scholarly journals SMALL HYDRO-POWER PLANT PROJECT SELECTION USING FUZZY AXIOMATIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 756-772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anant V KHANDEKAR ◽  
Jurgita ANTUCHEVIČIENĖ ◽  
Shankar CHAKRABORTY
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Axiomatic Design ◽  
Design Principles ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Hydro Power Plants ◽  
The Government ◽  
The One

There has been a rapid growth in construction activities during the last few decades owing to overall development in all facets of humanity. Due to technological advancements and ever increasing civilization, there is a persistent need of energy. Along with the conventional energy sources, the renewable energy sources have also significantly contributed to the rising energy needs. As a renewable source of energy, numerous small hydro-power plants (SHPPs) have been built up across the world in the recent past. Usually these SHPPs are being built and operated by the private developers complying with the government regulations. In order to assist a developer in selecting the most profitable and feasible SHPP for construction and subsequent operation, a method based on fuzzy axiomatic design principles is employed in this paper. The techno-commercial and socioeconomic criteria as considered for analyzing the feasibility of the candidate SHPPs are expressed qualitatively using trapezoidal fuzzy numbers. The performance of each SHPP is evaluated in terms of its total information content and the one with the least information content is selected to be the best venture for the required construction activity. The adopted methodology is found to have immense potential to the developers while selecting the most feasible project for construction.

scholarly journals THE SELECTION OF A SMALL HYDRO POWER PLANT (SHPP) SOLUTION IN LINE WITH THE ECOSYSTEM

2019 ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Zivojin Stamenkovic ◽  
Dragan Svrkota
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Hydro Power Plants

Population growth and new forms of energy use have the effect that the energy demand grows year after year. The harmful influence of the use of fossil and nuclear fuels has influenced the intensive development of renewable energy sources (solar energy, small hydro power plants, wind energy, bio-renewable sources - biomass, geothermal energy). This paper gives an overview of the choice of design solution, technical parameters and the efficiency of small hydro power plants (SHPP) on small watercourses. Special attention in these considerations is dedicated to harmonization of selected solutions with natural resources and protection of ecosystems. In order to define the technical solution of one small HPP on a small watercourse, the following analyzes and studies need to be done: Hydrological study; Analysis of the available hydro potential; Pre-feasibility study of the chosen technical solution; Study on Environmental Impact Assessment; Analysis of the investment value of the elements of the system and the system as a whole; Analysis of annual fees and expenses. In analyzing the available hydro potential, it is necessary to examine in detail the influence of the minimum sustainable flow rate in the watercourse (biological minimum) both from the aspect of environmental protection and from the aspect of the techno-economic justification for SHPP construction. On the basis of the "cross-cutting" of the results of these analyzes, one can see the techno-economically justified solution for the construction of SHPP in line with the ecosystem. The goal of all previous analyzes is to select a technical solution that maximizes the use of hydro power potential and ensures optimum use of renewable energy sources, while paying special attention to ecology, environmental protection and sustainable development.

Kazakhstan: Assessment of Renewable Energy Support and a Green Economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 631
Author(s):  
Sergey BESPALYY
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
The State ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Environmentally Sustainable ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

The growth of renewable energy sources (RES) shows the desire of the government of Kazakhstan to meet challenges that affect the welfare and development of the state. National targets, government programs, policies influence renewable energy strategies. In the future, renewable energy technologies will act as sources of a green economy and sustainable economic growth. The state policy in the field of energy in Kazakhstan is aimed at improving the conditions for the development and support of renewable energy sources, amendments are being made to provide for the holding of auctions for new RES projects, which replaces the previously existing system of fixed tariffs. It is expected that the costs of traditional power plants for the purchase of renewable energy will skyrocket, provided that the goals in the field of renewable generation are achieved. This article provides an assessment of international experience in supporting renewable energy sources, as well as analyzes the current situation in the development of renewable energy in Kazakhstan and the impact on sustainable development and popularization of the «green» economy. The study shows that by supporting the development of renewable energy sources, economic growth is possible, which is achieved in an environmentally sustainable way.

scholarly journals Small Hydro Power Schemes: Technical Aspects

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Hira Singh Sachdev ◽  
Ashok Kumar Akella
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Energy Lowering ◽  
High Initial Cost ◽  
Small Discharge ◽  
Hydro Power Plants ◽  
Increasing Demand

<p>Small hydro systems play a major role in meeting power requirements of remote, isolated, hilly areas in a decentralized manner by tapping water streams, rivulets and canals of small discharge. Small hydroelectric system captures the energy in flowing water and converts it to electricity.</p>Of all the non-conventional renewable energy sources, small hydro stands first as it is more resourceful, reduces system  losses, environment friendly, non-consumptive and source is renewable due to their enormous advantages over large hydro and other power plants, lot of small hydro-power plants have come up across the world to meet the ever increasing demand of electrical energy. Lowering the high initial cost of the small hydro-power plants and its popularization is today’s challenges. This paper describes basic techniques design of the small hydro-power development.

