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IS THE INSTALLATION OF MINI HYDROPOWER TURBINES IN
WATER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM PIPELINES COST
EFFECTIVE?
Supervisors: Professor Angus Simpson and Jinzhe Gong
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Who is responsible with preventing this?
• Australia one of the largest CO2 emitters per capita.
• 85% of our emissions from energy generation.
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Mini Hydropower - Dreams into Reality?
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-add sik animations -make title pages for each section The Hahndorf Dissipator
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• Murray Bridge to Onkaparinga (MBO) Pipeline
• Pumped at Murray Bridge
• Rising main to Summit Storage
• Released through Hahndorf Dissipator
• Into Onkaparinga River
• Water supply for Southern Adelaide
50 km
long
1.4 - 1.7
Diameter
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Hahndorf Dissipator
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Hydraulics at the Dissipator
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Mt Bold
Reservoir
Hahndorf
Dissipator
Summit
Storage Murray River
Pumping
Station
EL 296m
EL 205m
EL 401m EL 3m
100 m head difference
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• Traditionally flows varied from 1-4 m3/s at through the Dissipator.
• EPANET Modelling
• As turbine flow increases, so does the head losses.
Turbine Flow
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• The bigger the turbine, greater power output
• Power range from 0.9-2.63 MW
• 1 MW = can power 1000 homes!!
Turbine Power Output
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Turbine Selection
•EPANET computations and (Benzon et al. 2016) to find a range of turbine types.
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Selection of Turbine Type
• Research indicated Turgo most suitable due to constant efficiency across varying flows.
• Tamar Hydro deemed 3-jet Turgo most appropriate.
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But what size is optimal?
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AEMO Electrical Energy Prices
• Provides wholesale price of energy every 30 minutes. • Prices are capped between -$1000 and $14,000 per MWh.
Energy Consumption Error 2016/17
Down from 2.2% in 2015/16
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AEMO Price Prediction Accuracy
• Created 12 hours in advance. • Shows accuracy decreases with time. • Energy price order of magnitude is almost equivalent.
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The Feasibility Scenarios
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Scenario 1: The Idealised Returns
• Data - 8 years of historic data utilised (ignoring Millennium Drought years of 2001-2009). (used 2010-2017)
• Assumes operator monitors spot prices throughout the day every 30 minutes.
• Ranks historic daily spot prices from highest to lowest and transfers flow.
• Turbine can turn on/off every 10 mins.
• Purpose to use scenarios for NPV analysis. Fortran Model
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Scenario 2: Practical Operations
• Frequency analysis over 8 years to find average monthly spot price peaks.
• Assumes that the operator will transfer flow volume in historically known high priced times.
• Outside these times, spot prices are ranked (as per scenario 1).
• Water demands aren’t realistically known on daily time scale.
Fortran Model
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• Is the system optimised for hydropower generation?
• Can flow regulation be altered to earn additional profits subject to environmental and reservoir regulations?
• How will the system cope with an increase in future demand?
Scenario 3: Maximising Profits
Fortran & SOURCE Model
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Thinking to the Future
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Introduction to Multiple Plausible Future Scenarios
What will most likely affect the feasibility of Mini Hydropower in the near future?
1. An increase in residential rooftop solar power and eventual battery storage installation.
2. An increase in market competition due to public educational programs.
3. Victoria closing baseload power concurrently with South Australia’s investment of renewable energy sources.
4. The increase in export rates of natural gas.
5. Instantaneous fluxes in oil trading in the Middle East and Asia.
6. Taxes and incentive programs aimed at emissions abatement and renewable investment.
7. Buy back of base load power stations (electricity prices reduce as South Australia becomes less dependent on the Heywood Interconnector with Victoria).
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Multiple Plausible Future Scenarios - Demands
• Changes in Southern Adelaide Water Demands
• Dependent on: • Population Change
• SRES Scenario A2 and B2
• Water reduction strategies
• Magnitude changes found every 5 years
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Multiple Plausible Future Scenarios – AEMO Spot Prices
• Likely changes in spot prices over next 25 years (ARENA)
• Renewable Energy Targets (RETs) expected
• 3 electricity demand cases (Low, medium, high)
• Fixed vs. flexible RETs
• Magnitude changes found every 5 years
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Economic Analysis
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• 25 year design life of turbine.
• Range of discount rates explored for decision maker.
NPV formula
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Turbine Capital Costs
• Maintenance cost = 4% of turbine capital (IRENA 2012)
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Site Capital Costs
• 4.7 million to set up Hahndorf Dissipator site.
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Let’s see some results!
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Final Results - Scenario 1
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Final Results - Scenario 2
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Final Results - Scenario 3
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Perfect Forecasting Scenarios – Payback Period
Capital Recovery (Years)
Scenario 1 11.48
Scenario 2 12.43
Scenario 3 7.12 (NA)
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Final Results - Future Scenarios
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Final Results - Payback Period (Future Scenarios)
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Conclusions…