The hydropower node type allows users to define relevant details of turbines in the dams and calculate hydropower generation.
The turbine node can represent a turbine of a hydropower station. It calculates the flow required to generate a particular hydropower production target in each time step. API Reference.
allocation penalty
The cost per unit flow via the node
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target
Hydropower production target. Units should be in units of energy per day
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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
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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
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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
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min_head
Minimum head for flow to occur. If actual head is less than this value zero flow is returned
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turbine_elevation
Elevation of the turbine itself. The difference between the water_elevation and this value gives the working head of the turbine
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efficiency
The efficiency of the turbine
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density
The density of water
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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
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energy_unit_conversion
A factor used to transform the units of total energy. Defaults to 1e-6 to return MJ
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