Abstract:
Hydropower is one of the vital components of reservoir operation, especially in large multi-purpose reservoirs. It is a renewable, economic, non-polluting and environmental friendly source of energy. India is endowed with enormous economically exploitable and viable hydropower potential. However, only I 5% of the hydroelectric potential has been harnessed so far and 7% is under various stages of development. Optimizing the reservoirs serving hydropower and irrigation are complex, since they are having conflicting objectives, if power production is not incidental. In the present study, the Koyna reservoir operation is optimized for hydropower production and irrigation using non-linear programming technique. The Koyna Hydroelectric Power project is having four stages with a total capacity of 1920 MW, In this study, it is found that there is a possible power production of 2665 x 106kWh. The developed model has also resulted in good storage at the end of the season to meet the unprecedented demand. The study shows that Koyna reservoir is having more potential to generate more hydropower.
