Course detail

Reservoirs and water management systems

FAST-0S6Acad. year: 2016/2017

 Control of water flow from the watershed, means for this performance, basic function of a reservoir, relevant equations
 Categorization of the reservoirs, function volumes, water management solution of reservoir storage function, water management solution of reservoir protection function
 Water management plan, dispatcher control of the reservoir, water management systems
 Assembling of mathematical model of water flow in water management system, solution of water management systems storage function, use of simulation model and methods of optimal programming for solution of optimal control and development of water management systems, protection function of water management systems

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Miloš Starý, CSc.

Department

Institute of Landscape Water Management (VHK)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Basic knowledge of river basin runoff control with the use of isolated reservoirs and water management systems.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of mathematics, physics, operational and system analyses and hydrology

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction, basic terms, river basin, rainfall-runoff process
2. Precipitation
3. Atmospheric humidity, evaporation
4. Geographical factors of a river basin
5. Water-level gauge and water discharge measurement
6. Statistical processing of hydrological data
7. Approximation of empirical distributions by teoretical distributions used in hydrology, regress models
8. Analysis of hydrological series, basic stochastic hydrology, artificial discharge series
9. Derivation of discharge series, determination of Qa, introduction to extreme discharges
10. Maximum and minimum discharges
11. Prediction of water-level gauge and discharges, basic types of models
12. Floating matters and sediments
13. Ground water, springs, ground water runoff.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Basic knowledge of river basin runoff control with the use of isolated reservoirs and water management systems, ability to determine basic functional vulumes of water in reservoirs, obtaining information necessary for construction of mathematical models of water flow through the water supply sytem and flood control system, ability to use adequate tools suitable for solving basic type of tasks

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

STARÝ, M.: Nádrže a vodohospodářské soustavy. ES VUT Brno 1991
STARÝ, M.: Nádrže a vodohospodářské soustavy. Metodické návody do cviče. ES VUT Brno 1990

Recommended literature

LOUCKS, D.P., STEDINGER, J.R., HAITH, D.A.: Water resource systems planning and analysis. Prentice Hall, New Jersey 1981
Nacházel, K. - Starý, M. - Zezulák, J. a kol.: Užití metod umělé inteligence ve vodním hospodářství. ACADEMIA Praha 2004

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miloš Starý, CSc.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Miloš Starý, CSc.