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Operating fixed-speed pumped-storage power plants in hydraulic short-circuit (HSC) mode expands their net power regulation range by 37.34% and improves transient stability, enhancing low-load operational flexibility without requiring large-scale equipment retrofitting. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Quantify the wide-load regulation potential and transient stability characteristics of the hydraulic short-circuit operating mode in fixed-speed pumped-storage power plants.

September 14, 2026Journal of Energy StorageOpen Access

Wide-load operating characteristics and stability of fixed-speed pumped storage units under hydraulic short-circuit mode

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SWSibo Wang WZWenhao Zhang DCDezi Chen

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Simulation study shows hydraulic short-circuit mode expands power regulation by 37.34% in fixed-speed pumped storage, indicating improved grid flexibility without major retrofits.

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Quantify the wide-load regulation potential and transient stability characteristics of the hydraulic short-circuit operating mode in fixed-speed pumped-storage power plants.
Developed a hydraulic system simulation model based on the method of characteristics with high-order bifurcated-pipe modeling for bidirectional-flow coupling and a weakly coupled boundary reconstruction strategy.
Evaluated the operating range, equivalent water inertia time constant, pressure response, and unit stability indicators using a one-tunnel two-unit pumped-storage power plant layout.
Formed a continuous high-efficiency operating band in the low-load region, expanding the net power regulation range by 37.34% compared with conventional operating modes.
Improved the extrema of key system stability indicators under representative transient conditions, effectively increasing the transient safety margin of the hydraulic system.

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Wang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b3df0926e14a848b321b https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2026.124524

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Simulation study shows hydraulic short-circuit mode expands power regulation by 37.34% in fixed-speed pumped storage, indicating improved grid flexibility without major retrofits.

Wide-load operating characteristics and stability of fixed-speed pumped storage units under hydraulic short-circuit mode

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Wide-load operating characteristics and stability of fixed-speed pumped storage units under hydraulic short-circuit mode

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