scholarly journals The assessment of the Bostanliq district (Uzbekistan Republic) based on the wind energy potential

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-175
Author(s):  
Maria Yalbacheva
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
The Government

The idea of achieving energy security and lowering the dependence on the global hydrocarbon market is at the top of the agenda in many countries. Most of them consider switching from traditional energy sources to renewable ones as one of the ways to reduce fuel import. This concept absolutely conforms to one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Goal no. 7, “Affordable and Clean Energy”). In May 2019, the Government of Uzbekistan Republic adopted the law on the Use of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). By 2030, Uzbekistan is going to increase the share of RES in the total structure of electricity generation up to 25 % (currently it is at 10 %), by building solar and wind farms with a total installed capacity of 5,000 MW and 3,000 MW, respectively. The energy-deficient Bostanliq district of the Tashkent region has become one of the places of interest, where transport infrastructure, recreation services, and renewable energy will be developed. The purpose of this study was a multivariate analysis, considering the meteorological, ecological, and socio-economic characteristics of the Bostanliq district, leading to the selection of the optimal location for the wind farm. The assessment map based on the results of this analysis made it possible to identify areas that are most suitable for the location of wind power plants. The assessment method, that was used in this work, is also applicable to other regions of the world.

scholarly journals Impact of new power investments up to year 2020 on the energy system of Bosnia and Herzegovina

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zihnija Hasovic ◽  
Boris Cosic ◽  
Adisa Omerbegovic-Arapovic ◽  
Neven Duic
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Thermal Plant ◽  
Hydro Power Plants

This paper investigates current and planned investments in new power plants in Bosnia and Herzegovina and impact of these investments on the energy sector, CO2 emission and internationally committed targets for electricity from renewable sources up to year 2020. Bosnia and Herzegovina possesses strong renewable energy potential, in particular hydro and biomass. However, the majority of energy production is conducted in outdated power plants and based on fossil fuels, resulting in environment pollution. New major investments The Stanari Thermal plant (300 MW) and the investment in Block 7 (450 MW) at the Thermal Plant Tuzla are again focused on fossil fuels. The power sector is also highly dependent on the hydrology as 54% of current capacities are based on large hydro power. In order to investigate how the energy system of Bosnia and Herzegovina will be affected by these investments and hydrology, the EnergyPLAN model was used. Based on the foreseen demand for year 2020 several power plants construction and hydrology scenarios have been modelled to cover a range of possibilities that may occur. This includes export orientation of Stanari plant, impact of wet, dry and average year, delayed construction of Tuzla Block 7, constrained construction of hydro power plants, and retirement of thermal units. It can be concluded that energy system can be significantly affected by delayed investments but in order to comply with renewables targets Bosnia and Herzegovina will need to explore the power production from other renewable energy sources as well.

Study on the Actual Energy Potential of Renewable Sources of Energy in Romania

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 209-214
Author(s):  
Mariana Ciobanu ◽  
Ionela Gabriela Bucşe ◽  
Stefan Radu
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Eastern European Country ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Energy Potential ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Internal Resources ◽  
Hydro Power Plants

Romania was the first Eastern European country to be has joined the Partnership for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The potential of Romania in the field of green energy production is as follows: 65% biomass, 17% wind energy, 12% solar energy, 4% micro hydro power plants, 1% + 1% photovoltaic + geothermal. Maximizing the full potential on the various green energy categories require serious investment and requires facilities granted to investors in this sector. Renewable energy sources can effectively contribute to increasing internal resources, which gives them a certain priority in energy policy.

scholarly journals ANALISIS DAN PERBANDINGAN SEGITIGA KERJA: TURBIN SUDU SETENGAH LINGKARAN, SUDU SEGITIGA DAN SUDU SIRIP UNTUK MENGHASILKAN RPM YANG TERTINGGI

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Gregory Rama Darantiah Ruing ◽  
Antonius Ibi Weking ◽  
Lie Jasa
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Position Angle ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Nozzle Position ◽  
Hydro Power Plants

At present the power plant has a high dependence on energy sources such as diesel, natural gas and coal, while its energy source in nature is increasingly scarce, this situation encourages the development of renewable energy, one of which is in micro hydro power plants. This study aims to determine the effect of the width of the work triangle on the highest rpm produced. the fall of water on the pinwheel is set from the position angle of the nozzle 00, 150, 300, 450, 600, 750 and from the angle of the nozzle 00, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 and 400 on the semicircular blade turbine, triangle blade turbine , and fin blade turbines. Semicircular turbine blade, working triangle area produces greater rpm at position of angle nozzle 00 and angle of nozzle 250 with area of work triangle 360,36 cm2, where the position produces 216 rpm at windmill rotation and 1626 rpm at generator rotation. When the nozzle position angle 150 and the nozzle angle 200 with the working triangle area 264.27 cm2, produce 221 rpm at the pinwheel rotation and 1711 rpm at the generator rotation. while at the nozzle position angle of 300 and the angle of the nozzle 100 the area of the triangle works 134.37 cm2 and produces 173 rpm at the spinning wheel and 1307 rpm at the generator rotation. on the triangle blade turbine and fin blade, the working triangle area does not affect the rpm produced.

