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Conventional Hydro
Benchmarking of Ensemble Streamflow Forecast Usage in Hydropower Planning
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0429
This study includes three main components: a literature review of the use of streamflow ensembles; industry level surveys and interviews to benchmark the current use of ensembles; and an interactive Roadmap to guide users through the many different components of developing, verifying, processing, and using ensemble data.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Hydraulic Forecasting
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
Conventional Hydro
Best Practice Guide for Maintaining Hydro Generating Station Power System Electrical Connections
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- 03/101
A technical report that integrates the best available information and practices into a single source that can be used to understand the design and installation principles of PSE connections while providing guidance for maintenance and repair practices. A technical how-to user manual to help field personnel properly install and maintain PSE connections.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Powerhouse Equipment
Research Sub-Category
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
Expected 2020
Conventional Hydro
Best Practice Guide for the Operation and Maintenance of Cranes and Lifting Equipment
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0397
This guide focuses on the entire life-cycle of crane and hoist assets, incorporating best practices obtained from survey responses from a cross section of participating HPLIG utilities that operate and maintain a combined total of 4500 cranes and hoists.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Powerhouse Equipment
Research Sub-Category
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
Conventional Hydro
Best Practices for Mussel Control and Mitigation at Hydropower and Water Delivery Facilities
Lead Companies
USBR
Lead Researcher (s)
- Sherri Pucherelli
The goal of this research is to compile currently used technology and techniques for the control of invasive mussels at hydropower and water delivery facilities. The approach involves case studies across multiple agencies to identify effective technologies and strategies that have been used in order to share this information with Federal and State agencies as well as impacted stakeholders. This effort will provide facility managers with information and options to be used for planning purposes in the case that invasive mussels are detected at their facility. Mussel control and mitigation techniques are site specific and dependent upon facility design and operation, and a survey of a variety of impacted facilities across the United States may uncover techniques that can be implemented at a diverse range of Reclamation facilities.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Environmental and Sustainability
Research Sub-Category
Fish and Aquatic Resources
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
Conventional Hydro
Best Practices in the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Spillway Gates in Northern Climates
Lead Companies
CEATI International
Lead Researcher (s)
- #0396
The report identifies the various ice mitifation measures that are currently available for three types of gates: radial, vertical lift and flap gates.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Dam or Weir
Research Sub-Category
Spillgates
Status
complete
Completion Date
2020
Conventional Hydro
Blackstart
Lead Companies
ORNL, NREL, ANL
Lead Researcher (s)
- 0
This project is using Run-of-river hydropower Integrated with SuperCapacitors (BRISC), which is currently assessing not only the technical characteristics, but also the financial viability of coupling energy storage solutions and run-of-river hydropower facilities. Efforts in this space will culminate in not only field deployment of energy storage systems at a facility, but also industry-accessible guidance.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Research Sub-Category
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
TBD
Conventional Hydro
Can better representation of low-elevation snowpack improve operational forecasts?
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- 19178
To what extent do low-elevation snowpack contribute to streamflow forecast errors is current forecast models? What improvement in forecast skill can be gained by changing the spatial configuration of forecast models including improvements to their representation of low-elevation snow and to reservoir inflows? What improvement in forecast skill can be gained by incorporating in remotely-sensed and/or ground-based snow products into forecast models?
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Hydraulic Forecasting
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2020
Conventional Hydro
Characterizing the Predictability and Sensitivity of Streamflow to Monsoon Season Precipitation
Lead Companies
Bureau of Reclamation
Lead Researcher (s)
- 20032
Research Need: In the Western US, warm-season precipitation has historically provided a secondary water source to snowmelt runoff (Serreze et al., 1999). However, increasing temperatures and decreasing snowpack suggest that it may gain importance for water resources management. As such, there is an interest in understanding the predictability of warm-season precipitation, as well as the sensitivity of water resources and management to this source. Understanding the predictability of warm-season precipitation is of particular interest in the U.S. Southwest, a region that is influenced by the North American Monsoon in summer (Adams and Comrie 1997). One of the barriers to using monsoon forecasts has been their low skill in simulating precipitation. However, it has been recommended that any examination of monsoon should consider large-scale circulation, rather than examining precipitation directly (Seneviratne et al. 2012). To this point, Prein (2019) identified large-scale conditions over the U.S. Southwest associated with monsoon precipitation anomalies, and found that they are robustly captured by NCAR's Community Earth System Model (CESM) and other general circulation models. This provides motivation to evaluate monsoon circulation patterns in forecast ensemble products.
Technology Application
Conventional Hydro
Research Category
Interconnect Integration and Markets
Research Sub-Category
Hydraulic Forecasting
Status
ongoing
Completion Date
2022
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