Small Hydropower in Latvia and Intellectualization of Its Operating Systems

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences 2014
Anatolijs Mahņitko, Jānis Gerhards, Oļegs Linkevičs, Renāta Varfolomejeva, Inga Umbraško

The authors estimate the potential for power generation from water resources of small and medium-sized rivers, which are abundant in Latvia. They propose the algorithm for optimal operation of a small-scale hydropower plant (SHPP) at the chosen optimality criterion in view of the plant's participation in the market. The choice of SHPP optimization algorithm is made based on two mathematical programming methods - dynamic and generalized reduced gradient ones. Approbation of the algorithm is illustrated by an example of optimized SHPP operation.

Keywords
small-scale hydropower, smart grids, optimization, operating algorithm, income
DOI
10.2478/lpts-2013-0036
Hyperlink
http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lpts.2013.50.issue-6/lpts-2013-0036/lpts-2013-0036.xml

Mahņitko, A., Gerhards, J., Linkevičs, O., Varfolomejeva, R., Umbraško, I. Small Hydropower in Latvia and Intellectualization of Its Operating Systems. Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences, 2014, Vol.50, Iss.6, pp.3-15. ISSN 0868-8257. Available from: doi:10.2478/lpts-2013-0036

Publication language
English (en)