generic model of hybrid power system consisting in a combined solution one wind turbine with asynchronous generator and on hydro generator with synchronous machine. This technology was developed by to reduce the cost of supplying electricity in remote communities. The optimal wind penetration (installed wind capacity/peak electrical demand) for this system depends on the sit...

The use of hydro-turbine pumps increases the efficiency pumping stations for machine irrigation by utilizing free water energy agricultural sources. savings on achieved through (HTPS) (traditionally obtained electrical networks) creates ecological conditions implementation turbine pumps, while also improving economic stations.

In our country we have enormous low head potation flows in agricultures and aquacultures with almost fix flow rates that can be used as micro hydro power plants for producing energy. But the main problem is the high capital price per kW. Therefore there is needed to design a simple machine with a good runner for covering the various potential flows. In this paper an axial hydro turbine has desi...

River power plants are important contributors to the over 19% of world electricity produced by hydro-electric plants. Built in the natural course of a river, they produce energy by manipulating the water discharge through their facilities. They therefore introduce fluctuations in the river’s natural water level and flow, which might conflict with various constraints imposed for environmental an...