Premium
The determination of flood control volumes in a multireservoir system
Author(s) -
Kelman J.,
Damazio J. M.,
Mariën J. L.,
Da Costa J. P.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr025i003p00337
Subject(s) - flood myth , flood control , hydropower , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , function (biology) , energy (signal processing) , set (abstract data type) , control (management) , computer science , civil engineering , water resource management , engineering , mathematics , geography , geotechnical engineering , statistics , evolutionary biology , archaeology , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering , biology , programming language
A methodology is presented for the optimal design of flood control volumes in a multireservoir system with one downstream critical section. The design is optimal in the sense that the objective function attempts to minimize the penalties associated with providing the flood protection. Moreover, the method explicitly considers a set of probability constraints on the occurrence of floods. The proposed calculation scheme is easily applied to almost any type of multireservoir system. The methodology is applied to the problem of determining the flood control volumes to be provided in a hydropower system of eight reservoirs on the Parana river in Brazil. In that case the objective function consists of minimizing the total firm energy loss.