The optimization of hydroelectric power is one area of water resources management where the implementation of supply management techniques could yield enormous social welfare benefits. A broad spectrum of computer modeling and analysis techniques have been applied to the hydroelectric power production model in an attempt to improve the real-time operation of reservoir systems. The nonconvex, nonseparable hydropower objective function poses a formidable task in devising a global optimization scheme. A decomposition procedure for the indefinite quadratic form is used to develop an algorithm that will find a near global optimum of a nonlinear hydroelectric power optimization model. The decomposition scheme, due to Pardalos et aI., splits the indefinite quadratic form into separable concave and convex parts. A Taylor series approximation is applied to the concave part, which, along with the separated convex part, is a convex underestimating problem (minimization) that can be solved efficiently. The decomposition technique is applied to two models of reservoir systems within the Upper Green River Basin and the models are solved using the GAMS/MINOS computer code. A comparison of the results obtained from successive linear programming, a fixed head linearization strategy, and direct nonlinear optimization of the nonconvex objective, with the results of the decomposition procedure, indicates the new algorithm has advantages over these techniques. / Master of Science

A plan for integrating modeling techniques and improving hydroelectric plant performance is presented. The plan begins with defining and establishing basic plant modeling parameters from the physical plant description. Guidelines for forming linear or nonlinear mathematical models are developed and the plan culminates in the determination of settings for P-I-D control which achieve optimum plant performance. Mathematical models are developed for the hydroelectric plant components -- the penstock, the hydraulic turbine (specifically a Francis turbine), the generator with its connected electrical system, and the control system. A unique method for characterizing turbine performance from a hill diagram is presented. Stability regions for linear models are determined and control settings which result in optimum plant performance are established. Settings associated with high derivative gains are indicated as giving optimum performance when a linear plant model is used. Nonlinear simulations at various operating conditions reveal that less lively gains must be used for the required gate motion to be achievable. For the representative plant model studied, the optimum governor settings resulted in a 7 percent improvement over other recommended P-I-D settings while satisfying gate speed constraints which the other recommended settings violated. The benefit of this work is in an improved ability to develop and utilize appropriate mathematical models for a hydroelectric plant and in the determination of control settings which improve plant performance. / Ph. D.

This study examines the controversy regarding Hells Canyon on the Snake River, North America's deepest gorge. Throughout the 1950s, federal and private electric power proponents wrangled over who would harness the canyon's potential for generating hydroelectricity. After a decade of debate, the privately-owned Idaho Power Company won the right to build three small dams in the canyon versus one large public power structure. The thesis concludes that private development of Hells Canyon led to incomplete resource development. Further, support of private development led to extensive Republican electoral losses in the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s.

Submitted by Rosangela Silva (rosangela.silva3@unioeste.br) on 2018-06-25T23:12:30Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Fabricio_S_Silva.pdf: 2675376 bytes, checksum: 37796693d06d9e4b32f5991fd61d17d1 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-06-25T23:12:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Fabricio_S_Silva.pdf: 2675376 bytes, checksum: 37796693d06d9e4b32f5991fd61d17d1 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-09 / Hydroelectric generation is the main source of electricity in Brazil and also in the West and Southwest of Paraná. Year after year the energy matrix has been diversifying, including new sources, such as wind power. However, due to the power accumulation characteristic of hydroelectric plants, this type of source is important for the stability of the electric system. Currently, hydroelectric power corresponds to just over 60% of all power installed in Brazil. Particularly in the West and Southwest of Paraná, this number increases and Paraná's share in the Brazilian matrix is approximately 16% of all installed power. In order to verify the participation of these regions in the hydropower matrix and also their production, a survey was made of the installed potential and the constructive profile of the hydroenergy projects. In addition, the flow and production trends of the Salto Santiago hydroelectric plant in the Iguaçu River basin and the Melissa hydroelectric plant in the Piquiri river basin were verified in the 2003 to 2017 period. Finally, a conceptual map of the western and southwestern regions of Paraná was elaborated with the hydroelectric generation profile. It was noticed by the survey that the regions of the study have great participation in the hydroelectric matrix of Brazil and that its production and the flow of the rivers in the entrance of these remains practically unchanged in the studied period. / A geração hidrelétrica é a principal fonte de energia elétrica no Brasil e do Oeste e Sudoeste do Paraná. Ano após ano a matriz energética vem se diversificando, sendo nela inseridas novas fontes, como por exemplo a eólica. Porém pela característica de acumulação de energia potência das hidrelétricas faz com que este tipo de fonte seja importante para a estabilidade do sistema elétrico. Nos dias atuais a energia hidrelétrica corresponde a pouco mais que 60% de toda potência instalada no Brasil. Em especial na região Oeste e Sudoeste do Paraná, este número aumenta e a participação do Paraná na matriz brasileira é de aproximadamente 16% de toda potência instalada. Para verificar como está a participação destas regiões na matriz hidroenergética e sua produção, foi realizado um levantamento do potencial instalado e do perfil construtivo dos empreendimentos hidroenergéticos. Além disto foi verificada a tendência das vazões e produção no período de 2003 a 2017 da hidrelétrica Salto Santiago na bacia do Rio Iguaçu e a hidrelétrica Melissa na bacia do rio Piquiri. Por fim, foi elaborado um mapa conceitual das regiões Oeste e Sudoeste do Paraná com o perfil da geração hidrelétrica. Concluiu-se pelo levantamento que as regiões do estudo têm grande participação na matriz hidrelétrica do Brasil e que sua produção e a vazão dos rios na entrada destas permanece praticamente inalterada no período do estudado.

