Optimal sizing of a run-of-river small hydropower plant

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2663-2670

  Anagnostopoulos, John S ^a   Papantonis, Dimitris E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Optimal sizing; Plant simulation; Run of river; Small hydropower plant

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HYDRAULIC TURBINES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION;

ENERGY PRODUCTION; OPTIMAL SIZING; PLANT SIMULATION; SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANT;

POWER PLANTS;

EID: 34548238860     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.04.016     Document Type: Article

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