Abstract
Analysis of the feasibility of sites for small-scale hydroelectric power generation in British Columbia can be a difficult process in cases where gauged streamflow data are not available. This report outlines the capabilities of a package of computer programs, designed to aid the planner of small-scale hydro projects in evaluating the hydrology and energy potential of ungauged sites in that province. The programs were developed by using appropriate programming and hydrological research that had already been done, and taking advantage of experience already available from previous use of components of the package. As the province's mountainous terrain, with numerous microclimates, precluded use of methods of regional analysis based on regression or comparison with gauged streams, the package was developed on the basis of a conceptual model of physical processes on the land and in the atmosphere. The resulting package, the Integrated Method for Power Analysis, consists of five basic components: an atmospheric model of annual precipitation and one-in-ten-year 24-h maximum rainfall; a watershed model that will generate streamflow data based on information from the atmospheric model; a flood frequency analysis system that uses site-specific topographic information and information from the atmospheric model to generate a flood frequency curve; a hydroelectric
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Hydrologic design methodologies for small-scale hydro at ungauged sites. Phase 2A, British Columbia. Summary report. Integrated method for power analysis (IMP).
Canada: N. p.,
1986.
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Hydrologic design methodologies for small-scale hydro at ungauged sites. Phase 2A, British Columbia. Summary report. Integrated method for power analysis (IMP).
Canada.
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1986.
"Hydrologic design methodologies for small-scale hydro at ungauged sites. Phase 2A, British Columbia. Summary report. Integrated method for power analysis (IMP)."
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title = {Hydrologic design methodologies for small-scale hydro at ungauged sites. Phase 2A, British Columbia. Summary report. Integrated method for power analysis (IMP)}
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abstractNote = {Analysis of the feasibility of sites for small-scale hydroelectric power generation in British Columbia can be a difficult process in cases where gauged streamflow data are not available. This report outlines the capabilities of a package of computer programs, designed to aid the planner of small-scale hydro projects in evaluating the hydrology and energy potential of ungauged sites in that province. The programs were developed by using appropriate programming and hydrological research that had already been done, and taking advantage of experience already available from previous use of components of the package. As the province's mountainous terrain, with numerous microclimates, precluded use of methods of regional analysis based on regression or comparison with gauged streams, the package was developed on the basis of a conceptual model of physical processes on the land and in the atmosphere. The resulting package, the Integrated Method for Power Analysis, consists of five basic components: an atmospheric model of annual precipitation and one-in-ten-year 24-h maximum rainfall; a watershed model that will generate streamflow data based on information from the atmospheric model; a flood frequency analysis system that uses site-specific topographic information and information from the atmospheric model to generate a flood frequency curve; a hydroelectric power simulation program which determines the daily energy output for a run-of-river or reservoir storage site; and a graphics analysis package that provides direct visualization of atmospheric and streamflow data, and the results of watershed and power simulation modelling. 2 figs., 1 tab.}
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title = {Hydrologic design methodologies for small-scale hydro at ungauged sites. Phase 2A, British Columbia. Summary report. Integrated method for power analysis (IMP)}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {Analysis of the feasibility of sites for small-scale hydroelectric power generation in British Columbia can be a difficult process in cases where gauged streamflow data are not available. This report outlines the capabilities of a package of computer programs, designed to aid the planner of small-scale hydro projects in evaluating the hydrology and energy potential of ungauged sites in that province. The programs were developed by using appropriate programming and hydrological research that had already been done, and taking advantage of experience already available from previous use of components of the package. As the province's mountainous terrain, with numerous microclimates, precluded use of methods of regional analysis based on regression or comparison with gauged streams, the package was developed on the basis of a conceptual model of physical processes on the land and in the atmosphere. The resulting package, the Integrated Method for Power Analysis, consists of five basic components: an atmospheric model of annual precipitation and one-in-ten-year 24-h maximum rainfall; a watershed model that will generate streamflow data based on information from the atmospheric model; a flood frequency analysis system that uses site-specific topographic information and information from the atmospheric model to generate a flood frequency curve; a hydroelectric power simulation program which determines the daily energy output for a run-of-river or reservoir storage site; and a graphics analysis package that provides direct visualization of atmospheric and streamflow data, and the results of watershed and power simulation modelling. 2 figs., 1 tab.}
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