Construction of the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie (also known as the Pacific Intertie) began in 1964, following the culmination of a series of interrelated negotiations which included: 1) the planning for the construction and operation of the Pacific Intertie; 2) the passage of federal legislation that put limits on the export of electricity from the regions where it was generated; and 3) the full ratification of the Columbia River Treaty between the United States and Canada. By 1970, with construction complete, the Pacific Intertie allowed for the movement of more than 4,000,000 kilowatts of power among the electrical systems of British Columbia and eleven Western states, including 243 rural electrical cooperatives, municipal systems, and other public agencies. It had essentially become the backbone of the largest electrical grid in the Western world. In addition to widening the marketing area available to power producers throughout the grid, the Pacific Intertie also integrated the operations of the nation's largest hydropower system (Bonneville Power Administration), the largest privately owned electrical system (Pacific Gas & Electric), and the largest municipal power system (L.A. Department of Water and Power) in the country.

Thesis (MScEng (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The world is increasingly being faced with the challenge of effectively exploiting available renewable energy resources, not only to meet an ever growing energy demand, but also to preserve the available amount of fossil fuels and to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions released into the atmosphere by fossil fuelled power stations. Hence, every available renewable energy resource, even small rivers has a contribution to make in the attempt to reduce the amount of fossil fuel generated electricity. The focus of this study is the design and installation of a low cost grid-connected 10 kW micro hydro power system (MHPS). The process to determine the potential of the available water resource is first to be presented. The environmental aspects of these systems, based on the study that is undertaken for the implementation of the landmark example, are discussed. The complete design of a micro hydro power system for a specific site is presented. This design is based on using commercially available components and equipment in an attempt to minimise the total cost of a micro hydro power system. The designed micro hydro power system is installed in-field and the predicted performance of the designed system is verified with measured results of the implemented system. Based on the results of the micro hydro power system landmark example, it is shown through a complete economic study, that this investment is very worthwhile. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die wêreld word daagliks meer en meer uitgedaag om beskikbare alternatiewe energiebronne effektief te benut, nie net om in die groeiende elektrisiteits aanvraag te voorsien nie, maar ook om die beskikbare fossiel brandstowwe te beskerm en ook om die hoeveelheid koolstofdioksied gasse wat deur fossiel brandstof kragstasies vrygestel word, te verminder. Dus het elke beskikbare alternatiewe energiebron, selfs klein riviertjies, ‘n bydrae om te lewer tot die poging om die hoeveelheid elektrisiteit wat deur fossiel brandstowwe opgewek word, te verminder. Die fokus van hierdie studie is op die ontwerp en implementering van ‘n lae koste netwerk gekoppelde 10 kW mikro hidro kragstelsel. Eerstens word die proses om die potensiaal van die beskikbare waterbron te bepaal, bespreek. Al die omgewings aspekte van hierdie mikro hidro kragstelsels word dan bespreek. Dit is ten volle gebaseer op die studies wat gedoen is vir die implementering van hierdie landmerk voorbeeld. Die volledige ontwerp van ‘n mikro hidro kragstelsel, vir ‘n spesifieke terrein, word bespreek. Hierdie ontwerp is hoofsaaklik gebasseer op die gebruik van kommersieel beskikbare komponente met die doel om die totale koste van die stelsel te minimeer. Die stelsel wat ontwerp is, is geïnstalleer op die terrein en die verwagte prestasie van die stelsel is toe geverifieer met gemete resultate van die geïnstalleerde stelsel. ‘n Volledige ekonomiese studie wat gebaseer is op die resultate van die geïnstalleerde stelsel, word dan bespreek en daar is gevind dat hierdie stelsel werklik finansieel die moeite werd is. / Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies

