Power generation efficiency improvement in cascaded and head-dependent reservoirs

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2005

Authors

Mariano, S (Author) Other; Catalão, J (Author) Other; Mendes, V (Author) Other; Ferreira, L (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: 15th Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC 2005

15th Power Systems Computation Conference, PSCC 2005

22 August 2005 through 26 August 2005

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Authenticus ID: P-00G-QQH

Abstract (EN): This paper is on the problem of short-term hydro scheduling (STHS), particularly concerning cascaded and head-dependent reservoirs. We propose an efficient method, based on nonlinear programming (NLP), for power generation efficiency improvement. This method considers hydroelectric power generation as a function of water discharge and also of the head. The proposed method provides higher profit for the generating company (GENCO), at a negligible extra computational effort, in comparison with classical optimisation methods based on linear programming (LP) that ignore head dependence.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific