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Zones of Storage:
Figure 2 shows the different zones of storage in a
reservoir. These are:
dead storage, useful storage, surcharge storage
and valley storge.
In order to designate the classification of these storages, it is
necessary to define a few pool elevations, namely:
Normal Pool Level:
The maximum elevation (pool level) to which the reservoir water
level will rise during normal operating conditions. Mostly, this
level will correspond to the spillway crest level or the level of the
top of the spillway gates.Minimum Pool Level
Minimum Pool Level:
Lowest elevation to which the pool may be drawn under normal
conditions. Tis elevation will correspond to the level of the lowest
outlet in the dam. In case of hydroelectric systems, this may
correspond to the lower limit of the operating efficiency of the
turbines.
Pool Level during floods, will be above the normal pool level and
the excess flow will be discharged over the spillway. This may go
as unutilised at the reservoir site. For high flows in the river, the
water surface cannot be assumed to be horizontal (especially in
shallow and narrow reservoirs) and the wedge shaped element of
storage above a horizontal will have to be considered. The water
surface profile computation is to be done using non-uniform flow,
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in such a case.
Dead Storage:
Water stored below the minimum pool level is referred as "Dead
Storage". Except in extreme drought conditions, this storage will
not be drawn upon. The sediment brought by the river/stream is
trapped in this zone.
Useful Storage:
The storage volume between the minimum and the normal pool
levels, is termed as "Useful Storage". This can be further
subdivided into conservation storage and flood control storage, in
case of multi-purpose dams.
Surcharge Storage:
The wedge storage above the spillway crest (normal pool level ) is
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deal of forest and fertile agricultural land may also get submerged
by the construction of the reservoir. Hence, the information on
water surface profiles for various inflow rates and water surface
elevations at the dam, will be useful in deciding the level of the
top of the dam, spillway crest and other important levels.
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Reservoir Yield:
Yield is the amount of water that the reservoir can supply during a
specified interval of time when it is put to operation for a
particular purpose. The interval of time varies from a day in case
of small distribution reservoirs for municipal water supply to a
year or more in case of large storage reservoirs. The relation
between storage capacity and yield is very vital in the storage
reservoir design.
Safe Yield (or Firm yield) refers to the maximum quantity of water
that can be supplied even during the most critical dry period.
However, the critical period that has been experienced in history
may be surpassed in the future. That is, a more dry period may be
experienced in future that would correspond to a lower safe yield
than the one decide based on the historical inflow record. Hence,
the safe yield cannot be determined with certainty. It is to be
treated as a probabilistic variable. The theoretical maximum yield
during a specified period is: (Mean inflow during that period Losses during that period).
Since there is an associated risk with regard to a specified target
yield, it would be more appropriate to consider the reliability of
realizing that yield with the given storage capacity. Hence, it is
more meaningful to consider the storage - reliability - yield
relations than just the storage - yield relation. It is preferable to fix
the target yield to be low for municipal water supply systems,
since the risk of not realizing the same is to be minimal. The risk
can be only of the order of 1 - 5% in such systems. On the other
hand, for irrigation systems, the admissible risk can be of the order
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Demand,
m3/h
Pumping
rate,m3/h
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Example
Given that the inflows during the most critical period of record are as follows.
t
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12
Dt (106m 3)
50
50
50
50
50
75
75
75
75
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Qt (106m 3
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65
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55
90
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60
135
Estimate the storage capacity required using sequent peak algorithm. Indicate emptying,
filling & spilling periods. If the demands in each period will increase by 30% in future,
what will be the reservoir capacity required?
Solution:
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Example 2:
Estimate the specific weight (dry) of deposited sediment that is
always submerged. The sediment is 25% sand, 35% silt and 40%
clay by weight. Find out how the specific weight of the deposited
sediment varies with time (for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 years). Also find
the volume occupied by 500 5 of first- year deposit. How does the
situation change if the reservoir operation corresponds to a
moderate reservoir drawdown.
Solution:
W(pcf)
W(
N/m 3)
58
9111.8
60.53
9508.8
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For T = 5
years
For T = 10
years
For T = 20
years
For T = 50
years
63.87
10,033.6
66.395
10,430.7
68.922
10,827.7
72.263
11,352.5
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Example 3:
A proposed reservoir has a capacity of 500ha-m. The catchment area is 125km 2,
and the annual streamflow averages 12 cm of runoff. If the annual sediment
production is 0.03 ha-m/km 2, what is the probable life of the reservoir before its
capacity is reduced by 10% of its initial capacity by sedimentation? The
relationship between trap efficiency (%) and capacity inflow ratio C / I, is as
under:
C /
I
0.01
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.7
(%)
43
60
74
80
84
87
93
95
96
97
Solution:
Av. annual stream flow = 12cm of runoff
Area of catchment = 125km 2
= 125 * 106m 2
Therefore, Annual Flood inflow = ( 125 * 106 ). 12 / 100 m 3
= 15 * 106 m 3
= 15 M.m3 (Mcum)
Annual sediment inflow= 0.03 ha-m / km2 of catchment
= 0.03 * 125 ha-m
= 0.03 * 125 * 104 m 3
= 3.75 * 104 m 3
= (3.75 / 100 )* 106 m 3
= 0.0375 M-m 3 (Mcum)
Reservoir capacity = 500 ha-m
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= 500 * 10 m
= 5 * 106m 3
= 5 M. m 3 (Mcum)
It means that 0.0375 Mcum of sediment flows every year into the dam/ reservoir
site, but tyhe quantum of this, which is trapped in the reservoir , depends on the
average trap efficiency ( ) during that year, and this trap efficiency, inturn,
depends upon capacity / inflow ratio.