Orientador: Pedro Magalhães Sobrinho / Coorientador: Silvio Jorge Coelho Simões / Banca: João Andrade de Carvalho Junior / Banca: Ivonete Ávila / Banca: Humberto Gallo Junior / Banca: Ademir Fernando Morelli / Resumo: São inúmeros os serviços econômicos, sociais e ambientais atribuídos às florestas, sendo a fixação do carbono atmosférico o mais recente, pois contribui para a redução de gases do efeito estufa (GEE) e do aquecimento global, através do processo de fotossíntese na absorção do dióxido de carbono (CO2) pelas árvores. Buscando a redução dos GEE e a absorção do CO2, as centrais geradoras hidrelétricas (CGHs) e as pequenas centrais hidrelétricas (PCHs) são consideradas, por muitos estudiosos, como uma forma mais limpa de obtenção de energia, ainda que existam algumas discussões sobre os impactos ambientais gerados pelas mesmas. Assim, este estudo visa propor a mitigação da emissão do CO2, por meio da restauração ecológica, devido à instalação de uma central geradora hidrelétrica, com base na análise do potencial dos remanescentes florestais como sumidouros de carbono. Desta forma, utilizou-se mapas georreferenciados com dados físicos ambientais (hidrologia, classe de solo, uso da terra, drenagem, área de preservação permanente e maciços florestais nativos) que possibilitaram delimitar os remanescentes florestais existentes na bacia hidrográfica do Rio do Chapéu, localizada no município de São Luís do Paraitinga, SP, Brasil. Paralelamente, levantou-se os dados dendrométricos (altura da árvore e diâmetro à altura do peito) de 658 indivíduos arbóreos, distribuídos em 119 espécies de um fragmento florestal de 10.000 m2, que foram aplicados em equações alométricas, resultando uma estima... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: There are numerous economic, social and environmental services to forests, among which atmospheric carbon sequestration is the most recent, which contributes to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and global warming through photosynthesis, i.e. carbon dioxide (CO2) absorption by trees. With the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and absorbing CO2, small hydropower stations (SHS) and small hydropower plants (SHPs) are considered as a cleaner way to generate energy in literature, although there is some discussion regarding their environmental impacts. Thus, the present study aims to mitigate CO2 emissions from building a hydropower station through ecological restoration based on analyzing the potential of utilizing remnant forests as carbon sinks. Therefore, georeferenced maps have been used with environmental physical data (hydrology, soil type, land use, drainage, permanent preservation areas and native forest) that allowed defining the existing remnant forests along the Chapéu River watershed, which is located in São Luís do Paraitinga, SP, Brazil. In addition, dendrometric data (height and diameter at breast height) has been collected on 658 individual trees classified into 119 species in a forest area of 10,000 m 2 . Data used in an allometric equation resulted in an estimate of 62.25 C ha-1 t sequestrated by trees and CO2 emission of 9232.92 t ha-1 due to the flooded forest area (dam) if a SHS were constructed in the watershed. These data evidenced that trees contribute to carbon sequestration, and that there must be an environmental compensation through ecological restoration of 323.8 hectares of permanent environmental reserve areas located in the contributing watersheds. This research is going to assist in environmental licensing and decision-making processes regarding the implementation of hydropower stations due to obtaining parameters ... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

