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Quantifying the Operation and Availability ofSmall Hydro Power Plants
Panagiotis Bourbourakis
PPC Renewables SA
3, Kapodistriou Str. PO 15343
Agia Paraskevi – Greece
IntroductionFor the safe and optimal operation of an industrial plant, man-machine cooperation is an essential precondition. The
aforementioned principle is of utmost importance for Renewable Energy Sources Power Plants, since the application
of reliable and valid monitoring methods leads to minimization of failures and to lifetime prolongment of the plant,
as well as to maximization of the availability and the expected profit.
The monitoring of operation of the Small Hydroelectric Power Plants of PPC Renewables S.A. (16 power plants and
76 ΜW in total), is enabled through dedicated software, which is also android mobile phone operated. The analyzing
methodology combines data from the specifically developed software, from the scada software of the plants and
from the on-site personnel. All trips and out-of-order events are recorded on the basis of parameters such as “date”,“plant serial number”, “unit serial number”, “cause”, etc. After archiving procedure, further process is done by
drawing up data sheets and tables, by making conclusions and by setting up the next necessary steps for preventing
future failure events and achieving optimization of hydro power plants operation.
1. Monitoring the Operation of the Hydro Power Plants.The “PanOpticum DPS” dedicated software is feeded with data transmitted by on-site appliances (in each power
plant), via any available infrastructure (GPRS, satellite internet, etc). Thus we are enabled to real-time monitor the
active power, the grid circuit breaker status and the unit circuit breaker status on each hydro power plant.
Fig.1 Snapshot of the dedicated software, with all power plants in operation.
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2. Quantifying the Availability of the Hydro Power Plants.All trips occurring on each unit and each power plant are archived according to the following parameters:
• Trip Monthly Serial Number (e.g. 4, 36, 65).
• Date of occurrence (e.g. 13 August).
• Trip Daily Serial Number (e.g. 4th trip for the 13th of August).
• Small Hydro Power Plant of occurrence (e.g. SHPP Louros).
•
Trip Daily Serial Number for each SHPP (e.g. 5th
trip for SHPP Papadia).• Unit Serial Number of each trip occurrence (e.g. 2 nd trip on Unit 1).
• Trip Cause (Mechanical – Electrical – Electronical – Grid – General - Operations).
• Start – Stop – Duration of each trip.
After recording and archiving of the trips, processing takes place (drawing up charts, making conclusions, service
scheduling, etc). The availability analysis refers to July 2013, while the present methodology has been originally
applied for the last 2 years.
The following table includes the outage hours of each power plant and the occurring availability. The term “specific
outage hours” is introduced due to the reduction of the several plant units in the scale of each single power plant.
Outages due to non-human causes (e.g. insufficient river flow) are not included.
S/N SHPP
Total Monthly
Outage Hours
Specific Total Monthly
Outage Hours
Monthly
Availability(month of 31x24=744hr) (month of 31x24=744hr) (%)
1 Agia Varvara 24,18 24,18 96,75
2 Agios Ioannis 744,00 744,00 0,00
3 Almyros 511,18 511,18 31,29
4 Vermio 7,23 7,23 99,03
5 Gkiona 0,00 0,00 100,00
6 Glafkos 0,00 0,00 100,00
7 Louros 199,95 49,99 93,28
8 Makrochori 0,00 0,00 100,00
9 Oinoussa 0,00 0,00 100,00
10 Papadia 8,70 8,70 98,8311 Smokovo 3,29 2,23 99,70
12 Stratos 31,62 17,22 97,69
13 Alatopetra 0,00 0,00 100,00
14 Vorino 3,17 3,17 99,57
15 Gitani 1,42 0,71 99,90
16 Eleoussa 20,97 10,48 98,59
Total 1555,71 1379,09 87,17
However, the above calculation method does not take into account the installed operating power capacity of each
power plant. Therefore, the term “Specific Availability” is introduced.
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S/N SHPP
Monthly
Availability
(%)
Operating Power
(MW)
Weighting
Factor
Specific Monthly
Availability
(%)
1 Agia Varvara 96,75 0,9 0,012186865 1,18
2 Agios Ioannis 0,00 0,3 0,004062288 0,00
3 Almyros 31,29 0,3 0,004062288 0,13
4 Vermio 99,03 0,7 0,009478673 0,94
5 Gkiona 100,00 8,5 0,115098172 11,51
6 Glafkos 100,00 3,7 0,050101557 5,01
7 Louros 93,28 10,3 0,139471903 13,01
8 Makrochori 100,00 10,8 0,146242383 14,62
9 Oinoussa 100,00 1,5 0,020311442 2,03
10 Papadia 98,83 0,5 0,006770481 0,67
11 Smokovo 99,70 10,4 0,140825999 14,04
12 Stratos 97,69 6,3 0,085308057 8,33
13 Alatopetra 100,00 4,95 0,067027759 6,70
14 Vorino 99,57 3,9 0,052809749 5,26
15 Gitani 99,90 4,2 0,056872038 5,68
16 Eleoussa 98,59 6,6 0,089370345 8,81
Total 87,17 73,85 1 97,93
As depicted above, the specific total availability rises up to 97,93%.
