An Optimal Reservoir Operation Model Based on Ecological Requirement and Its Effect on Electricity Generation

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4019-4028

  Yang, Na ^a   Mei, Yadong ^b   Zhou, Chi ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c STATE GRID ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Natural flow regime; Reservoir operation; River ecological objective; RVA approach

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; RIVERS;

ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES; ECOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; NATURAL FLOW REGIME; OPTIMAL RESERVOIR OPERATIONS; RESERVOIR OPERATION; RIVER ECOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES; RVA APPROACHES;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; RIVER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

CHINA; DANJIANGKOU RESERVOIR; HAN RIVER [HUBEI]; HUBEI;

EID: 84867524283     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0126-x     Document Type: Article

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