scholarly journals Overview of a new method for designing high efficiency small hydro power plants

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (suppl.) ◽  
pp. 155-169
Author(s):  
Milun Babic ◽  
Dusan Gordic ◽  
Dubravka Jelic ◽  
Davor Koncalovic ◽  
Dobrica Milovanovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Plants ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Hydro Power Plants ◽  
Research Equipment

Significant number of research projects in the area of renewable energy sources (especially for small hydro power plants) has been made within the Department for Energy and Process Engineering and Regional Euro Energy Efficiency Center at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (University of Kragujevac, Serbia) since early eighties. The results are various; numerous domestic and international recognition and technical performance tell about the success of the research. Research projects have been following the technical and technological development of research equipment and economy growth. This has led to the development of software for designing turbines of SHP plants. In order to notify the public about possibilities of our software, in this paper is briefly described a mathematical model and procedures for calculating and designing of SHPP for known conditions. As an argument for assessing the validity and potential of our research results is shown constructed SHP plant ?Bosnia 1?, 2 x 100 kW power.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF WIND FARM OPERATING REGIMES IN THE POWER SYSTEM OF MACEDONIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Čauševski ◽  
Tome Boševski
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power System ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Operating Mode ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Wind Power Plants ◽  
Hydro Power Plants

A b s t r a c t: The trend for achieving sustainable energy development, keeping the environment clean and utilization of renewable energy sources are imperative to the energy development in several countries. Through legislation and economical benefits, countries tend to encourage potential investors for building the technologies for energy production from renewable. In order to achieve the EU energy target to have 20% renewable in 2020, the technologies for producing electricity from renewable energy sources (RES) are used to cover the needs with more intensities. The most dominant renewable is the wind power plants(WPP) or wind parks, which are used to supply electricity to more power systems (EPS) and whose installed capacity in some European countries reaches thousands MW. This paper treats the issue of operational work of wind power in the power system of Macedonia. It is made of simulation work with wind power plants with total installed capacity of 150 MW with an annual production of 300 GWh. The considered power system of Macedonia is projected for the period of 2015 with an annual consumption of 10,000 GWh. The power plants considering operating in the simulated period are the existing thermal power units and hydro power plants together with the planned gas power plants and hydro power plants. The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of the power system operation in case to have installed wind power plants, or what operation mode of thermal power plants (TPP) and hydro power plants (HPP) is most convenient when the system has a source of technology from the renewable with stochastically nature. This is especially important, because conventional power plants (TPP and HPP) operate and regulate the needs of consumption in the power system, but the wind power plants operate when the wind occurs within certain limits of  technical operating mode for wind turbines. Although wind is free renewable energy source, frequency of occurrence of wind with unpredictable nature and stochastically, has additional adverse impact in terms of power system operating mode. Certainly the impact of wind power on the overall the power system operation depends on power plants and configuration of the power system. In other words, the base load is covered from TPP fossil fuel or nuclear plants, and the dynamic nature of wind power can be incorporated in the power system depends on how much power plants for peak load are available in the system (storage reversible hydro or gas turbines), or how variable power can be accepted in the power system.

scholarly journals Strategic Operation of Hydroelectric Power Plants in Energy Markets: A Model and a Study on the Hydro-Wind Balance

Fluids ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 209
Author(s):  
Hugo Algarvio ◽  
Fernando Lopes ◽  
João Santana
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Hydro Power ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Hydroelectric Power Plants ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Hydro Power Plants

The European Union defined ambitious targets for the production of energy from renewable energy sources. Most European markets trade now high levels of variable renewable energy (VRE). Renewable generation increases the variability and uncertainty of the net-load (i.e., demand minus VRE). To a large extent, this variability and uncertainty can be compensated by hydroelectric power plants. Typically, hydro power producers (HPPs) consider the periods of time with low market prices (and normally low demand and/or high VRE production) to pump, and the periods with high market prices (and normally high demand and/or low VRE production) to produce energy. This article presents a model for hydro power plants and a study to analyse the hydro-wind balance in a real-world setting, namely a simplified version of the Portuguese power system, involving a significant penetration of hydro and wind power (more than 50%). The study is conducted with the help of the multi-agent system MATREM. The results confirm (and rebut) the typical behavior of hydroelectric power plants (to produce energy, to pump water or to stay idle).

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