Equivalent Relationship between Flood Prevention Storage of Cascade Reservoirs in the Downstream Jinsha River and Three Gorges Reservoir
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 149, Issue 8
Abstract
The equivalent relationships between flood prevention storage of a cascade reservoir system provide useful information for real-time operation. However, those relationships are implicitly hinted at in the optimized operation rules of downstream reservoirs, which may add difficultly in providing feasible operation strategies for engineering practice. In this study, we investigate the equivalent relationship between cascade reservoirs using a flood regional composition-based framework coupled with reservoir inflow and river flow routing techniques. We select the cascade reservoirs in the downstream Jinsha River and Three Gorges Reservoir (TGR) as the case study. Results reveal that (1) the equivalent relationship between flood prevention storage of cascade reservoirs in the downstream Jinsha River and TGR is approximately linear-related; (2) the conversion coefficient of equivalent relationship depends on the flood type, and the intercept term of equivalent relationship is mainly influenced by the design flood frequency; and (3) the TGR flood prevention storage (or water level) can be dynamically adjusted according to the corresponding reserved flood prevention storage of cascade reservoirs in the downstream Jinsha River, which can generate () extra hydropower during flood season without increasing flood control risks.
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Data Availability Statement
All data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This study was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2021YFC3200305), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51879192), and China Three Gorges Cooperation (0799254).
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Volume 149 • Issue 8 • August 2023
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Received: Jan 16, 2022
Accepted: Mar 6, 2023
Published online: Jun 2, 2023
Published in print: Aug 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Nov 2, 2023
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