HYDROELECTRIC POWER GENERATION
At a place where rainfall is plentiful, we can continuously convert the potential into electric energy. However, in most cases, equilibrium must be achieved between water usage and power generation. By reading the water level height from the sensor and receiving the data on the power requirements, the monitoring center will compute and evaluate the timing of the power generation operation. During power generation, the opening/closing degree of the water gate will be adjusted for the feedback control based on the turbine-generator efficiency. However, the governor of the turbine-generator not only feedbacks the signal to the water gate, it also receives the information of power requirement for adjusting the generation power. It also monitors the operating conditions of the turbine-generator set and timely applies braking to avoid damage from overloading.
- Water gate
- Hydroelectric power
- Turbine-generator