Compatibility of Reservoir Sediment Flushing and River Protection
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 10
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a system of numerical models for the compatibility assessment of reservoir sediment flushing and protection of downstream river environments. The model system is made up of two simulation models. The first model simulates soil erosion in watershed slopes and sediment transport in the tributary of the reservoir by means of a weighted essentially nonoscillatory (WENO) method, which is conservative and fourth-order accurate in space and time. The second model simulates velocity and suspended solid concentration fields in the reservoirs. This model is based on the three-dimensional (3D) numerical integration of motion and concentration equations, expressed in contravariant form on a generalized boundary-conforming curvilinear coordinate system by using a conservative and higher-order accurate numerical scheme. The proposed system of models is applied to the Pieve di Cadore (Veneto, Italy) reservoir and to its catchment area. By comparing suspended solid concentrations that are discharged through the bottom outlets during flushing operations with suspended solid concentrations in the main river during natural flooding, we perform an assessment of the compatibility between sediment flushing and the protection of the river ecosystem downstream.
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Volume 137 • Issue 10 • October 2011
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Received: Nov 9, 2009
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