Scheduling of a hydro producer considering head-dependency, price scenarios and risk-aversion

In this paper, a mixed-integer quadratic programming approach is proposed for the short-term hydro scheduling problem, considering head-dependency, discontinuous operating regions and discharge ramping constraints. As new contributions to earlier studies, market uncertainty is introduced in the mode...

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Main Author: Pousinho, Hugo Miguel Inácio (author)
Other Authors: Mendes, Victor (author), Catalão, João Paulo da Silva (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/5177
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ipl.pt:10400.21/5177
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Summary:In this paper, a mixed-integer quadratic programming approach is proposed for the short-term hydro scheduling problem, considering head-dependency, discontinuous operating regions and discharge ramping constraints. As new contributions to earlier studies, market uncertainty is introduced in the model via price scenarios, and risk aversion is also incorporated by limiting the volatility of the expected profit through the conditional value-at-risk. Our approach has been applied successfully to solve a case Study based on one of the main Portuguese cascaded hydro systems, requiring a negligible computational time.