O estudo aqui apresentado tem como objetivo analisar o Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC), o qual tem gerado grandes transformações no Brasil, em várias escalas, modificando estruturas territoriais, políticas, econômicas e sociais. Ao estudarmos esse programa, buscamos compreender a forma como o Estado brasileiro elabora suas estratégias econômicas e políticas a apropriação, o desenvolvimento e a incorporação de territórios no país. Vivenciamos no Brasil diversas políticas territoriais de infraestrutura e de reforma agrária durante o século XX, o que ocasionou uma larga expansão da abrangência do próprio Estado no território nacional, em geral, e no território amazônico, em específico. Tais ações caracterizam, no seu contexto geral, a atual configuração brasileira, quanto ao social, econômico, político, regional e territorial. Nosso objetivo geral consistiu em analisar os efeitos do PAC no território brasileiro a partir da construção de hidrelétricas na Amazônia, considerando tais intervenções como a materialização de um projeto político dos governos Lula e Dilma, e, com isso, entender o desenvolvimentismo como estratégia de avanço e concretização das ações governamentais. Como objetivos específicos: a) Analisar as ações dos governos de Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2002-2010) e Dilma Roussef (2011-2014) sob a perspectiva do desenvolvimentismo, identificando suas principais características políticas e administrativas; b) Analisar a construção das hidrelétricas na Amazônia dispostas como projetos do PAC 1 e 2 enquanto estudo de caso, bem como entender sua relação com o crescimento do setor elétrico nacional e o desenvolvimento econômico brasileiro; c) Identificar os principais agentes econômicos e políticos envolvidos na construção de hidrelétricas do PAC na Amazônia brasileira; d) Analisar o PAC 1 e 2 nas escalas nacional, regional e local, pela abordagem da infraestrutura energética, com a análise dos relatórios periódicos publicados pelo próprio Governo contrapostos à realização de trabalhos de campo e informações de pesquisas e movimentos sociais; e) Elaborar uma síntese territorial do PAC a partir das informações e dos dados investigados para identificar diferenciações na execução de obras de acordo com os interesses do Governo aliado às grandes empresas e agentes econômicos. Nossa metodologia consistiu na construção do instrumental analítico mobilizado durante o estudo: o levantamento bibliográfico, as etapas metodológicas, as variáveis, os indicadores, a delimitação temporal e espacial e a forma como os resultados têm sido analisados. Podemos afirmar precisamente que a tese com a qual respondemos nosso problema de pesquisa é a de que o PAC é uma política territorial. Por sua vez, essa política não atende às necessidades desse território, quer sejam sociais, econômicas e ambientais. Sendo tal, dentro dos moldes desenvolvimentistas e liberais, de outro lado beneficia (diferentemente de atender) os grupos investidores e os setores capitalistas, sobretudo e prioritariamente. / This study aims to analyze the Growth Acceleration Program (in Portuguese, PAC), which has generated large-scale development transformations in Brasil, modifying territorial, political, economic and social structures. Through this study, it was understood how the Brazilian State elaborates its economic and political strategies, as well as territories appropriation, development and incorporation. In Brazil it was experienced several territorial policies concerning infrastructure and agrarian reform during the twentieth century, which led to a significant expansion in the territorial scope, in general, and in the Amazonian territory, specifically. In general context, these actions characterize Brazilian current configuration, as far as social, economic, political, regional and territorial. The main objective consisted in analyzing PAC effects in Brazilian territory based on construction of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon, considering those interventions as the materialization of Lula and Dilma governments then understand developmentalism as a strategy for the advancement and implementation of government actions. It was formulated as specific objectives: a) To analyze, from the perspective of developmentalism, Luís Inácio Lula da Silva (2002-2010) and Dilma Roussef (2011-2014) governments actions, identifying their main political and administrative characteristics; b) To assess the construction of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon as PAC 1 and 2 projects as case study and to understand its relation with the growth of the national electrical sector and the Brazilian economic development; c) To identify the main economic and political agents involved in the construction of PAC hydroelectric plants in the Brazilian Amazon; d) To evaluate PAC 1 and 2 at the local, state and national levels, under energy infrastructure bias, analyzing periodic reports published by the Government against the fieldwork and information of research and social movements; e) To elaborate a PAC territorial synthesis grounded on the information and data investigated to identify the differences in the execution of works in accordance with the interests of the Government allied to large companies and economic agents. The methodology employed in this work sought to build the analytical instruments mobilized during the study: bibliographic survey, the methodological steps, the variables, the indicators, temporal and spatial delimitations and how results have been analyzed. It can be precisely said that the thesis with which we responded the research problem is that PAC is a territorial policy. In turn, this policy does not meet the needs of this territory, which are social, economic and environmental. Therefore, within the developmental and liberal molds, overall it benefits (unlike attending) the investing groups and the capitalist sectors, especially and, as a matter of priority.

