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.

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...

Pico hydro turbines are suitable for low head applications in power plants since their efficiency is more stable than other turbine types. In some situations, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has also been utilized as well experimental studies the performance prediction of water at a pico scale. Also, CFD methods getting much closer to real conditions terms steady-state with moving references...

Abstract Archimedean screws have been used for centuries, but only pumping water. In the last decades, a growing interest appeared to also use them as hydro turbines electricity generation. While are already well optimized working pumps, studies still carried out identify those parameters that assure best performances when they operate turbines. This paper proposes simple yet efficient procedur...

This paper studies the neural network nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous signal (NNARX) model identification of elastic and inelastic hydro power plant. A nonlinear relationship between the turbine deviated power and random gate position on random load variation and water disturbance is assessed. The identified elastic NNARX hydro plant model is simulated with predictive controller to trac...

The job of automatic frequency regulation is achieved by governing systems of individual turbine generators and Automatic Generation Control (AGC) or Load frequency control (LFC) system of the hydro power plant. This seminar report addresses a comprehensive literature survey on load frequency control in hydro power plant. The report is aimed to present the various control and structural schemes...

ABSRACT Sliding mode control has received much attention due to its major advantages such as guaranteed stability, robustness against parameter variations, fast dynamic response and simplicity in the implementation and therefore has been widely applied to control nonlinear systems. This paper discus the sliding mode control technic for controlling hydropower system and generalized a model which...

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...