Development of software tool for calculation of hydropower production
Abstract
As part of this study, a software package was developed and an appropriate procedure for evaluating the energy potential of hydropower projects was defined, which determines the basic energy-technical characteristics of an individual project. An appropriate budget and calculation model was elaborated in order to analyze the potential of hydropower projects. The purpose is to develop a method for calculating the installed power and possible electricity production of hydroelectric power plants at a particular location, which can thus serve as a support in investment decision-making for hydroelectric power plant construction projects, regardless of whether it was a preliminary analysis of the potential of a potential location or a check of an already designed project solution .
Ranko Goić
Full Professor | Department of Power Grids and Substations
Full professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture in Split exeperienced in transmission and distribution networks, renewable energy sources (RES), power system planing and economics
Josip Vasilj
Associate Professor | Department of Power Grids and Substations
Researcher and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Naval Architecture in Split, where he teaches courses related to engineering economics, power system analysis, power grids and machine learning. His research focus is the application of advanced numerical methods to problems in the analysis and planning of power system operations.
Damir Jakus
Full Professor | Department of Power Grids and Substations
Researcher and a full professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Split. His research interests include power system optimization and planning, RES integration, electricity market modeling.