Relationships between Hydropower Generation and Rainfall-Gauged and Ungauged Catchments from Sri Lanka

The relationship between the rainfall and minihydropower generation in a catchment is highly nonlinear. Therefore, the prediction of minihydropower generation is complex. However, the prediction is important in optimizing the control of electricity generation under various environmental conditions....

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Published in:Mathematical problems in engineering 2020, Vol.2020 (2020), p.1-8
Main Authors: Perera, Anushka, Rathnayake, Upaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Catchments
Climate change
Energy industry
Engineering
Hydroelectric power
Hydroelectric power generation
Neural networks
Optimization algorithms
Rainfall
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Summary:The relationship between the rainfall and minihydropower generation in a catchment is highly nonlinear. Therefore, the prediction of minihydropower generation is complex. However, the prediction is important in optimizing the control of electricity generation under various environmental conditions. Ongoing climate variabilities have completely changed the minihydropower generation to some parts of the world, and it is significant. Therefore, this paper presents results from two soft-computing studies in searching the relationships between rainfall and the generated hydropower. The first study was carried out for a gauged catchment; however, the second was carried for an ungauged catchment. Results revealed that there is an acceptable correlation in between the rainfall and hydropower generation for the gauged catchment and a marginal contribution to the ungauged catchment.
ISSN:1024-123X
1563-5147
DOI:10.1155/2020/9650251