INVESTIGATION OF HYDROPOWER GENERATION FROM IRRIGATION DAMS Article Swipe
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· 2018
· Open Access
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· DOI: https://doi.org/10.18038/aubtda.368219
· OA: W2803704028
Evaluation of renewable energyresource is very important for Turkey. As geodetic and fossil energy thatTurkey owns is insufficient and do not meet the demand. For this reason, tendingtowards hydro-electric power is an applicable option and is one of the mostimportant energy resource for the country. From water resources point of view,water potential of large and small streams, for the purpose of energyproduction is vital for the country. Thereby, the existing deficit gap relevantto the energy, is reduceable. Withinthis paper, Seydisuyu basin has been selected as the research area.Precipitation in the basin is drained by Seydisuyu stream. Only two dams namedas Kunduzlar and Çatören, were constructed and are currently in operation inthe basin. These dams were built for the purposes of only irrigation and floodcontrol, in the basin. Water potential of the basin is very small, due to theslight amount of precipitation within that area. Accordingly, planning of onlysmall-scale hydro-electric energy potential is considerable over these dams, forregion/national economic advantage of the country. In this study, the hydro-electricpower potential of these two existing dams, were investigated. For thispurpose, using 19 years of monthly data discharging from six existing flowgauging stations in the basin, the amount of hydroelectric energy generation ofthese dams was analyzed individually. As the result of these analysis, thecalculation of the annual energy production capacity, the installed powerproduction, and the annual economic contribution for both Çatören and Kunduzlar dams wereestimated as 4.14 GWh (2.15 GWh (Çatören) + 1.99 GWh (Kunduzlar)),0.843 MW (0.273 MW (Çatören) + 0.57 MW (Kunduzlar)), and 495000 USD (257000USD (Çatören) + 238000 USD (Kunduzlar)), respectively.