The specific outage hours for each power plant are depicted on the following table.
S/N SHPP
Specific Total
Monthly
Outage Hours
(month of
31x24=744hr)
Weighting
Factor
Specific
Weighted
Total Monthly
Outage Hours
Specific Weighted
Outage Hours
Distribution
(%)
1 Agia Varvara 24,18 0,012186865 0,29 0,32
2 Agios Ioannis 744,00 0,004062288 3,02 3,26
3 Almyros 511,18 0,004062288 2,08 2,24
4 Vermio 7,23 0,009478673 0,07 0,07
5 Gkiona 0,00 0,115098172 0,00 0,00
6 Glafkos 0,00 0,050101557 0,00 0,00
7 Louros 49,99 0,139471903 6,97 7,52
8 Makrochori 0,00 0,146242383 0,00 0,00
9 Oinoussa 0,00 0,020311442 0,00 0,00
10 Papadia 8,70 0,006770481 0,06 0,06
11 Smokovo 2,23 0,140825999 0,31 0,34
12 Stratos 17,22 0,085308057 1,47 1,58
13 Alatopetra 0,00 0,067027759 0,00 0,00
14 Vorino 3,17 0,052809749 0,17 0,18
15 Gitani 0,71 0,056872038 0,04 0,04
16 Eleoussa 10,48 0,089370345 0,94 1,01
Total 1379,09 1 15,42 16,63
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The following table shows the origination of the monthly outages.
S/NTechnical
Origination
Total Monthly
Outage Hours
(month of 31x24=744hr)
Outage Cause
(%)
1 Mechanical 760,00 48,85
2 Electrical 8,52 0,55
3 Electronical 1,97 0,134 General 5,60 0,36
5 Grid 21,72 1,40
6 Operations 757,90 48,72
Total 1555,71 100,00
The following chart shows the monthly trip frequency, i.e. the number of days (of July 2013), on the basis of the
number of the trips occurring on each day. As depicted, the monthly distribution tends to be normal.
Fig.2 Chart of the monthly trip frequency distribution
The following chart shows the monthly distribution for the daily outage hours, i.e. the total number of specific
outage hours for each day. As depicted, the monthly distribution tends to be inverse normal.
Fig.3 Chart of the daily outage hours distribution
It is to be noted that, for the creation of the above charts, the trip numbers and the outage hours for two (2) SHPPs
were excluded, since they were under reconstruction works and therefore temporarily out or operation.
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3. Quantifying the Operation of the Hydro Power Plants.The specific O&M Cost for each power plant has been calculated based on the contractual price for the O&M
personnel and the technical features of each plant (power capacity, annual energy output, years of operation).
S/N SHPP OperationalPower Capacity
(MW)
Mean AnnualEnergy Output
(MWh)
Specific AnnualO&M Cost
(€/MWxMWh)
Years ofOperation
(yr)
Specific Annual Cost
and Years ofOperation
(€/MWxMWh/yr)
1 Agia Varvara 0,9 5.030 9,9 6 1,654
2 Agios Ioannis 0,3 350 0,0 60 0,000
3 Almyros 0,3 600 482,6 59 8,180
4 Vermio 0,7 4.660 131,9 60 2,198
5 Gkiona 8,5 38.020 1,3 26 0,052
6 Glafkos 3,7 11.010 10,9 16 0,682
7 Louros 10,3 44.280 1,5 55 0,028
8 Makrochori 10,8 33.780 1,2 21 0,056
9 Oinoussa 1,5 3.840 6,1 9 0,675
10 Papadia 0,5 2.270 39,6 3 13,216
11 Smokovo 10,4 11.150 0,2 4 0,054
12 Stratos 6,3 11.070 0,4 24 0,015
13 Alatopetra 4,95 14.510 1,1 1 1,114
14 Vorino 4,1 25.120 1,7 6 0,283
15 Gitani 4,2 14.420 2,6 7 0,366
16 Eleoussa 6,6 28.520 0,9 5 0,181
Total 74,05 248.630,00 stdev 0,70659
avg 0,61184
avg/stdev 0,866
As depicted above:
• Despite the vast variation (manned/unmanned - automatic/manual operation, etc) of the operational status of the
power plants, a relative uniformity is to be observed at the Specific O&M Cost, excluding the extreme values
highlighted with yellow color. However, the quantification of quality characteristics for the above mentioned
operational status is not easily feasible.
• Taking into account the years of operation of each power plant, the Specific Cost can be further developed. By
excluding one pair of extreme values at each end of the distribution (as highlighted with green color), it is to be
observed that the standard deviation (0.70659) of the values varies very little compared to the average
(0.61184), i.e. the average is at the 86.6% of the standard deviation. Thus there is a relatively great uniformity at
the Specific Cost (€/MWxMWh/yr) of the power plants.
The Author
Panagiotis Bourbourakis graduated in the Department of Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering of the Technological
University of Patras and attended post-graduate courses in Energy and Environment (NTUA). He is currently working for theHydroelectric Power Department of PPC Renewables SA, as head of Operation & Maintenance, and as Technical Advisor for the
construction, erection and commissioning of hydro power plants.