Computational Tool for Estimating Pumped Hydropower Generation a MATLAB GUI

Year 2024, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 488 - 497, 30.09.2024

İbrahim Halil Demirel , Ayşenur Oymak , Mehmet Rida Tur

https://doi.org/10.29109/gujsc.1424043

Abstract

This research aims to create a user-friendly Matlab Graphic User Interface (GUI) platform that can be used to design a Pumped Storage Hydroelectricity (PHS). The research highlights these systems' eco-friendly and effective nature, which are critical for sustainable development, particularly in rapidly advancing developing countries. Introducing a user-friendly Matlab GUI application aims to streamline the calculation of essential PHS design components, promoting accessibility for users without programming expertise. The GUI developed as part of this research can define all the components required to build a pumped hydroelectric system and produce the same design specifications as those obtained through manual calculations.

Keywords

Matlab, GUI, pumped hydropower, renewable energy

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