In the context of insufficient system operation flexibility and increasing peaking pressure caused by large-scale integration renewable energy into grid, a market model for auxiliary services involving pumped storage power stations is proposed in this study. First, taking minimum peak shaving cost as optimization goal, value participating units quantified, mathematical service established. Then...

This paper presents a forward recursive procedure to calculate the expected system marginal cost curve (EMC). The EMC formulation allows for multi-state and multi-block dispatch of generating units and is used to determine the optimal energy of pumped-storage units. A new approach is developed to compute the first and second derivatives of the expected generation energy of a thermal unit with r...

Pumped storage power plants are key components to stabilize electric distribution networks with high amount of intermittent power sources as, e.g., solar and wind power plants. Tailored mathematical models are important for the transient and the stationary analysis of such plants. A comprehensive mathematical model of a variable speed operated pumped storage power plant, which incorporates reve...

Pumped storage units bring stability to the electrical power system, so they must remain connected to the grid even during grid faults. In this paper, the authors propose efficient and simple solutions for a doubly fed induction machine pumped storage (DFIMPS) system during grid faults. In case of balanced grid faults, a control reconfiguration strategy is introduced and a hardware solution is ...

For many years energy optimization has dealt with large scale mixed integer linear programs. The paper concentrates on programs that are used for controlling an existing generation system consisting of thermal power units and pumped hydro storage plants, therefore they should be solved in real time. The problem can be decomposed into smaller problems using Lagrangian Relaxation. One of these pr...

Existing practice of solar water pumping in multi-floored buildings employs Top Floor Storage Method. In this method, considerable amount of water is pumped to unnecessary heights, resulting in energy wastage. Present paper discusses a novel scheme “Individual Floor Storage Method” for solar pumping. Here water is pumped to the required optimum heights thus avoiding wastage of energy. This resu...

Numerische Methoden der Ventilationsauslegung von Hydrogeneratoren werden kontinuierlich verbessert. Die vorliegende Arbeit zeigt eine qualitative Momentaufnahme des Entwicklungsstatus und einen Ausblick der Weiterentwicklung in Andritz Hydro durch eine komprimierte Darstellung Anwender-relevanter und kritischer Eigenschaften der Methoden. Pumpspeichergeneratoren (meist Grenzleistungs-Hydrogene...

This paper presents a new methodology to maximise the income and derive the optimal end of day storage of closed-loop and daily-cycle pumped-storage hydropower plants. The plants participate in the day-ahead energy market as a price-taker and in the secondary regulation reserve market as a price-maker, in the context of the Iberian electricity system. The real-time use of the committed reserves...