Title :
Small Hydropower Plant as a supplier for the primary energy consumer
Author :
Borkowski, Dariusz
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electromech. Energy Conversion, Cracow Univ. of Technol., Krakow, Poland
Abstract :
The paper presents the “run of the river” Small Hydropower Plant as an individual supplier whose aim is to reduce the amount of energy used by a consumer from a power system. The analyzed object consists of two propeller turbines, PM synchronous generators and power electronic units. Application of a variable speed operation provides a wide range of power generation. Moreover, the power electronic converter is used to compensate reactive power in a consumer local system. Furthermore, installation of two parallel turbine units across the river makes water energy use more efficient. The results present a real power plant of the 180kVA total power.
Keywords :
hydraulic turbines; hydroelectric power stations; power convertors; propellers; reactive power; synchronous generators; PM synchronous generators; apparent power 180 kVA; parallel turbine unit; power electronic converter; power electronic units; power generation; power system; primary energy consumer; propeller turbines; reactive power; small hydropower plant; Blades; Generators; Hydroelectric power generation; Reactive power; Regulators; Rivers; Turbines; power converters; reactive power compensation; small hydropower plant; variable speed operation;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Power Engineering (EPE), 2015 16th International Scientific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kouty nad Desnou
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2015.7161059