<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The management of water resources for different purposes such as a domestic water supply and municipal, irrigation and hydropower generation requires optimization techniques for efficient reservoir operations. This study focused on the optimization of energy generation at Kainji hydropower station in Nigeria using operational and ecological integrity constraints. A linear optimization technique was used in optimizing the average total annual energy generation subject to operational and ecological integrity constraints. The model was solved using LINGO 17.0 software. The results revealed that the optimization approach would increase the total annual energy generation at the hydropower station by 1.84%. The outcome of this study can be adopted by the management of a hydropower station and other decision makers in Nigeria to improve the availability of electricity deployed to Nigeria’s national grid without compromising the ecological integrity of a reservoir.</p></abstract>

The management of water resources for different purposes such as a domestic water supply and municipal, irrigation and hydropower generation requires optimization techniques for efficient reservoir operations. This study focused on the optimization of energy generation at Kainji hydropower station in Nigeria using operational and ecological integrity constraints. A linear optimization technique was used in optimizing the average total annual energy generation subject to operational and ecological integrity constraints. The model was solved using LINGO 17.0 software. The results revealed that the optimization approach would increase the total annual energy generation at the hydropower station by 1.84%. The outcome of this study can be adopted by the management of a hydropower station and other decision makers in Nigeria to improve the availability of electricity deployed to Nigeria’s national grid without compromising the ecological integrity of a reservoir.

Optimization of Energy Generation based on Operations and Ecological Integrity Requirements

National Centre for Hydropower Research and Development

Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

Slovak Journal of Civil Engineering

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The management of water resources for different purposes such as a domestic water supply and municipal, irrigation and hydropower generation requires...

Optimization of Energy Generation based on Operations and Ecological Integrity Requirements

Published Online: Oct 04, 2019

Page range: 55 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2019-0022

Keywords
Energygeneration, Optimization, Kainji reservoir, Ecological integrity onthly discharge

© 2019 Abdulrasaq A. Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Optimization of Energy Generation based on Operations and Ecological Integrity Requirements

Published Online: Oct 04, 2019

Page range: 55 - 62

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjce-2019-0022

KeywordsEnergygeneration, Optimization, Kainji reservoir, Ecological integrity onthly discharge

© 2019 Abdulrasaq A. Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Energygeneration, Optimization, Kainji reservoir, Ecological integrity onthly discharge