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Flushing of reservoirs as a means of increasing the operating efficiency of hydroelectric stations

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    Flushing of reservoirs with its correct organization is an effective means of saving hydropower resources and provides a high economic effect.

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    The method presented in the article can be used for calculating the economic effect from the power use of the sediment-freed regulating capacity of a reservoir.

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  1. A. S. Vorob'ev
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Translated from Gidrotekhnicheskoe Stroitel'stvo, No. 9, pp. 14–16, September, 1981.

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Vorob'ev, A.S. Flushing of reservoirs as a means of increasing the operating efficiency of hydroelectric stations. Hydrotechnical Construction 15, 517–521 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01427586

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