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 × 108 kWh) and increase water use rate by 2.73 %. It can enhance benefits of the Qingjiang cascade reservoirs without compromising flood prevention objectives.
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This study was financially supported by the National Key Technologies Research and Development Program of China (2009BAC56B02,2009BAC56B04). The authors are grateful for Dr David Emmanuel Rheinheimer to improve the early version of this paper.
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Chen, J., Guo, S., Li, Y. et al. Joint Operation and Dynamic Control of Flood Limiting Water Levels for Cascade Reservoirs. Water Resour Manage 27, 749–763 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-012-0213-z
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