Surface Water Resources Allocation Model AL-V: Program Documentation and User's Manual

摘要

The AL-V computer program described in this report is a general hydrologic optimization model to be used for analyzing surface water resource systems. It is designed to analyze the simulated multi-period operation of any interconnected configuration of reservoirs, pump canals, pipelines, and hydropower generation plants. The capabilities of the AL-V model include the ability (1) to find the minimum cost operating plan for a system of reservoirs, river junctions, canals and river reaches, (2) to find the minimum cost sizing of individual reservoirs, canals, or closed conduits, and (3) to determine reservoir operating rules for use in related simulation models. AL-V uses a generalized network optimization algorithm to solve a link-node configuration that is representative of a physical system. This algorithm incorporates network theory in the solution technique with extended capabilities to incorporate consideration of water loss mechanisms which are flow dependent.