Abstract
The decision-making process regarding the choice of renewable sources for energy supply is multidimensional. A number of aspects at different levels are to be taken into account such as economical, technical, environmental, and social. Reaching clear and unambiguous solutions may be very challenging even if the consideration is limited to a technoeconomical optimum. The need to develop tools for the design of electric power plants based on renewable energy resources arises from this difficulty. At the Hydro Engineering Center (HEC), considering main equipments criteria that are production and safety, useful numerical tools are developed to allow the modeling of hydraulic transients and the prediction of annual energy. Indeed, transients and energy production calculations help to costly optimize not only the sizing of the machines but also the complete hydraulic layout. For these purposes, specific numerical tools are dedicated to specific needs.
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The authors are very grateful for support of Process and Technology Department, in particular the help and advice from Nadine Pajean and Patrick Grillot.
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Bernardi, C., Auriault, C., Bourrilhon, M., Maruzewski, P. (2014). Numerical Modeling: A Tool for the Decision-Making Process. In: Gourbesville, P., Cunge, J., Caignaert, G. (eds) Advances in Hydroinformatics. Springer Hydrogeology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4451-42-0_5
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