Influence of Unsteady Flow Induced by a Large-Scale Hydropower Station on the Water Level Fluctuation of Multi-Approach Channels: A Case Study of the Three Gorges Project, China
Abstract:Unsteady flow induced by hydropower stations exerts a significant impact on the water level in multi-approach channels, which directly threatens the safe passage of ships. In this study, a one-dimensional and a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model are adopted to simulate the water level fluctuations at the entrance of multi-approach channels and the lower lock head of a ship lift with consideration of initial water surface elevation, base flow, flow amplitude, regulation time, and locations of hydropower station… Show more
“…However, hydropower stations with reservoirs can also provide multiple benefits, such as ecological protection, irrigation, and navigation. Moreover, existing studies have shown that the participation of hydropower in peak regulation has adverse effects on the comprehensive benefits of reservoirs Wan et al, 2020;Halleraker et al, 2022). Therefore, the reasonable operation of hydropower stations must also consider the conflict between different tasks.…”
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“…However, hydropower stations with reservoirs can also provide multiple benefits, such as ecological protection, irrigation, and navigation. Moreover, existing studies have shown that the participation of hydropower in peak regulation has adverse effects on the comprehensive benefits of reservoirs Wan et al, 2020;Halleraker et al, 2022). Therefore, the reasonable operation of hydropower stations must also consider the conflict between different tasks.…”
Frontiers is more than just an open access publisher of scholarly articles: it is a pioneering approach to the world of academia, radically improving the way scholarly research is managed. The grand vision of Frontiers is a world where all people have an equal opportunity to seek, share and generate knowledge. Frontiers provides immediate and permanent online open access to all its publications, but this alone is not enough to realize our grand goals.
Frontiers journal seriesThe Frontiers journal series is a multi-tier and interdisciplinary set of openaccess, online journals, promising a paradigm shift from the current review, selection and dissemination processes in academic publishing. All Frontiers journals are driven by researchers for researchers; therefore, they constitute a service to the scholarly community. At the same time, the Frontiers journal series operates on a revolutionary invention, the tiered publishing system, initially addressing specific communities of scholars, and gradually climbing up to broader public understanding, thus serving the interests of the lay society, too.
Dedication to qualityEach Frontiers article is a landmark of the highest quality, thanks to genuinely collaborative interactions between authors and review editors, who include some of the world's best academicians. Research must be certified by peers before entering a stream of knowledge that may eventually reach the public -and shape society; therefore, Frontiers only applies the most rigorous and unbiased reviews. Frontiers revolutionizes research publishing by freely delivering the most outstanding research, evaluated with no bias from both the academic and social point of view. By applying the most advanced information technologies, Frontiers is catapulting scholarly publishing into a new generation.
What are Frontiers Research Topics?Frontiers Research Topics are very popular trademarks of the Frontiers journals series: they are collections of at least ten articles, all centered on a particular subject. With their unique mix of varied contributions from Original Research to Review Articles, Frontiers Research Topics unify the most influential researchers, the latest key findings and historical advances in a hot research area.
“…Considering the potential role of wetlands for water management and wastewater treatment [33], it is expected that the stormwater and watershed discharge can be alleviated by the installation of constructed wetlands in Kangnung Namdae Stream. In addition, the installed constructed wetlands can improve flow regulation services under the influence of global climate changes which increase the frequency and power of floods [31,32,34]. The installed constructed wetlands in Kangnung Namdae Stream can reduce the frequency and magnitude of floods and decrease runoff and streamflow.…”
Section: Analysis Of the Simulated Temperature And Ss Concentration In Kangnung Namdae Stream Under The Application Of Water Quality Manamentioning
In this study, we investigated the feasibility of using constructed wetlands for non-point source pollution reduction. The effect of constructed wetlands in reducing suspended solids (SS) was analyzed using an integrated modeling system of watershed model (HSPF), reservoir model (CE-QUAL-W2), and stream model (EFDC) to investigate the behavior and accumulation of the pollution sources based on 2017 water quality data. The constructed wetlands significantly reduced the SS concentration by approximately 30%, and the other in-lake management practices (e.g., artificial floating islands and sedimentation basins) contributed an additional decrease of approximately 7%. Selective withdrawal decreased in the average SS concentration in the influents by ~10%; however, the effluents passing through the constructed wetlands showed only a slight difference of 1.9% in the average SS concentration. In order to meet the water quality standards, it was necessary to combine the constructed wetlands, in-lake water quality management, and selective withdrawal practices. Hence, it was determined that the model proposed herein is useful for estimating the quantitative effects of water quality management practices such as constructed wetlands, which provided practical guidelines for the application of further water quality management policies.
“…However, hydropower stations with reservoirs can also provide multiple benefits, such as ecological protection, irrigation, and navigation. Moreover, existing studies have shown that the participation of hydropower in peak regulation has adverse effects on the comprehensive benefits of reservoirs (Pérez-Díaz and Wilhelmi, 2010;Wan et al, 2020;Halleraker et al, 2022). Therefore, the reasonable operation of hydropower stations must also consider the conflict between different tasks.…”
The rapid growth of wind and solar energy sources in recent years has brought challenges to power systems. One challenge is surging wind and solar electric generation, understanding how to consume such generation is important. Achieving the complementarity of hydropower and renewable energies such as wind and solar power by utilizing the flexible regulation performance of hydropower is helpful to provide firm power to help renewable energy consumption. However, the multi-energy complementary operation mode will change the traditional hydropower operation mode, causing challenges to the comprehensive utilization of hydropower. In this paper, a multi-objective optimal scheduling model is built by considering coordinated hydro-wind-solar system peak shaving and downstream navigation. First, the Gaussian mixture model is adopted to quantify the uncertainty of wind and solar power. Then, a hydro-wind-solar coordinated model was built to obtain the standard deviation of the residual load and the standard deviation of the downstream water level. Finally, the ε-constraint method is used to solve for the Pareto optimality. The results demonstrate the following: 1) The proposed model can effectively determine hydropower output schemes that can coordinate wind and solar power output to reconcile peak shaving and navigation; 2) The downstream hydropower stations’ reverse regulation of the upstream hydropower station is a positive factor in reconciling conflicts; and 3) Reasonable planning of wind power and solar power is helpful for hydro-wind solar power complement operation.
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