XFLEX HYDRO demonstrators grid services assessment and Ancillary Services Matrix elaboration

no code implementations • 9 Apr 2024 • Christophe Nicolet, Matthieu Dreyer, Christian Landry, Sébastien Alligné, Antoine Béguin, Yves Vaillant, Stefan Tobler, Goekhan Sari, Grégory Païs, Matteo Bianciotto, Steve Sawyer, Richard Taylor, Manuel Vaz Castro, Maria Helena Vasconcelos, Carlos Moreira

This paper presents the methodology and key results which enabled to establish the so-called Ancillary Service Matrix (ASM) presenting the ability to deliver the different ancillary services of each of the 6 demonstrators of the XFLEX HYDRO research project combined with the applicable technologies studied in this analysis.

Inertia emulation contribution of Frades 2 variable speed pump-turbine to power network stability

no code implementations • 9 Apr 2024 • Christophe Nicolet, Antoine Béguin, Matthieu Dreyer, Sébastien Alligné, Alexander Jung, Diogo Cordeiro, Carlos Moreira

This paper is addressing the quantification and the comparison of pumped storage power plants, PSPP, contribution to synchronous inertia and synthetic inertia when fixed speed and variable speed motor-generators technologies are considered, respectively.

Performance Assessment of Linear Models of Hydropower Plants

no code implementations • 16 Jul 2021 • Stefano Cassano, Christian Landry, Christophe Nicolet, Fabrizio Sossan

Model performance is evaluated for a medium- and a low-head HPP with a Francis and Kaplan turbine, respectively.

Model Predictive Control