Hydropower Parameters
Video using the Hydropower Target parameter
General Description
Section titled “General Description”The hydropower target parameter is a parameter that returns flow from a hydropower generation target. This parameter calculates the flow required to generate a particular hydropower production target. It is intended to be used on a node representing a turbine where a particular production target is required each time-step. API Reference
Attributes
Section titled “Attributes”| Name | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| type | hydropowertarget | Yes |
| target | Hydropower production target. Units should be in units of energy per day | Optional |
| water_elevation_parameter | Elevation of water entering the turbine. The difference of this value with the turbine_elevation gives the working head of the turbine | Optional |
| max_flow | Upper bounds on the calculated flow. If set the flow returned by this parameter is at most the value of the max_flow parameter | Optional |
| min_flow | Lower bounds on the calculated flow. If set the flow returned by this parameter is at least the value of the min_flow parameter | Optional |
| min_head | Minimum head for flow to occur. If actual head is less than this value zero flow is returned | Optional |
| turbine_elevation | Elevation of the turbine itself. The difference between the water_elevation and this value gives the working head of the turbine | Optional |
| efficiency | The efficiency of the turbine | Optional |
| density | The density of water | Optional |
| flow_unit_conversion | A factor used to transform the units of flow to be compatible with the equation here. This should convert flow to units of m3/day | Optional |
| energy_unit_conversion | A factor used to transform the units of total energy. Defaults to 1e-6 to return MJ | Optional |
Example
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