Thesis
System dynamics simulation of Banks Lake and John W. Keys III pump-generating plant pumped storage operations for wind integration
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102915
Abstract
The Northwest region of the United States has experienced rapid development of wind power over the last decade. Most Northwest wind power development is concentrated within the Bonneville Power Administration balancing authority area, exceeding 3,000 megawatts in 2010. Because wind is an intermittent, non-dispatchable resource, it requires significant balancing reserves to correct for deviations between its actual and scheduled generation. The flexibility of the Federal Columbia River Power System currently utilized to supply balancing reserves for wind integration is being rapidly depleted. Pumped storage represents one resource that could restore flexibility to the conventional hydropower fleet and facilitate additional wind power development. The Bonneville Power Administration has one existing pumped storage project, Banks Lake and the John W. Keys III Pump-Generating Plant (BLK). This research utilizes the system dynamics modeling paradigm through creating the BLK Wind Integration and Irrigation Simulator to simulate BLK operations for both wind integration and irrigation. BLK Wind Integration and Irrigation Simulator simulations suggest that BLK could provide most of the balancing reserves demanded by current wind power development. Further, simulations demonstrate that irrigation withdrawal requirements are not adversely impacted by wind integration operations over the one-week period simulated. Finally, changes to current irrigation operations could enhance BLK’s ability to supply balancing reserves for wind integration without adversely impacting its ability to meet irrigation withdrawal requirements.
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- Title
- System dynamics simulation of Banks Lake and John W. Keys III pump-generating plant pumped storage operations for wind integration
- Creators
- Tyler James Llewellyn
- Contributors
- Andrew Ford (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Environment, School of the (CAHNRS)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525050401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis