Cascaded Hydroelectric Power Plant at Narmada River Calculate Water Traveling Time Using HEC –RAS and Arc GIS and HEC Geo RAS

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Authors: Ashwani Tapde, Dr. Durgesh Nandan
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Abstract

The hydroelectric plant is located in the Cascade bloc on the Narmada River, must be operated and short-term planning is a very difficult task for any operational authority. In this document, three basic software were used: Hydrological Engineering Center - River Analysis Systems (HEC-RAS) and Arc GIS and HEC Geo RAS. Temporary programming of the cascade hydroelectric scheme means water discharge, water storage and spillage for each tank 'J' in all programming periods (for 24 hours) to minimize deviations between load demand and generation. to find out. Subject to restrictions. Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and its alternatives have successfully utilized to resolve this difficulty. We need to continuously compute the distance among power plants and waterways. The travel time between RABS and ISP is 58 hours, ISP 9 hours in OSP, OSP 9 hours in MSP and MSP 51 hours in SSP. These representations utilized for the problem of optimization of cascading hydraulic programming.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Water resources management and optimization Hydraulic flow and structures Electric Power System Optimization

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
1 January 2026
Language
EN