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Optimal design of run‐of‐river power plants
Author(s) -
Najmaii M.,
Movaghar A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/91wr02528
Subject(s) - penstock , maximization , power station , hydro power , turbine , streamflow , optimal design , process (computing) , engineering design process , power (physics) , computer science , mathematical optimization , reliability engineering , environmental science , engineering , mathematics , drainage basin , environmental engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , electrical engineering , structural engineering , cartography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , geography , operating system
In optimization of any hydro plant system, the analysis should make use of all information available, including a thorough study of streamflow and civil engineering and electromechanical cost effectiveness. For this purpose a general mathematical model is used for an overall design optimization of run‐of‐river power plants. The design criteria for such power plants are fundamentally based on some important and critical cost‐effective parameters such as discharge design, penstock or tunnel diameter, turbine capacity, number of units and type of turbines. The optimization process consists of three main steps: (1) find the maximum yearly energy; (2) maximize the yearly benefits of all the maximized sets of power plants; and (3) select the most beneficial of the feasible sets of run‐of‐river power plants on the basis of a combination of the cited criteria. The computational analysis is based upon two major objective functions and a computer program which is developed for fast maximization and optimization of the generated equations.