Title :
Defining optimal production capacity in a purely hydroelectric power system
Author :
Hreinsson, E.B. ; Barroso, L.-A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Engr, Iceland Univ., Reykjavik, Iceland
Abstract :
The conventional definition of system and plant firm capacity, in a thermally dominated power system, is often simply the installed MW adjusted by plant availability. A hydro dominated system requires an entirely different and expanded definition due to the complex interactions resulting from temporal reservoir operational decisions. In this paper several economic definitions of capacity are presented and analyzed based on the need for this concept in the operation and expansion of hydro dominated systems.
Keywords :
hydroelectric power stations; power generation economics; hydroelectric power system; optimal production capacity; temporal reservoir operational decisions; thermally dominated power system; Fuels; Hydroelectric power generation; Hydroelectric-thermal power generation; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system analysis computing; Power system economics; Power systems; Production systems; Reservoirs;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Utility Deregulation, Restructuring and Power Technologies, 2004. (DRPT 2004). Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8237-4
DOI :
10.1109/DRPT.2004.1338489
