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Optimal Dispatch of Pumped Storage Hydro Cascade under Uncertainty

Najibi, F., Alonso, E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3306-695X & Apostolopoulou, D. ORCID: 0000-0002-9012-9910 (2018). Optimal Dispatch of Pumped Storage Hydro Cascade under Uncertainty. In: 2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL). Control 2018 – 12th International UKACC Conference on Control, 05 - 07 September 2018, Sheffield, UK.

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an optimal dispatch scheme for a pumped storage hydro cascade that maximizes the energy per cubic meter of water in the system taking into account uncertainty in the net load variations. To this end, we introduce a model to describe the behaviour of a pumped storage hydro cascade and formulate its optimal dispatch. We then incorporate forecast scenarios in the optimal dispatch, and define a robust variant of the developed system. The resulting optimization problem is intractable due to the infinite number of constraints. Using tools from robust optimization, we reformulate the resulting problem in a tractable form that is amenable to existing numerical tools and show that the computed dispatch is immunised against uncertainty. The efficacy of the proposed approach is demonstrated by means of a realistic case study based on the Seven Forks system located in Kenya.

Publication Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Publisher Keywords: Robust optimization, Hydroelectric system, Pumped storage hydro cascade, Optimal Dispatch Scheme
Subjects: T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Computer Science
School of Science & Technology > Engineering
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