Hydro Power Industry
Hydro Performance Indicators
Most hydro plants have acquired many years of archival data containing detailed operating information that include power, flow, blade, head, and gate data on a unit basis. These data can provide a wealth of information for optimizing system and plant efficiency and for improving the reliability of unit components and unit instrumentation.
One use for these data is to compute hydro performance indicators that quantify energy and revenue gains achievable with improved system and plant dispatch, with improved unit characteristics, and with improved trash rack cleaning. Examples from some of these analyses are presented in the charts below.
Examples from Hydro Power Analyses
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Analysis of Plant Efficiency Curve Versus Energy Profile to Evaluate Potential Improvements in Plant Scheduling
Correlation Efficiency Quantifies Which Unit Characteristics Are Not Consistent with Plant Instrumentation
Deviations Between Measured and Expected Unit Characteristics
Related Reports:
- Hydro Optimization Indicators – Discusses a set of indicators, created from on-line data, that quantify how well a hydro plant is optimized (336KB Adobe Acrobat format).
- Indicators for Structuring an Index Test Program – Discusses a set of indicators, created from on-line data, that prioritize which units to test in a hydro system (164KB Adobe Acrobat format).
- Hydro Performance Best Practices – Discusses best practices for optimizing hydro plant power production (544KB Adobe Acrobat format).
