Hydro Power: How to Generate and Combine Hydro and Thermal Electricity Generation


Parameters

Table 16.2 shows the additional parameters that are used in this example.

Table 16.2: Parameters

Parameter Name

Interpretation

hydro_level[hydro]

Operating level (in MW) per hydro generator

hydro_unit_cost[hydro]

Hourly cost (in pounds) of operating each hydro generator

hydro_depth_rate[hydro]

Reservoir depth reduction (in meters) per hour per hydro generator

hydro_startup_cost[hydro]

Cost of starting up each hydro generator

min_depth

Lower bound on reservoir depth (in meters)

max_depth

Upper bound on reservoir depth (in meters)

midnight_depth

Required depth (in meters) of reservoir at midnight each night

meters_per_mwh

Reservoir level increase (in meters) per megawatt-hour of electricity