Theory of Reservoirs and Water Management Systems

Course guarantor:

Pavel Fošumpaur

Lecturer:

Pavel Fošumpaur

Tutor:

Supervisor:

Department of Hydraulic Structures

Synopsis:

System approach, system thought process, definition of the system on WRS. System analysis and synthesis, methods of operational research. System disciplines of WRS development. Simulative modelling, dynamic programming, optimization, multicriterial optimization. Contemporary theory of operation, fundamentals of artificial intelligence.

Requirements:

Ph.D. course

Syllabus of lectures:

1. Basics of algorithm development and programming.

2. Definition of systems. System analysis and synthesis.

3. Simulation models of water management systems.

4. Linear programming and non-linear programming.

5. Dynamic programming.

6. Multi-criteria optimization.

7. Stochastic methods in water management.

8. Synthetic flow series modelling.

9. Synthetic rainfall series modelling.

10. Continuous simulation - a tool for the optimization of reservoir and water system management.

11. Modelling hydrological variables for estimating the impacts of climate change.

12. Estimating the impacts of climate change on the reliability of water resources.

13. Adaptive models for operational management.

Syllabus of tutorials:

no seminars

Study Objective:

Students will obtain view about system approaches of WRS and they will be informed about simulative modelling and with methods of operation theory.

Study materials:

[1] Nacházel, K. a kol.: Vodohospodářské soustavy. Vyd. ČVUT, Praha 1999, [2] Votruba, L. a kol.: Vodohospodářské soustavy. SNTL, Praha 1979

Note:

Further information:

moodle kurzu

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

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Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: