Improvement and optimization of the reservoir operational rule curve under the historical condition and climate change effects – Case study of Thac Mo Reservoir (Vietnam)

Water resource management has been a challenge facing many regions worldwide, including Vietnam and Canada. Reservoirs are crucial in water management. The project is to further the intern’s PhD research on improving the reservoir operational rule with a case study of Thac Mo Reservoir in southern Vietnam. A model combining a rainfall-runoff framework, reservoir operating architecture, and a modern heuristic optimization technique is developed to effectively achieve the hydropower production and water supply to downstream. The project is expected to improve the model performance, leading to a good applicability that could convince the potential operators and managers. Different independent data, such as separated historical data of Thac Mo reservoir and data from a Canadian reservoir, is intended to be utilized to firmly verify the model and optimize solutions. Other optimization algorithms could be applied and compared. On the other hand, the potential impact of climate change on currently used and optimized operation rules based on new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) scenarios will be considered, then propose mitigation process.

Faculty Supervisor:

Tri Nguyen-Quang

Student:

Partner:

Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City

Discipline:

Earth science

Sector:

Water; Sustainability & the Environment; Natural Resources

University:

Dalhousie University

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