TulipaEnergyModel.jl
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TulipaEnergy
Create a tutorial for a hydropower assets in cascade example
What and Why
Add a tutorial on how to model a hydrothermal system in Tulipa, including seasonal storage and representative periods.
Blocked by #458
Possible Drawbacks
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Related Issues
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We can't create this case study yet because to create hydropower assets that are in cascade one next to the other because, for every megawatt (MW) of power generated by one asset, a certain amount of water (measured in cubic hectometres, or Hm3) is sent to the reservoir/asset below.
If we only have two outflows, one for the electricity generation of the asset and another for the turbined water and they are not related, then we can have a conceptual error about the physics of the assets. The relationship between these variables is crucial, as, without it, the model may produce electricity from the upstream asset without actually sending water to the downstream one.
This is similar to a combined heat and power (CHP) system, where the amount of thermal energy produced is directly proportional to the amount of electrical energy generated. It is important to remember that the output streams of such systems are not independent of each other.
This type of feature is not in the model's current pipeline. So, for now, I'm removing this issue from the M2 and lowering its priority until we have the feature in #596