Optimal Weekly Operation Scheduling of Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant Considering Optimal Hot Reserve Capacity in a Power System with a Large Penetration of Photovoltaic Generation

2016 ◽  
Vol 195 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
RYOTA AIHARA ◽  
AKIHIKO YOKOYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Power System ◽  
Hydropower Plant ◽  
Reserve Capacity ◽  
Photovoltaic Generation ◽  
Pumped Storage ◽  
Operation Scheduling

scholarly journals Dual Frequency Regulation in Pumping Mode in a Wind–Hydro Isolated System

Energies ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2865 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Sarasúa ◽  
Guillermo Martínez-Lucas ◽  
Carlos Platero ◽  
José Sánchez-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Frequency Control ◽  
Hydropower Plant ◽  
Frequency Regulation ◽  
Variable Speed ◽  
Dual Frequency ◽  
Pump Station ◽  
Control Scheme ◽  
Pumped Storage

Frequency control is one of the most critical tasks in isolated power systems, especially in high renewable penetration scenarios. This paper presents a new hydropower pumped-storage dual control strategy that combines variable-speed-driven pumps and fixed-speed-driven pumps. A possible case for implementation of such a control scheme is described based on El Hierro Island’s power system. This isolated power system consists of a hybrid wind pumped-storage hydropower plant and diesel generators. The pumped-storage power plant is divided into a hydropower plant equipped with four Pelton turbines and a pump station equipped with both fixed- and variable-speed pumps. According to the proposed control scheme, frequency regulation will be provided by a dual controller: a continuous controller for the variable-speed pumps and a discrete controller for the fixed-speed pumps. The Pelton units, which operate as synchronous condensers, also supply the power system inertia. Therefore, diesel units may be disconnected, decreasing generation costs and greenhouse gas emissions. Owing to the combination of both controllers and the inertia of the Pelton units, an acceptable frequency regulation can be achieved. This technique has been validated through computer simulations.

scholarly journals Prospects of Storage and Pumped-Storage Hydropower for Enhancing Integrated Nepal Power Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kumar Sah ◽  
Madhab Uprety ◽  
Sangharsha Bhandari ◽  
Prativa Kharel ◽  
Saurav Suman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Hydropower Plant ◽  
Hydropower Plants ◽  
Pumped Storage ◽  
Electrical Demand ◽  
Installed Capacity

An Integrated Power System (IPS) should have electrical energy generating plants for base load (e.g., nuclear and thermal plants) and peak load (e.g., hydropower plants) so that they can work in coordination in such a way that the demand is met in time. In Nepal, the Integrated Nepal Power System (INPS) is a hydro-dominated system where the base and intermediate power demands are covered primarily by run-of-river hydropower plants and the peak demand by seasonal storage and several diesel power plants of lower capacity. The INPS should have sufficient natural storage and forced storage power plants to improve the system’s reliability. On top of that, daily peak electrical demand could also be adequately covered by demand-side management, using a pumped-storage hydropower plant that can employ a system’s surplus energy during low demand period for pumping. To rectify this extreme imbalance of installed capacity in Nepal, this paper explores the prospect of storage and pumped-storage power plants for enhancing INPS. A case study of Rupa-Begnas pumped-storage hydropower is highlighted for these purposes.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hn.v15i0.11290HYDRO Nepal JournalJournal of Water, Energy and EnvironmentVolume: 15, 2014, JulyPage: 37-41 

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