Joint Operation and Dynamic Control of Flood Limiting Water Levels for Cascade Reservoirs

Jionghong Chen, Shenglian Guo (), Yu Li, Pan Liu () and Yanlai Zhou

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2013, vol. 27, issue 3, 749-763

Abstract: Reservoirs are among the most effective tools for integrated water resources development and management. The dynamic control of reservoir flood limiting water level (FLWL) is a valuable and effective method to compromise the flood control and conservation for reservoir operation during the flood season. This paper focuses on joint operation and dynamic control of FLWL for cascade reservoirs. A composition and decomposition-based model that consists of an aggregation module, a storage decomposition module and a simulation operation module was developed. The model was applied to the Qingjiang basin in south of China using the 3-hour inflow data series for representative hydrological years. Application results indicate that the proposed model can make an effective tradeoff between the flood control and hydropower generation. Joint operation and dynamic control of FLWL can increase power production by 4.51 % (1.79 × 10 8 kWh) and increase water use rate by 2.73 %. It can enhance benefits of the Qingjiang cascade reservoirs without compromising flood prevention objectives. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013

Keywords: Cascade reservoirs; Joint operation; Flood limiting water level; Dynamic control; Flood prevention; Hydropower generation; Qingjiang basin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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