Abstract: Hydroelectric power system is a renewable energy type that generates electrical energy from water flow. An integrated hydroelectric power system may consist of water storage dams and run-of-river (ROR) hydroelectric power projects. Storage dams store water and regulate water flow so that power from the storage projects dispatch can follow a pre-planned schedule. Power supply from ROR projects is uncertain because water flow in the river, and hence power production capacity, is largely determined by uncertain whether factors. Hydroelectric generator dispatch problem has been widely studied in the literature; however, very little work is available to address the dispatch and distribution planning of an integrated ROR and storage hydroelectric projects. This combines both ROR projects and storage dam projects and formulate the problem as a stochastic program to minimize the cost of energy generation and distribution under ROR projects supply uncertainty. Input data from the Integrated Power System are used to solve the problem and run experiments. Numerical comparisons of stochastic solution (SS), expected value (EEV), and wait and see (W&S) solutions are made. These solution approaches give economic dispatch of generators and optimal distribution plan that the power system operators (PSO) can use to coordinate, control, and monitor the power generation and distribution system. The W&S solution approach provided the least cost plan. The EEV solution was worse than the SS. The PSO may invest in advanced technologies to more accurately reveal the uncertainties in the planning process, to operate at the W&S operational cost. However, the tradeoff between using the SS solution and investing in new technologies to operate at W&S solution may require rigorous feasibility study.
Jerlin JoneJ ,S.Eben Deva Raj M.E, Dr.N.Kanthavelkumaran, ME.Ph.d
stochastic solution (SS), expected value (EEV), waits and sees (W&S), power system operators (PSO), run-of-river (ROR)
