• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.799-807
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• 2013

Reservoir sedimentation is one of the major concerns for sustainable reservoir operation. Since sediment concentration of the rivers in the Himalayan Mountain is very high, a proper sediment management scheme is necessary. This paper presents long-term reservoir sedimentation and sediment flushing based on the gate operation. Focused on the reservoir to be constructed for the Patrind hydropower project in Pakistan, 4 different flushing scenarios were proposed in this study to prevent successive sedimentation. By extending flushing period and by increasing the flushing discharge for 2 times, the flushing rate increases up to 53.2% and 43.6% in proportion to flushing period and discharge, respectively. Based on the simulation presented in this paper, it is expected to establish efficient sediment management plan to increase hydro power generation and sediment flushing simultaneously.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.167-167
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• 2020

Annual sediment deposition in reservoirs behind weirs poses flood risk, while its accurate prediction remains a challenge. Sediment management by hydraulic flushing is an effective method to maintain reservoir storage. In this study, an integrated approach to predict sediment inflow and sediment flushing simulation in reservoirs is presented. The annual sediment inflow prediction was carried out with Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) modelling. RESCON model was applied for quantification of sediment flushing feasibility criteria. The integrated approach was applied on Sangju Weir and also on estuary of Nakdong River (NREB). The mean annual sediment inflow predicted at Sangju Weir and NREB was 400,000 ㎥ and 170,000 ㎥, respectively. The sediment characteristics gathered were used to setup RESCON model and sediment balance ratio (SBR) and long term capacity ratio (LTCR) were used as flushing efficiency indicators. For Sangju Weir, the flushing discharge, Q_f = 140 ㎥/s with a drawdown of 5 m, and flushing duration, T_f = 10 days was necessary for efficient flushing. At NREB site, the parameters for efficient flushing were Q_f = 80 ㎥/s, T_f = 5 days, N = 1, El_f = 2.24 m. The hydraulic flushing was concluded feasible for sediment management at both Sangju Weir and NREB.

• International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.71-81
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• 2012

Several methods have been proposed to control the sedimentation process. These include catchment management, flushing, sluicing, density current venting, and dredging. Flushing is used to erode previously deposited sediments. In pressurized flushing, the sediment in the vicinity of the outlet openings is scoured and a funnel shaped crater is created. In this study, the effect of localized vibrations in the sediment layers on the dimensions of the flushing cone was investigated experimentally. For this purpose, experiments were carried out with two bottom outlet diameters, five discharge releases for each desired water depth, and one water depth above the center of the bottom outlets. The results indicate that the volume and dimensions of the flushing cone are strongly affected by localized vibrations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.406-406
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• 2005

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2013

Most natural river reach are approximately balanced with respect to sediment inflow and outflow. Dam construction dramatically alters this balance, creating an impounded river reach characterized by extremely low flow velocities and efficient sediment trapping. The impounded reach will accumulate sediment and lose storage capacity until a balance is again achieved, which would normally occur after the impoundment has become "filled up" with sediment and can no longer provide water storage and other benefits. This paper aims to investigate the sediment removal process in dam reservoir using simultaneously pressure flushing operation and vibrator machine. The main objective of this study is to identify the effect of vibrator in flushing cone dimensions. To achieve the objectives of present study, laboratory test have conducted under different hydraulic conditions such as two bottom outlets with diameter equal to 2" and 3", five discharges 0.23, 0.53, 1.21, 1.53 and 2.1 lit/s and only one water depth above the center of bottom outlets. Using the vibrator machine mounted into the reservoir and close to the bottom outlet, different frequency e.g. 20, 35 and 50 HZ, have been introduced to the deposited sediment at the vicinity of outlet. The results indicate that the volume and width of flushing cone are strongly affected by frequency of vibrations. The results indicate that the volume and width of flushing cone are strongly affected by frequency of vibrations.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.1094-1100
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• 2006

In this study, the reservoir sediment reduction methods for long-term operation are proposed by the analysis of both sediment deposit characteristics and sediment reduction effect by each method. To that end, a flowchart for sediment analysis in reservoir is established and sediment deposit is simulated by SMS-SED2D model. The sediment reduction methods which are sediment passing (sluicing), flushing, trapping, bypassing and mechanical removal are used. From the simulation results, the effective method for sediment reduction is operation which is coupled by both sediment passing with sand gate and sediment trapping with debris dam. And If sediment flushing will be used once a year after 50 years, conservation storage can be secured until 100 years after dam construction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.09a
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• pp.576-578
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• 2005