In the question, the total capacity to be filled up by sediment is 10% of the initial
reservoir capacity.
i.e 10% * 5 Mcum = 0.5 Mcum
Now, we have to calculate the time during which this 0.5 Mcum of sediment will
get deposited in the reservoir, as follows :
Capacity of reservoir at the start = 5 Mcum
Capacity of reservoir at the end
i.e when 0.5 Mcum of sediment is filled up = 4.5 Mcum
Therefore, Capacity / inflow at start = 5 Mcum / 15 Mcum = 0.333
at start = 95%
Capacity / inflow at end = 4.5 / 15 = 0.30
at the end of interval = 95%
Average = 95%
Therefore , sediment load trapped / yr = 0.0375 * 95% = 0.035625
Number of years during which 0.5 Mcum of sediment will get trapped =
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Hence after 14.04 years , the 10% reservoir capacity will get filled up.
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Worked Example 4:
Following information is available regarding the relationship between trap efficiency
and capacity-inflow ratio
Capacity
inflowratio
Trap
Efficiency
(%)
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0
86
93
94.5
95.5
96
96.5
97
97
97
97.5
Given that the mean annual flood inflow is 100 Mm 3 , the mean annual sediment inflow
is 3,00,000 tonnes, and the initial reservoir capacity is 50Mm 3 . Find out the useful life
of the reservoir assuming the specific weight of the sediment to be 12 KN / m 3
throughout the life. Also find the useful life of the reservoir , if the specific weight of
thesediment is assumed to vary with age.Assume that the useful lfe of the reservoir will
end when 80% of the initial capacity is filled with sediment.
Solution:
Volume of the mean annual sediment inflow =
For filling the first 20% of the storage capacity (10Mm3) let us find out the number of
years. This means , the volume of the sediment deposited annually till that 20% of the
capacity is filled, is to be found. From this, the number of years required to fill that
20% of the capacity (10Mm3) can be found out.
Initial reservoir capacity = 50Mm 3
Annual flood inflow = 100Mm3
Capacity to inflow ratio at the beginning of the 1st time interval = 50 / 100 = 0.5
Trap efficiency (beginning of the 1st time interval) = 96%
Capacity -inflow ratio at the end of 1st time interval = 40 / 100 = 0.4
Trap efficiency (end of the 1st time interval) = 95.5%
Average Trap efficiency during the first time interval = (96+95.5) / 2 = 95.75%
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Volume of sediment deposited annually till the 20% capacity is filled = 0.245 * 0.9575
= 0.2346Mm3
No. of years during which the first 20% capacity(10Mm 3) will be filled up =
Proceeding on the same lines, the number of years required to fill the next 20% of the
capacity(2nd interval) can be found.
The calculations are presented in the following table:
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Reliability Concept:
Traditionally, water resources engineers involved in reservoir
planning were working with the "safe yield" concept. In other
words, for a selected reservoir capacity, a particular yield can be
satisfied, for the most critical inflow sequence that has occurred in
the past. The logic behind this concept of "safe yield" is
acceptable, as far as the future flows are not going to be more
critical than the most critical flows of the past. But, since the
streamflows are uncertain, we cannot accept this concept. This
means that for a selected reservoir storage capacity, there is a
probability corresponding to each yield for a "no failure" situation.
This probability is known as the "Reliability" for the given storage
and the yield. Thus, it is useful to construct or develop StorageReliability-Yield relationships than just the Storage-Yield
relationship as done traditionally.
One can easily sense that low yields can be supplied with a higher
reliability by the same reservoir storage capacity, compared to
higher yields. Hence, when firm yields are to be supplied as in
case of city water supply systems, the yields cannot be high. If
higher yields are to be satisfied on a firm basis, then, the storage
capacities required will be enormous, which may be prohibitive
from economic and other considerations. However, the potential
yield is limited by the "mean annual flow" at that site. For city
water supply systems, the reliability may be of the order of 0.950.99. On the other hand, in irrigation systems, a lower reliability
such as 0.80-0.85 may be acceptable.
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rate.
Total sediment transport = suspended sediment transport + bed
load transport.
Mean annual sediment - production rates(sediment yield) generally
range from 70 - 1400 t/km2
Absent of suspended sediment data - comparison with similar
watersheds whose sediment transports have been studied.
Reservoir Sedimentation:
The specific weight of the settled sediments seems to vary with the
age of the deposit and the character of the sediment.
Specific weights (dry) of sediment samples from reservoirs : 650 1500 kg/m3
Mean value for fresh sediments : 800 kg/m3
Mean value for old sediments : 1300 kg/m3
Specific weight of suspended sediment can be estimated using the
equation :
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