Possible ways to improve the energy efficiency of hydroelectric generating sets of pumped-storage power plants (PSPPs) are studied. The Kiev PSPP is used as an example to show how its generating sets can be upgraded. It is concluded based on studies conducted that synchronous motor-generators should be replaced with asynchronized motor-generators. The feasibility of changing over the turbine to variable-speed operation is shown.
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Translated from Élektricheskie Stantsii, No. 8, August 2014, pp. 33 – 37.
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Artyukh, S.F., Galat, V.V., Kuz’min, V.V. et al. Improving the Energy Efficiency of Pumped-Storage Power Plants. Power Technol Eng 48, 396–399 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10749-015-0542-1
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