Many factors related to river run-off are vague, subjective and difficult to quantify. The fuzzy logic method is very useful for such problem solving approach such as small hydro power generation. The rule base and membership functions have a great influence on the performance and efficacy of the plant and also to optimize the small hydro power generation in the high altitude region particularl...

The power system restructuring has introduced competitiveness among different market players in electricity market and as a result transmission lines have to operate near to their thermal limits. System operators have a challenge to ensure reliable and secure transmission of power under these conditions. In this paper a rescheduling based congestion management solution is proposed for hybrid el...

This paper presents a study of various researches which were come out in last few decades on hydro thermal scheduling problems. As we know that the Operation of mix both hydro and thermal plants is far more complex and is of much more importance in a modern power system. The aim of the hydrothermal scheduling problem is to optimize the electricity production and minimized the cost of power. Thi...

An economic operation scheduling problem of a hydro-thermal power generation system has been properly solved by the proposed multipath adaptive tabu search algorithm (MATS). Four reservoirs with their own hydro plants and another one thermal plant are integrated to be a studied system used to formulate the objective function under complicated constraints, eg water managements, power balance and...

This paper describes the design and development of pico-hydro generation system using consuming water distributed to houses. Water flow in the domestic pipes has kinetic energy that potential to generate electricity for energy storage purposes in addition to the routine activities such as laundry, cook and bathe. The inherent water pressure and flow inside the pipe from utility’s main tank that...

This research paper presents the construction design of Hydro-Electric Power Dam Control System using Fuzzy Logic. In this design two input parameters: water level and flow rate and two output parameters: release valve control and drain valve control are used. This proposed system uses a simplified algorithmic design approach with wide range of input and output membership functions. The hardwar...

In this document we develop a non-linear, stochastic and integer model for the problem of determining the optimal hourly schedule of power generation in a hydrothermal power system. We consider a power generation system comprising thermal and hydro units and the problem concerns the scheduling of operation levels for all power units and considering the hydro constrains, such that the operation ...

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) is a power marketing agency for the U.S. Federal government. It was established to market power from the federal dams being constructed on the Columbia River and has evolved into the major bulk power supplier in the Pacific Northwest. BPA sells power produced at Federal generating facilities, coordinates the Columbia river hydro system, and transmits po...

The recent increased number of black outs in the power system has been largely due to growing competition and deregulation among the power industry. Power systems are complex nonlinear systems and often exhibit low frequency electro-mechanical oscillations due to insufficient damping caused by severe operating conditions. This needs an advanced modeling and control techniques for effective cont...