Assessing Environmental Flow for Small Hydropower Plant Case of Catchments with Similar Size
Received Date: Aug 31, 2020 / Accepted Date: Sep 01, 2020 / Published Date: Sep 28, 2020
Abstract
The paper aims to discuss how the formula for environmental streamflow estimation (EF), (Magra Formula) mostly based upon topographical data such as catchment’s size and overall slope besides river’s major length, should be used carefully in order prevent streamflow hydrological peculiarities fade away.
Analysis is referred to a real case, namely a restoration of a small hydropower plant located in North Western Italy, in the town of Pogli di Ortovero.
The formula is applied to the case under debate and to a catchment of similar size emphasizing how a detail insight of catchment’s behavior and hydrological and biological features are encouraged so that environmental flow assessment becomes definitely more real.
Keywords: Hydropower plant; Topographical data; Catchment
Citation: Carcano E (2020) Assessing Environmental Flow for Small Hydropower Plant Case of Catchments with Similar Size . Innov Ener Res 9: 236
Copyright: © 2020 Carcano E. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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