O estudo apresenta uma análise sobre os sítios arqueológicos filiados à Tradição Tupiguarani e da cultura material deles decorrentes, de modo a favorecer uma discussão sobre os elementos constituintes dessa filiação cultural na Bacia do Alto Tocantins. Os trabalhos foram executados no âmbito de projetos de salvamento arqueológico, parte integrante da modalidade da pesquisa arqueológica de contrato, realizados pelo Laboratório de Arqueologia do Museu Antropológico da Universidade Federal de Goiás. Os registros arqueológicos foram identificados na área dos empreendimentos hidrelétricos da UHE Serra da Mesa e UHE Cana Brava, localizados na Bacia do Alto Tocantins, região norte do estado de Goiás. O trabalho tem como objetivo relatar as características observadas na constituição do processo de ocupação da área pela Tradição Tupiguarani, mesmo que seus assentamentos sejam significativamente reduzidos neste território, cuja predominância está relacionada aos grupos filiados às Tradições Aratu e Uru. O propósito não é contestar a existência breve ou perene desses grupos na região, se existiram apenas como circulantes de uma rota de migração, mas buscar compreender a partir do cenário arqueológico encontrado, manifestações que configurem a dinâmica de ocupação pelos grupos ceramistas pré-coloniais relacionados à Tradição Tupiguarani. / This study shows an analysis of the archaeological sites related to the Tupiguarani tradition and the material culture arose from it, in a way to enhance a discussion on the principles of such cultural relationship in the Bay of the Upper Tocantins. The work was done in the scope of projects of archaeological rescue, integrating part of the feature of the archaeological research of contract, realized by the Archaeology Laboratory of the Anthropological Museum of the Federal University of Goiás. The archaeological records were identified in the area of the hydroelectric venture of the Hydroelectric Power Station of Serra da Mesa and the Hydroelectric Power Station of Cana Brava, located in the Bay of Upper Tocantins in the north of the Goiás State. The objective of the work is to report the characteristics observed in the constitution of the occupation process of the area by the Tupiguarani Tradition, even though its settlement was quite reduced in this territory, which was predominantly related to the Aratu and Uru Traditions. The aim is not to contest the brief or perennial existence of these groups in the area, if their settlement there was just part of a migratory movement, but to try to understand the manifestation that represents the dynamic of the occupation by the pre-colonial ceramist groups related to the Tupiguarani Tradition according to the archaeological scenery found.

A função básica de um sistema de energia elétrica é fornecer aos seus clientes energia elétrica economicamente e tão confiável quanto possível. A importância da confiabilidade dos sistemas de energia elétrica é claramente notada quando as pessoas são confrontadas com a perda de energia elétrica, não importando se a perda provoca parada das linhas de produção ou mesmo impactos financeiros às empresas, o que pode consequentemente causar enorme impacto econômico além de situações que impactam o conforto da população. Dentro deste contexto esta tese apresenta uma metodologia para avaliação da confiabilidade de plantas de geração de energia elétrica que possibilita avaliar qualitativamente e quantitativamente a confiabilidade e disponibilidade dos principais componentes elétricos e mecânicos necessários à geração confiável de energia. A análise qualitativa foi realizada levando-se em consideração as características físicas das usinas hidroelétricas e as características construtivas das unidades geradoras para que fosse possibilitada a classificação das unidades geradoras em grupos estatisticamente significativos. A análise quantitativa foi fundamentada em métodos estatísticos de estimação e inferência e aspectos relacionados ao desempenho e disponibilidade de usinas hidroelétricas brasileiras tendo como referência os índices preconizados pelas agências regulatórias. As unidades geradoras foram modeladas através de métodos estatísticos e probabilísticos que permitem avaliar por meio de técnicas de confiabilidade a frequência e a duração das falhas além das probabilidades associadas a cada estado de falha. Os dados de falha foram obtidos por meio de bancos de dados consolidados por agentes geradores e órgãos federais responsáveis pela operação do sistema interligado nacional. Os dados representam a história operativa de grande parte das usinas hidrelétricas brasileiras operadas e despachadas de forma centralizada. A metodologia apresentada nesta tese preenche uma lacuna na existência de metodologias focadas em avaliação de confiabilidade de plantas de geração em fase de projeto, que possibilitariam a mitigação de riscos de falhas e perdas produtivas quando da operação comercial da planta de geração. / The basic function of a power system is to provide their customers electricity as economically and reliably as possible. The importance of the reliability of electric power systems is clearly noted when people are confronted with the loss of energy, no matter if the loss stops the production lines or even causes financial impacts on companies, which may consequently cause huge economic impact beyond situations that influence the comfort of the population. Within this context, this thesis presents a methodology for assessing the reliability of plants generating electricity that enables qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate the reliability and availability of key electrical and mechanical components needed to generate reliable power. Qualitative analysis was performed taking into account the physical characteristics of hydroelectric and constructive features of the generating units to which the classification was made to enable pool and cluster generating units in groups statistically significant. Quantitative analysis was based on statistical methods of estimation and inference and aspects related to performance and availability of Brazilian hydroelectric plants with reference to the indices recommended by regulatory agencies. The units were modeled using probabilistic and statistical methods for assessing, by means of reliability techniques, the frequency and duration of failures plus the probabilities associated with each state of failure. The failure data were obtained from consolidated databases by agents and federal agencies responsible for the operation of the national grid. The data represent the operational history of much of Brazil\'s hydroelectric facilities operated and dispatched centrally. The methodology presented in this thesis fills a gap in the existence of methodologies focused on reliability assessment of power plants in the design phase, which would allow the mitigation of risks of failures and production losses when the commercial operation of the generating plant.