Standard operating policy and hedging policies are commonly used for reservoir operation for municipal or irrigation water supply. Application of these policies to hydropower reservoir operation is complex. In this paper, new standard operating policies and standard hedging policy are proposed for hydropower reservoir operation. The newly proposed policies were applied to the operation of Indir...

This paper deals with the development of a small conveyor-type hydropower plant intended for operation in shallow river waters without construction dam. The proposed design offers closed-shaped flattened conveyor equipped flat-shaped blades. is oriented perpendicular to fluid flow. Several identical flat blades interacting flow are mounted on belt and move together one straight line direction. ...

Epileptic power supply in Nigeria has caused hindrances to her growth. Electricity is required for technological advancement and economic growth, as business transactions most activities depend on its availability. This work was aimed at developing a prototype hydropower plant use riverine area(s) electricity generation. Using Autodesk inventor software, the turbine designed thereafter fabricat...

California’s hydropower system is composed of high and low elevation power plants. There are more than 150 high-elevation power plants, at elevations above 1,000 feet (300 m). Most have modest reservoir storage capacities, but supply roughly 74% of California’s in-state hydropower. The expected shift of runoff peak from spring to winter due to climate warming, resulting in snowpack reduction an...

In an earlier paper (Kosnik, 2008), the potential for small scale hydropower to contribute to US renewable energy supplies, as well as reduce current carbon emissions, was investigated. It was discovered that thousands of viable sites capable of producing significant amounts of hydroelectric power were available throughout the United States. The primary objective of this paper is to determine t...