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.48-57
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• 2009

A two-dimensional (2D), laterally-averaged hydrodynamic and water quality model, CE-QUAL-W2 was applied to evaluate the performance on simulating the effect of flushing from Daecheong Reservoir on the downstream water quality variations during the flushing events held on November, 2003 and March, 2008. The hydraulic and water quality simulation results were compared with field measurement data, as well as a one-dimensional (1D), unsteady model (KORIV1) that revealed limited capability in the previous study due to missing the resuspension process of river bottom sediments. The results showed that although the 2D model made satisfactory performance in reproducing the temporal variations of dissolved matters including phosphate, ammonia and nitrate, it revealed poor performance in simulating the increase of biological oxygen demand and suspended sediment (SS) concentrations during the passage of the flushing flow. The reason of the error was that the resuspension process of the 2D model is only the function of shear stress induced by wind. In reality, however, as shown by significant correlation between bottom shear stress ($\tau$) and observed SS concentration, the resuspension process can be significantly influenced by current velocity in the riverine system, especially during flushing event. The results indicate that the resuspension of river bottom materials should be incorporated into the water quality modeling processes if $\tau$ is greater than a critical shear stress (${\tau}_c$) for better simulation of flushing effect.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.234-234
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• 2018

댐 건설을 하게 되면 저수지 형성으로 인한 통수단면 증가가 발생하고 이에 따른 하천의 유속 및 난류 영향이 감소하게 된다. 이러한 영향으로 댐 상류 구간에서 발생한 유사량은 저수지에 퇴적하게 되고 유효저수량은 감소하게 된다. 저수지의 유효저수량 감소는 댐의 주요 기능인 용수공급, 수력발전 등의 기능 저하에 지대한 영향을 주게 된다. 특히 해외 수력발전 사업의 경우 하천 경사가 크고, 퇴사가 많이 발생하는 지역에 댐이 위치하고 있다. 이와 같은 문제 해결을 위한 중 장기적 퇴사거동 및 예측에 대한 연구가 필요한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 파키스탄 Gulpur 지역에 설치 예정인 수력발전용 댐에 대한 장기간 퇴사모의를 위해 1차원 유사해석 모형인 HEC-RAS sediment module을 이용하였다. 퇴사모의에 적용한 모형의 입력 자료로는 총 52개년(1960-2011년)간 유사량 관측값과 20년간 유량측정 결과를 이용하였다. 유사해석 모의 시나리오는 유사 재질 비율변화에 따른 장기간 Deposited 모의와 댐의 Gate를 통한 유사 배제를 운영하는 Flushing 모의를 수행하였다. 유사해석 모의 결과 Deposited 시나리오의 경우는 저수지에서 퇴적된 유사는 대부분 Sand가 차지하게 된다. Sand의 포착률은 저수지가 가득 차기 이전에는 거의 100 % 포착이 되며, 저수지가 가득 차는 시기인 운영 20년 후에는 Sand를 포함한 전체 유사의 59%가 포착하게 되어 저수지가 한계에 도달한 것을 확인하였다. 또한, Flushing 시나리오의 경우는 Flushing 운영 기간의 변화에 따른 퇴사 포착 영향이 큰 것으로 분석되었으며, Gulpur 댐의 경우는 운영기간을 5일로 설정하는 것이 안정한 하상상태를 유지하는 것으로 검토되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Environment and Ecology Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.1-21
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• 2003

I introduce the Flexible Dam Operation (FDO) and some of sediment control techniques In dams which are implemented as trials to avoid or reduce environmental impact of dams on the downstream reaches. The FDO is a dam management method to improve river environment in the downstream reaches by means of the flushing flow, the maintenance flow and so on utilizing a vacant portion of capacity for flood control without interrupting prime flood control function during the rainy/typhoon season. It Is suggested by the guideline of the FDO that EDO should be implemented regularly after the trial for about three years. The basic conception of the FDO is described here. The example of excavation of deposited sediments in check dams and placement of sand ana gravel immediately downstream of the dams and the example of coordinated sediment flushing are described as some of sediment control techniques in dams. Now they are at the stage of experiment and trial. Therefore, it is important to increase examples and establish the technical methodology and the environmental evaluation method for them.