Increasing Hydropower Operating Efficiency
A method is described for determining the most efficient use of hydro units in a multiple unit hydro plant. In a multi-unit plant enough flexibility exists to load a chosen set of units...
Quantifying the Maximum Capability of Hydroplants
A procedure was developed to quantify the maximum hydropower capability. This procedure basically consists of two steps: dividing the total available water into weekday and weekend components;...
Hydro System Enhancement: TVA's Comprehensive Hydropower Program
The Tennessee Valley Authority's Comprehensive Hydropower Program is systematically identifying opportunities for increasing hydroelectric generation in five areas: small...
Independent Review of Truman Dam Operation
The Truman Dam in Missouri was constructed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1979 as a pumped-storage facility. Due to fishkill and other controversies, the pumpback feature of the project...
HYPOS?Hourly System Hydropower Scheduling
HYPOS (Hydro Power Scheduling) is a modification of the program HYPO as presented at Waterpower 81. HYPOS is an interactive system which allows schedulers to assign hourly power generation...
Hourly Scheduling Model for Multi-Unit Hydro Facilities
A computer model for determining hourly releases and generation for multi-unit hydropower facilities is described. The purpose of the model is to disaggregate daily release volumes (either...
Impacts of Indexed Sequential Hydrological Modeling on Hydrogeneration Capacity Estimation
Indexed sequential modeling (ISM) has been proposed by the Western Area Power Administration as an alternative approach to developing firm marketable capacity (i. e. , project dependable...
Planning of Hydropower Development in Hydrothermal Systems by Capex
This paper discusses the power generation expansion model CAPEX in which provisions are made that specifically account for the distinct characteristics of hydropower. The model determines...
Modeling a Real-Time Reservoir Operation for Hydropower Resources Analysis
This paper deals with modeling the operation of two reservoirs in tandem in order to determine energy gain at the downstream plant due to the regulation provided by the upstream reservoir....
Water Availability for Energy Development in the Upper Colorado River Basin
The Bureau of Reclamation is investigating, for planning purposes through hydrologic determination, the total allowable depletion level in the Upper Colorado River Basin. The Colorado...
The Benefit/Cost Ratio of a Physical Model Study
The discussions of a physical model study often appear first in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ('FERC') consultation process and when appearing later...
Hydroelectric Project Design Using Microcomputers
The main issue in the first stage of a hydroelectric project is to assess the influence of hydrologic parameters on design and optimum sizing of the installation and on future energy production....
Hydro Systems Evaluation on Personal Computers
The programs for selecting the equipment and determining the average annual energy have been separated from the detailed financial analysis. The BASIC language was selected for the first...
Microcomputers as Productivity Aids for Small-Scale Hydroelectric Projects
Off-the-shelf software that has been used to improve productivity includes Computer-Aided-Design-and-Drafting (CADD) systems, spreadsheets, project managers, word processors, and communications...
Simplified Model for Micro-Hydro Feasibility
A computer model was developed for evaluating the preliminary hydraulic and economic feasibility of potential micro-hydro development sites. Among the main objectives of the model are...
Computer Modeling for a Power Intake
This paper describes the application of an existing computer model to respond to environmental requirements for a small scale hydroelectric power plant being developed by Allegheny Electric...
Simulation of River Ice Processes on Alaska's Susitna River
A numerical river ice model is applied to an 85-mile reach of Alaska's Susitna River immediately downstream of the proposed Susitna Hydroelectric Project. The model is designed...
Riverbank Stability and Monitoring at Grand Coulee Dam
The capability for hydroelectric power generation at Grand Coulee Dam was substantially increased following construction of the third powerplant in the mid 1970s. Increased river fluctuations...
Computer Modeling and Applications
A series of programs is available to evaluate the hydrology, compute the capacity to generate energy, establish unit costs, analyze penstock surge pressures, and simulate ramping rates....
Three-Dimensional Plotting in Dam Potentials
Hydroelectric development is important to many basins in the western United States. Topographical studies are normally used to arrive at sites to be chosen for further investigation of...
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