TY - GEN
T1 - Sediment management for sustainable hydropower development
AU - Omelan, M.
AU - Visscher, J.
AU - Rüther, N.
AU - Stokseth, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The overall goal of the presented study is to evaluate potential sediment management techniques for hydropower plants (HHPs), both, from the technical and economical point of view. The chosen study case is the Banjë HPP in the Devoll river catchment in Albania. The Dam is currently under construction and starts operating in summer 2016. Within this goal, the first purpose of the study was to calculate the spatial distribution of annual soil loss and the expected amount of sediment at Devoll River catchment using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model. The results illustrate a relatively high average annual soil loss rate over an area of about 3121 km2. Moreover, the sediment delivery ratio (SDR) was utilized for calculation of the total annual sediment yield. The annual sediment yield for the whole catchment was calculated by ArcGIS software and gave similar values as the measured sediment yield, which was determined by the average sediment yield of the years 1955–1983. The present investigation will also show in how far the gained results are effected by the quality and resolution of the input data. The second purpose of the study was to find a technically feasible sediment management strategy that maximizes the economic benefits of the Banjë Dam by using the Reservoir Conservation (RESCON) model. The RESCON model examines and compares some sediment removal techniques (flushing, hydrosuction sediment removal system (HSRS), dredging, and trucking) both economically and technically. In addition, several sensitivity analyses were carried out in order to investigate the program for variable conditions.
AB - The overall goal of the presented study is to evaluate potential sediment management techniques for hydropower plants (HHPs), both, from the technical and economical point of view. The chosen study case is the Banjë HPP in the Devoll river catchment in Albania. The Dam is currently under construction and starts operating in summer 2016. Within this goal, the first purpose of the study was to calculate the spatial distribution of annual soil loss and the expected amount of sediment at Devoll River catchment using the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) model. The results illustrate a relatively high average annual soil loss rate over an area of about 3121 km2. Moreover, the sediment delivery ratio (SDR) was utilized for calculation of the total annual sediment yield. The annual sediment yield for the whole catchment was calculated by ArcGIS software and gave similar values as the measured sediment yield, which was determined by the average sediment yield of the years 1955–1983. The present investigation will also show in how far the gained results are effected by the quality and resolution of the input data. The second purpose of the study was to find a technically feasible sediment management strategy that maximizes the economic benefits of the Banjë Dam by using the Reservoir Conservation (RESCON) model. The RESCON model examines and compares some sediment removal techniques (flushing, hydrosuction sediment removal system (HSRS), dredging, and trucking) both economically and technically. In addition, several sensitivity analyses were carried out in order to investigate the program for variable conditions.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85016609901
SN - 9781138029453
T3 - River Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016
SP - 1132
EP - 1140
BT - River Sedimentation - Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016
A2 - Wieprecht, Silke
A2 - Haun, Stefan
A2 - Weber, Karolin
A2 - Noack, Markus
A2 - Terheiden, Kristina
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
T2 - 13th International Symposium on River Sedimentation, ISRS 2016
Y2 - 19 September 2016 through 22 September 2016
ER -