26 May, 2008
Hydroxpert Press Vol. 3-24
SIMAHPP v2.3.2 is released with significant feature upgrades from the previous version 2.0.0.
SIMAHPP® is a windows based software designed to simulate and assess the feasibility of hydropower projects, particularly for small-scale hydro projects with a capacity of up to 10 MW. It is a multi-site, multi-option simulator intended to solve a wide range of problems such as determining design flow to chose appropriate hydro turbine, optimized time of operation in a year so as to maximize the hydropower and thus increasing the annual energy production, determine the energy revenue, estimate investment as well as O&M costs, determine amortization rates, net annual incomes, payback periods, and indicates the quantity of carbon emission reduction potential if the planned hydropower project is to be operational. It also suggests appropriate turbine types.
The newly added features of SIMAHPP now give more flexibility to use commonly used flow data inputs (daily, monthly, and annual mean flow). Any combinations of flow data types can be used under multi-site simulation options. Thus, SIMAHPP can be used to simulate and compare the feasibility of up to five hydropower projects. The graphical interface part has also a quick guide dialog at SIMAHPP main Windows startup. The Simulator has also been provided with help and users guide documentations.
Key Features:
SIMAHPP graphical interface has the following key features:
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Multi-site, multi-option simulator
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Multi-flow data format
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Universal currency feature to enable users from more than 140 countries use their own currency values
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Comprehensive simulation results:
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Design flow (Qd),
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% Optimum time of use per year (Td),
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Power Production,
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Energy Production as per Td,
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Energy revenue,
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Investment costs,
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Costs per capacity (kw, kwh),
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Operation & Maintenance Costs,
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Amortization rate,
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Net income per year,
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Payback period,
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Carbon emission reduction (against coal and natural gas sources),
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Suggested turbine type,
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Conversion rate for a given currency, ...
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Tabular results for project characteristics and other detail results
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Up to 32 Graphical outputs for:
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Flow hydrographs,
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Flow-duration curve (FDC),
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Power duration curve,
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Energy production curves,
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Design flow and % optimum time of operation per year
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Total power / Energy production comparison
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Investment costs, costs per capacity comparison
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Payback period and amortization rate comparison
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Carbon emission reduction comparison
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Wide range of turbine efficiency options
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Wide range of project service life options
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Save, Preview and print results
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Format option for graph types, colors
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Advanced file manager for ease placement and retrieval of files
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Easy to use parameter editors
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Quick Guide Dialog
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Online Help
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Technical support through our Support Desk
For more information on download or order instruction, please go to our website at:
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