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Model to Maximize Releases for Supplemental Generation in a Pump-Storage System

by Ricardo S. Pineda, California State Dep of Water, Resources, Sacramento, CA, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Water Forum '86: World Water Issues in Evolution

Abstract:

An optimization model has been developed to maximize releases for supplemental power generation in a pump-storage system. The model was developed to aid in the scheduling of pump-storage operations at two facilities of the California State Water Project (SWP). The model allows a base operation of pumping and/or generating to be scheduled at the plant for a given study length (e. g. , a week). This study is then broken down into on-peak/off-peak time periods. To determine the maximum quantity and optimal distribution of releases for supplemental power generation, the model represents the pump-storage system as a flow network to be solved using a network flow programming algorithm. The model is a low-cost, easy to use, and highly effective means of determining an optimal schedule of releases and return pumping in a pump-storage system, in order to maximize the amount of releases for supplemental power generation. Refs.

Subject Headings: Optimization models | Pumps | Hydro power | Computer programming | Water resources | Water supply systems | Water supply | California | United States

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