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    Hydroelectric power plant energy optimization under energy scarcity
    (Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2013-09) Gazel, Selim; Selçuk, Barış
    Developing efficient energy production is a significant universal engineering and sustainability objective. Scarce energy resources and high demand fluctuations motivated this thesis. In this thesis, optimal turbine usage is examined for a hydroelectric power plant considering changing energy demand, supply and cost balance. The systems fundamental working principle is to satisfy the entire demand of energy. Energy reservation is not currently a practical or viable option. If the demand for energy is over the capacity of the hydroelectric energy supply, then an energy shortage occur. This shortage is compensated by different energy resources that are more expensive than hydroelectric power plant. In this context, a nonlinear model which minimize the total cost and considers water head, turbine efficiency and water balance, is developed. We formed sample groups for different values of the parameters that we used in the model. Results were obtained by the aid of GAMS program.