Hydropower Parameters

Video using the Hydropower Target parameter

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

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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