How Will Hydroelectric Power Generation Develop under Climate Change Scenarios? A Case Study in the Upper Danube Basin

Koch, Franziska; Prasch, Monika; Bach, Heike; Mauser, Wolfram; Appel, Florian; Weber, Markus

doi:10.3390/en4101508

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“…The mean annual precipitation in Munich reaches 930 mm with a summer precipitation peak [41]. Snow cover typically lasts for several weeks in winter, but with a decreasing trend in coverage duration and amount due to climate change [42,43].…”

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Soil Moisture Retrieval Based on GPS Signal Strength Attenuation

Koch

Schlenz

Prasch

et al. 2016

Water

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Soil moisture (SM) is a highly relevant variable for agriculture, the emergence of floods and a key variable in the global energy and water cycle. In the last years, several satellite missions have been launched especially to derive large-scale products of the SM dynamics on the Earth. However, in situ validation data are often scarce. We developed a new method to retrieve SM of bare soil from measurements of low-cost GPS (Global Positioning System) sensors that receive the freely available GPS L1-band signals. The experimental setup of three GPS sensors was installed at a bare soil field at the German Weather Service (DWD) in Munich for almost 1.5 years. Two GPS antennas were installed within the soil column at a depth of 10 cm and one above the soil. SM was successfully retrieved based on GPS signal strength losses through the integral soil volume. The results show high agreement with measured and modelled SM validation data. Due to its non-destructive, cheap and low power setup, GPS sensor networks could also be used for potential applications in remote areas, aiming to serve as satellite validation data and to support the fields of agriculture, water supply, flood forecasting and climate change.

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Section: Gps Measurement Setup At the Dwd Test Site Munichmentioning

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Soil Moisture Retrieval Based on GPS Signal Strength Attenuation

Koch

Schlenz

Prasch

et al. 2016

Water

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“…Their results showed that generation decreased by 1.3% and 19.7% under a warming-only scenario and a dry warming scenario, respectively. HP generation under the wet warming scenario increased by 5.8% [5] . Koch et al (2011) analysed the future development of hydropower productions in detail for the mountainous Upper Danube basin in Central Europe [6] .…”

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“…HP generation under the wet warming scenario increased by 5.8% [5] . Koch et al (2011) analysed the future development of hydropower productions in detail for the mountainous Upper Danube basin in Central Europe [6] . Minville et al (2009) evaluated the impacts of and adaptation to climate change of the water resource management system of the Peribonka River, a Canadian water resource system exploited for hydropower [7] .…”

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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on 5-Cascaded Hydropowers in Lower Lancang River

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Han²,

Zhou³

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Abstract. The potential impacts of climate change on individual hydropower system have been addressed in many studies, but the generation influence of a cascaded hydropower system is seldom to be noted. In this paper, a maximum firm capacity optimal model was simulated for the 5-cascaded hydropower system under the 3 climate change scenarios, RCP4.5-GFDL, RCP4.5-GISS, and RCP4.5-IPSL in Lower Lancang River. The calculation results show the RCP4.5-GISS scenario would heavily decrease the generation energy, and the huge reservoir can make a good adaptive capacity to the climate change for a cascade HPPs system.

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“…Among the different sources of hydropower, small-scale hydroelectric power systems can be considered very interesting [1,2], but in order to make them economically feasible, they require low cost hydraulic and electric equipment. The strategy of pressure containment for leakage reduction…”

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Pump as Turbine (PAT) Design in Water Distribution Network by System Effectiveness

Carravetta

Giudice

Fecarotta

et al. 2013

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Water distribution networks face several problems related to leakages, where the pressure control strategy is a common practice for water loss management. Small-scale hydropower schemes, where pumps as turbines replace pressure reducing valves, can be considered an interesting technical solution, which ensures both economic convenience and system flexibility. Due to the water networks' variable operating conditions, a new methodology to model the effectiveness of pumps as turbines was developed based on the efficiency and the mechanical reliability of the hydropower device and the flexibility of the plant. System effectiveness is proposed as the objective function in the optimization procedure and applied to a real system, enabling one to emphasize that the hydraulic regulation mode of the plant is better than the electric regulation mode for American Petroleum Industry (API) manufacturing standards of pumps.

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How Will Hydroelectric Power Generation Develop under Climate Change Scenarios? A Case Study in the Upper Danube Basin

Cited by 62 publications

References 48 publications

Soil Moisture Retrieval Based on GPS Signal Strength Attenuation

Soil Moisture Retrieval Based on GPS Signal Strength Attenuation

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on 5-Cascaded Hydropowers in Lower Lancang River

Pump as Turbine (PAT) Design in Water Distribution Network by System Effectiveness

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