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Identifying key operational stages of the HPP reservoir through sediment transport : a case study of the Vrhovo-Boštanj HPP chain
ID Javornik, Luka (Author), ID Mikoš, Matjaž (Author), ID Kryžanowski, Andrej (Author)

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Abstract
Run-of-river dams significantly disrupt sediment balance, so managing them accordingly isessential. To address this, we analysed the spatial-longitudinal and temporal distribution ofboth erosion and deposition of sediments by applying a sediment transport model tohydrological events of 2010, 2014, and 2023 on the Vrhovo-Boštanj HPP reservoir chain onthe Lower Sava River in Slovenia. We aimed to identify the stages of sediment transport thatoccur during high and extreme hydrological events and their influence on HPP operation.Results show discharge patterns, valid for the Lower Sava River HPP chain. Incipient motionin the silts and fine sands prevailing in the reservoir mostly starts in the range of 0.7×Q1,which also marks the onset of erosion processes in less damming-affected reservoir sections;in other sections, depositional processes dominate. Deposition in dam-affected areas startswhen discharges decrease to 1.3×Q1 on average. These thresholds result from dammanagement, flaps, and gates operation by operational rule curve. Identifying dischargestages through a set methodology is key to modifying the dam operation at sedimenttransport-inducing discharges. Application of this methodology follows, focusing on settingup the operational rule curve by including sediment transport boundary conditions whileconsidering other users of the present ecosystem.

Language:English
Keywords:sediment transport, reservoir operation stage, sediment erosion, sediment deposition, reservoir sedimentation, sediment management
Work type:Article
Typology:1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:FGG - Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
Publication status:Published
Publication version:Author Accepted Manuscript
Year:2025
Number of pages:26 str.
Numbering:vol. 27. 11. 2025, no. nov.
PID:20.500.12556/RUL-176728 This link opens in a new window
UDC:626/627
ISSN on article:1814-2060
DOI:10.1080/15715124.2025.2590673 This link opens in a new window
COBISS.SI-ID:259393283 This link opens in a new window
Publication date in RUL:10.12.2025
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Title:International journal of river basin management
Shortened title:Int. j. river basin manag.
Publisher:International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
ISSN:1814-2060
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Language:Slovenian
Title:Prepoznavanje ključnih obratovalnih faz hidroelektrarn na podlagi transporta sedimentov: primer verige Vrhovo–Boštanj
Abstract:
Pretočne rečne elektrarne pomembno vplivajo na sedimentno ravnovesje, zato je njihovo ustrezno upravljanje ključnega pomena. Za obravnavo te problematike smo analizirali prostorsko in časovno razporeditev erozijskih procesov ter procesov odlaganja plavin z uporabo modela prodonosnosti za hidrološke dogodke iz let 2010, 2014 in 2023 na verigi hidroelektrarn Vrhovo–Boštanj na spodnji Savi. Cilj je bil opredeliti faze transporta plavin, ki se pojavljajo med visokovodnimi in ekstremnimi hidrološkimi dogodki, ter oceniti njihov vpliv na obratovanje hidroelektrarn. Rezultati kažejo vzorce prodonosnih pretokov, značilne za verigo hidroelektrarn na spodnji Savi. Začetek premeščanja mulja in drobnega peska, ki prevladujeta v akumulacijah, se večinoma začne pri približno 0,7×Q1, kar prav tako označuje začetek erozijskih procesov v območjih akumulacij, ki so le deloma pod vplivom zajezitve; v drugih območjih pa prevladujejo procesi odlaganja plavin. Odlaganje plavin v območjih, močneje pod vplivom zajezitve, se začne, ko pretoki v povprečju padejo na približno 1,3×Q1. Te mejne vrednosti so posledica načina upravljanja pregrad z zapornicami in zaklopkami, skladno z obratovalno krivuljo. Prepoznavanje stopenj pretokov z opisano metodologijo je ključno za prilagoditev obratovanja pregrad pri pretokih, ki sprožajo transport sedimentov. Pri praktični uporabi metodologije je poudarek na oblikovanju obratovalne krivulje, ki vključuje mejne pogoje prodonosnosti in hkrati upošteva druge uporabnike obstoječega ekosistema.

Keywords:hidrotehnika, okoljsko inženirstvo, prodonosnost, stopnja obratovanja zadrževalnikov, erozija sedimentov, usedanje plavin, sedimentacija zadrževalnikov, upravljanje s sedimenti

Projects

Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:P2-0180-2022
Name:Vodarstvo in geotehnika: orodja in metode za analize in simulacije procesov ter razvoj tehnologij

Funder:ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
Project number:L7-50097-2023
Name:Hidroekološko utemeljeno delovanje pretočnih rečnih akumulacij za učinkovito upravljanje sedimentov in proizvodnjo električne energije

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