Optimal operation of a run-of-river small hydropower plant with two hydro-turbines

V.-E. K. Sarantopoulou, G. J. Tsekouras, A. D. Salis, D. E. Papantonis, V. Riziotis, G. Caralis, K.-K. Drakaki, G.-K. Sakki, A. Efstratiadis, and K. X. Soulis, Optimal operation of a run-of-river small hydropower plant with two hydro-turbines, 2022 7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry (MCSI), Marathon Beach, Athens, 80–88, doi:10.1109/MCSI55933.2022.00020, 2022.

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The operation of a small hydroelectric power plant (HPS) with two hydro turbines of different types and power is usually done following a hierarchical rule, which is not necessarily the most efficient. Alternatively, other synergetic rules have been proposed that improve the delivered energy. In this paper, the operation of the two turbines is systematized by examining all possible operation combinations of the turbines, depending on the incoming water flow, its distribution (in the case of operation of both hydro turbines, at the optimal power mode) and the formation of a suitable lookup table for the optimal operation of an HPS. The implementation of the method is easily achieved using a quadratic equation efficiency-flow curve. In this way, the total efficiency of the two-turbine system is optimized.

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Other works that reference this work (this list might be obsolete):

1. #Moschoudis, A. P., G. J. Tsekouras, F. D. Kanellos, and A. G. Kladas, Generator and transformer efficiency study for the design of a run-of-river small hydropower plant with one hydro-turbine, 2022 7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sciences and Industry (MCSI), Athens, Greece, 71-79, doi:10.1109/MCSI55933.2022.00019, 2022.

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