Feasibility of a supplementary water storage for birkapili hydroelectric power plant

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2011

Author

Bozkurt, Melih

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Climate change concerns, high oil prices and increasing government support are some of the driving reasons of increasing renewable energy legislation, incentives, and commercialization. Hydroelectricity is the most widely used form of renewable energy and refers to electricity generated by hydropower. In this study, a storage facility is proposed to store some additional water and increase the profitability of the existing Birkapılı Hydroelectric Power Plant. The storage facility is composed of a gravity dam and an uncontrolled spillway. With the help of the proposed storage facility, maximum utilization of the water is provided and shift of the electricity generation to peak demand periods becomes possible. Consequently, feasibility of the existing power plant is improved. A number of alternatives for a spillway are taken into account and the corresponding concrete gravity dam is designed. Stability analyses and operation studies are conducted using spreadsheets to achieve an economical solution.

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Hydroelectric power plants

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613588/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/20948

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Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis