The Feasibility of Building several New Dams to Replace the Kaliba Dam

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10.2991/ammee-17.2017.157How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Kariba Dam, Economic Operating Model, the reservoir regulation

Abstract

A 2015 report by the South African Institute of Risk Management warns that without urgent repairs, the whole Kariba dam will collapse. It has also led to the crisis of the Kaliba dam more and more concerned by the world. In order to study the feasibility of building a number of new dams to replace the Kaliba dam, we must conduct a series of analysis. Firstly, We assume that it is reasonable to build 16 new dams, and define a Economic Operating Model. Through this model, We analyze the correlation between dams capacity and water flow. And we also analyze the correlation between dams capacity and the water head. Through the analysis of different water flow, we study the different results in the flood and dry season and discuss their causes. Finally, a strategy for modulating the water flow through our new multiple dam system is proposed.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Aijing Liu
PY  - 2017/06
DA  - 2017/06
TI  - The Feasibility of Building several New Dams to Replace the Kaliba Dam
BT  - Proceedings of the Advances in Materials, Machinery, Electrical Engineering (AMMEE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 820
EP  - 823
SN  - 2352-5401
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DO  - 10.2991/ammee-17.2017.157
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