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Activation Guidelines for Dam Safety Emergency Preparedness Plans
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0232
This study addresses the key components of the emergency plan activation process, including the organizational, human and technical aspects of activating a dam owner’s emergency plan in the event of a large flood or dam safety incident.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Dam Safety
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Adaptation of the Existing Fryingpan-Arkansas Project RiverWare Planning Model to Support Operational Modeling, Forecasting, and Probabilistic Decision-Making
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Theresa Dawson
The existing Fryingpan-Arkansas Project RiverWare planning model was developed to support long-term water management and planning uses such as water supply and policy evaluation. In the model's current state, it doesn't support real-time operational uses. The primary objective of this project is to adapt the existing model to support uses for short-term operational decision-making, forecasting, probabilistic risk management, and administration so that the model can be used by Reclamation's Pueblo Field Office for these purposes with thorough documentation so this process can be used by model developers in the future.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Hydraulic Forecasting
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
- Pumped Storage
Addressing Barriers to Energy Storage in Transmission Planning and Operations [HydroWIRES]
Lead Companies
PNNL, ANL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Jeremy Twitchell, Jeremy.twitchell@pnnl.gov
A complex set of technical and regulatory issues creates significant barriers that prevent PSH and other forms of energy storage from accurate representation in transmission planning and operational processes. These barriers are numerous and complex, and a full evaluation of them has not yet been done. As a result, current transmission planning, deployments and operations may be inefficient and, ultimately, may result in higher costs for customers. This project will identify those barriers, create a proposed participation model for PSH to provide transmission and market functions, and conduct a techno-economic analysis of PSH that fully quantifies its technical capability and economic value as a transmission asset. Technology Application
Pumped Storage
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Transmission Services
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Advanced Manufacturing Roadmap Development
Lead Companies
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Lead Researcher (s)
- Mirko Musa (musam@ornl.gov)
During the last decade, advanced manufacturing has revolutionized the energy sector, boosting the U.S. manufacturing industry and opening pathways to increased American competitiveness. While these novel applications of advanced manufacturing have ushered in benefits in other energy sectors, the potential benefits for hydropower applications remain largely unexplored. To improve our understanding and identify key advanced manufacturing technologies for both existing and future hydropower development, this study will establish an advanced manufacturing roadmap/strategy for hydropower to identify high-impact opportunities that address critical challenges for hydropower.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro, Pumped Storage
Research Category
Research Sub-Category
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
Advanced Materials
Lead Companies
Sandia National Laboratories
Lead Researcher (s)
- Bernadette Hernandez-Sanchez
The project goal is to reduce uncertainty in using composites for commercial MHK designs by investigating their performance, potential for manufacture, and providing validated composites resources to industry. A 2015 MHK Composites Workshop identified that industry requires a better understanding of composite materials & structural performance properties related to MHK conditions; they also need validated MHK resources (database & best practices handbook) they can trust to guide development. This led to our Phase I Proposal: Material Design Tools for Marine Hydrokinetic Composite Structures. In 2020, the Materials and Manufacturing Strategy for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technologies Research & Development was developed and identified the next level of composites materials research and key gap areas.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Hydrokinetic
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
Expected 2022
- Marine Energy
Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Reliability
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- George Bonheyo
The overall project objective is to make assessments (using coupons & substructures) and then provide a descriptive resource of materials properties and solutions that address the prioritized needs of the industry.
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Technology
Research Sub-Category
Hydrokinetic
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Advancing Modeling Tools for Assessment of Long-Term Energy/Water Risks for Hydropower
Lead Companies
PNNL
Lead Researcher (s)
- Mark Wigmosta
This project will provide a scalable, fine-resolution, physics-based modeling framework to evaluate different potential hydropower investment and operational decisions in the face of hydrologic change. Specifically, the modeling framework will be able to quantify risk, at the plant and system levels; impacts of hydrologic conditions on hydropower and thermoelectric production; water temperature; and ecosystem resources.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Hydraulic Forecasting
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Marine Energy
AERC -Advancing Energy Resilient Communities (FY20 FOA Remote Community Led Test Campaign)
Lead Companies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lead Researcher (s)
- Simon Geerlofs
Technology Application
Marine Energy
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Future Grid
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
- Conventional Hydro
Aging Reservoirs, Climate, Operations, and Potential Cumulative Impacts to Water Quality, Clarity and Fisheries and Recreation
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Mike Horn
Can Reclamation develop a set of tools and techniques that will allow researchers to gain a better understanding of benthic turbidity layers, their composition, what causes them, and why in some areas have they only recently been observed? If this is potentially becoming a bigger problem, and if we can describe the cause, can we identify other reservoirs that are likely susceptible to this same phenomenon over time, and through mechanistic and modelling approaches provide solutions for Clark Canyon and other reservoirs?
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Water Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
- Conventional Hydro
Alternate Control Strategy for Dreissinids Using Carbon Dioxide
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- Kevin Kelly
Can carbon dioxide be used as an environmentally neutral molluscicide for mitigation of zebra and quagga mussel macrofouling? Carbon dioxide is a natural chemical that does not require a separate or specialized production (e.g. fermentation), is already produced in large quantities, is recycled from initial combustion waste streams for good environmental stewardship, has an indefinite shelf life, nonflammable, is easy to handle and store, does not require electrical or mechanical power to deliver, and can be distributed easily and evenly in water, including hard-to-reach confined water. Through the carbonic acid/bicarbonate buffer, the change in pH of the water is limited. Addition of carbon dioxide also reduces the bioavailability of calcium in the water, thereby inhibiting shell growth. Only species that has taken up residence in the confined water (i.e. Dreissinids) would be exposed long enough to reach mortality levels. Once the water is freely exposed to the air at the outlet, purged, or the CO2 is stripped and reused, equilibrium is quickly re-established and PCO2 goes back to ambient pressure, so that it will not affect the downstream water ecology.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
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