How to optimize hydropower

[@maxhydrodotcom4465]

Great video, thanks.

[@hecressim]

Thank you for the comment.

[@godfreybwimba5966]

thank you sir for your good educative video, keep this passion

[@hecressim]

Good luck with your research project. Feel free to e-mail or comment if you have other questions or would like to see other topics. It sometimes takes a while due to work commitments, but I will try to provide a response.

[@engr.zeeshanhanif3968]

@@hecressim Sir I have to operate reservoir to fulfill irrigation demands, and power generation is a by product. Reservoir is operated by power tunnel to fulfill irrigation demands, but power tunnel cannot release more than 1274 cumecs. If our irrigation demand is higher than 1274 cumecs, we need to release water from main spillway. I am facing problem in setting these rules in the HEC ResSim. Please let me know brief methodology on it. Thanks much. Regards ZEESHAN HANIF M.Sc. Research Student UET Lahore, Pakistan

[@hecressim]

During times when you need more than 1,274 cumecs, a minimum release rule for the amount you need will cause ResSim to release that amount (assuming you are in the conservation zone). For your release allocation, you should specify that you have a sequential release where you use the power tunnel outlet first and then the main spillway. For example, if you need 1,500 cumecs, then ResSim would release the 1,274 cumecs through the power tunnel and then the remaining 226 cumecs through the main spillway. If you don't specify a release allocation, ResSim will try to distribute the release equally among the outlets.

[@wellmanlake]

Great video! A question: what if you want to use the level of the downstream reservoir to control the generation of the turbine in the upstream reservoir? Let's say the downstream reservoir is filling up and you want to generate less in order to send less flow to the downstream reservoir. how would you do that in ResSim? Thanks!

[@hecressim]

You can make several hydropower rules and put them under various IF statements where the IF statements look at the elevation of the downstream reservoir.

[@wellmanlake]

​@@hecressim trying that.... let you know how it goes! Thank you!