Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria
Optimization models have been developed to maximize annual energy generation from the Doma dam, subject to the constraint of releases for irrigation, ecological purposes, the water supply, the maximum yield from the reservoir and reservoir storage. The model was solved with LINGO software for variou...
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| author | Salami Adebayo Wahab Sule Bolaji Fatai Adunkpe Tope Lacroix Ayanshola Ayanniyi Mufutau Bilewu Solomon Olakunle |
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| description | Optimization models have been developed to maximize annual energy generation from the Doma dam, subject to the constraint of releases for irrigation, ecological purposes, the water supply, the maximum yield from the reservoir and reservoir storage. The model was solved with LINGO software for various mean annual inflow exceedence probabilities. Two scenarios of hydropower retrofitting were considered. Scenario 1, with the reservoir inflows at 50%, 75%, and 90% probabilities of exceedence, gives the total annual hydropower as 0.531 MW, 0.450 MW and 0.291 MW, respectively. The corresponding values for scenario 2 were 0.615 MW, 0.507 MW, and 0.346 MW respectively. The study also considered increasing the reservoir’s live storage to 32.63Mm3 by taking part of the flood storage so that the maximum draft increases to 7 Mm3. With this upper limit of storage and draft with reservoir inflows of 50%, 75% and 90% probabilities of exceedence, the hydropower generated increased to 0.609 MW, 0.540 MW, and 0.347 MW respectively for the scenario 1 arrangement, while those of scenario 2 increased to 0.699 MW, 0.579MW and 0.406 MW respectively. The results indicate that the Doma Dam is suitable for the production of hydroelectric power and that its generation potential is between 0.61 MW and 0.70 MW. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57aea482c9094284b4e66107ec3b47672022-12-22T02:45:10ZengSciendoSlovak Journal of Civil Engineering1210-38961338-39732017-03-012511910.1515/sjce-2017-0001sjce-2017-0001Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central NigeriaSalami Adebayo Wahab0Sule Bolaji Fatai1Adunkpe Tope Lacroix2Ayanshola Ayanniyi Mufutau3Bilewu Solomon Olakunle4Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, P.M.B 1515, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, P.M.B 1515, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, P.M.B 1515, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, P.M.B 1515, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaDepartment of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, P.M.B 1515, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, NigeriaOptimization models have been developed to maximize annual energy generation from the Doma dam, subject to the constraint of releases for irrigation, ecological purposes, the water supply, the maximum yield from the reservoir and reservoir storage. The model was solved with LINGO software for various mean annual inflow exceedence probabilities. Two scenarios of hydropower retrofitting were considered. Scenario 1, with the reservoir inflows at 50%, 75%, and 90% probabilities of exceedence, gives the total annual hydropower as 0.531 MW, 0.450 MW and 0.291 MW, respectively. The corresponding values for scenario 2 were 0.615 MW, 0.507 MW, and 0.346 MW respectively. The study also considered increasing the reservoir’s live storage to 32.63Mm3 by taking part of the flood storage so that the maximum draft increases to 7 Mm3. With this upper limit of storage and draft with reservoir inflows of 50%, 75% and 90% probabilities of exceedence, the hydropower generated increased to 0.609 MW, 0.540 MW, and 0.347 MW respectively for the scenario 1 arrangement, while those of scenario 2 increased to 0.699 MW, 0.579MW and 0.406 MW respectively. The results indicate that the Doma Dam is suitable for the production of hydroelectric power and that its generation potential is between 0.61 MW and 0.70 MW.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjce.2017.25.issue-1/sjce-2017-0001/sjce-2017-0001.xml?format=INTDoma River damoptimizationintegration of hydropower turbinepower generationretrofitting |
| spellingShingle | Salami Adebayo Wahab Sule Bolaji Fatai Adunkpe Tope Lacroix Ayanshola Ayanniyi Mufutau Bilewu Solomon Olakunle Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering Doma River dam optimization integration of hydropower turbine power generation retrofitting |
| title | Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria |
| title_full | Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria |
| title_short | Evaluation of the Hydropower Generation Potential of a Dam Using Optimization Techniques: Application to Doma Dam, Nassarawa, in North Central Nigeria |
| title_sort | evaluation of the hydropower generation potential of a dam using optimization techniques application to doma dam nassarawa in north central nigeria |
| topic | Doma River dam optimization integration of hydropower turbine power generation retrofitting |
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