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MULTIRESERVOIR ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES IN WATER QUANTITY STUDIES 1
Author(s) -
Kerr J. A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1972.tb05975.x
Subject(s) - interval (graph theory) , computer science , limiting , linear programming , network analysis , interval arithmetic , operations research , mathematical optimization , data mining , industrial engineering , algorithm , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , combinatorics , mathematical analysis , electrical engineering , bounded function
. This paper deals with the subject of applying different types of systems analysis tools to water quantity studies of multireservoir networks of increasing degrees of complexity. The object is to show how each tool can be used, modified and combined with other tools to solve specific problems and to indicate the degrees of complexity at which more sophisticated tools should be applied. Firstly, several applications and limitations of linear programming and dynamic programming are discussed. Secondly, it is shown that mass curve analysis is useful, can be extended to serve in computing reservoir rules for conventional multireservoir simulation models, and can be applied in conjunction with either historic or generated sequences of hydrologic input data. Thirdly, extended and limiting features of conventional time‐interval‐by‐time‐interval multireservoir simulation models are analyzed. And fourthly, a two‐model series for problems which defy analysis by more basic tools is described in detail, the first model using network analysis (Out‐of‐Kilter Algorithm) for all space and time arcs simultaneously and providing data for the second general‐purpose model using network analysis each time interval. The importance of efficient computer procedures is stressed. The background for the paper includes systems analysis of water availability and hydro‐thermal power studies carried out during the past six years in that part of Canada lying between the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountain Divide.