Abstract:
Thisstudyiscarriedoutusingth eHEC-ResSimmodelt osimulateth e
operationofArjo-DedessaandBooreservoir sandestablishth ejoin t
operationruleofsystemofreservoir sint oconsiderationwithoptimalreleas e
discharget omaximizeth epowergenerationcapacity.Tenyears(1996 -2006)ofextendeddailyinflo wdischargetoArjo-reservoir(Da msite)along
withDabanaandwamatributar ytransferre ddailydischargeatth e
confluenceswereusedtosimulateth emodel.Tandemoperationruleof
HEC-ResSimwasusedt osimulateth etw oreservoir sasasysteminwhich
bothreservoir sarelocate donth esam estreamandth eruleisappliedon
th eupstreamArjo-Dedessareservoi rtha tIsoperatedbasedonth ereservoi r
waterleve lofth edownstream .Theoutputofth etande moperationresul tis
anoperationrule,usedtooperateth ereservoir sjointl ywithth emaximum
amountofdischargerelease dforpowergenerationandspecifiedreleas e
dischargefo rirrigatio nrequiremen tfo rth eupstreamArjo-Dedessareservoi r
withaminimumspilltoth edownstreamreservoir .
HEC-ResSImIsalsousedtodetermineth eoptimalreleas eruleofth eArjoDedessamultipurposereservoi raswellasBooreservoi rt omaximizeth e
powergenerationbasedonsuccessivetrials .Theanalysisconsidersth e
monthlyreleas edischargefo rirrigatio nrequiremen tt oirrigat eanareaof
13665haandpowerreleas epatternofth eupstreamArjo-Dedessareservoi r
basedonth eexistingconditions.
Inth esimulationtrials ,th esimulationoperationwassuggeste dtha tth e
hydropowerproductionhastobeconsideredwithth eutilizationofspecified
monthlyamountofdischargerelease dforirrigatio nduringgrowingseason
tomaximizeth esystemperformance.
