Publication detail

Efficiency Optimization of Small Hydro Power Plant in Low Power Operation

RUBEŠ, O. ČERVINKA, D.

Original Title

Efficiency Optimization of Small Hydro Power Plant in Low Power Operation

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper deals with a low power operation of small hydro power plants. It is typical for small hydro power plants on small rivers without reservoirs where the power in low season is less than one-third of nominal power. That is why the efficiency is decreased. The generator has low efficiency in this operation due to constant no load losses. The analysis of losses is presented and possible improvements are suggested. The last part of this paper presents a simple method of reducing no load losses, calculation of the power savings and experimental validation of this method.

Keywords

Star-delta; Wye-delta; Induction machine; Efficiency; Power losses; Power saving; Energy saving

Authors

RUBEŠ, O.; ČERVINKA, D.

Released

8. 6. 2017

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Location

Milan

ISBN

978-1-5386-3916-0

Book

Conference Proceedings 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering

Edition number

1

Pages from

717

Pages to

721

Pages count

5

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7977518

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT137077,
  author="Ondřej {Rubeš} and Dalibor {Červinka}",
  title="Efficiency Optimization of Small Hydro Power Plant in Low Power Operation",
  booktitle="Conference Proceedings 2017 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering",
  year="2017",
  number="1",
  pages="717--721",
  publisher="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
  address="Milan",
  doi="10.1109/EEEIC.2017.7977518",
  isbn="978-1-5386-3916-0",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7977518"
}