FLOW ROUTING CALCULATION

Calculation method: Reservoir pool level

Published by: Muhammad Gani
Hydrologist and Hydraulics Engineer live in Yogyakarta
Salient feature of the dam:
Kuwil dam located on Tondano river basin, Minahasa Utara district, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
This dam is of embankment dam type which functions as a flood facilities with design discharge of 40
years return period.
This sheets presents a step by step method to used in reservoir flow routing calculation.

Table 1 Flow routing of Kuwil dam for Q40 return period

Time Time Inflow I1 + I2 2S1/∆t - Q1 2S2/∆t + Q2 Outflow
indeks t m3/s m3/s m3/s m3/s m3/s
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 1 3,190 3,190 3,148 3,190 0,021
3 2 20,820 24,010 26,798 27,158 0,180
4 3 54,750 75,570 101,012 102,368 0,678
5 4 154,680 209,430 306,328 310,442 2,057
6 5 377,630 532,310 794,992 838,638 21,823
7 6 470,340 847,970 1.550,988 1.642,962 45,987
8 7 397,110 867,450 2.242,706 2.418,438 87,866
9 8 308,890 706,000 2.479,214 2.948,706 234,746
10 9 236,200 545,090 2.538,654 3.024,304 242,825
11 10 184,720 420,920 2.483,704 2.959,574 237,935
12 11 151,290 336,010 2.425,992 2.819,714 196,861
13 12 125,490 276,780 2.377,734 2.702,772 162,519
14 13 104,420 229,910 2.338,482 2.607,644 134,581
15 14 86,960 191,380 2.306,384 2.529,862 111,739
16 15 72,520 159,480 2.279,978 2.465,864 92,943
17 16 60,770 133,290 2.238,422 2.413,268 87,423
18 17 52,020 112,790 2.186,976 2.351,212 82,118
19 18 45,140 97,160 2.131,370 2.284,136 76,383
20 19 39,300 84,440 2.074,728 2.215,810 70,541
21 20 34,240 73,540 2.018,734 2.148,268 64,767
22 21 29,830 64,070 1.964,466 2.082,804 59,169
23 22 25,990 55,820 1.907,948 2.020,286 56,169
24 23 22,640 48,630 1.848,146 1.956,578 54,216
25 24 19,730 42,370 1.786,134 1.890,516 52,191
Hint:
Column (3) through column (4): 0 + 3,19 = 3,19
Column (4); (5); and (6): 3,19 + 0 = 3,19
Figure 0,021 column (7) extracted from interpolation of numbers depicted on Table 1
Column (5) = {column (6) – (2 X column(7))}, e.g.: 3,148 = 3,19 – (2 X 0,021)
Table 2 Storage function for reservoir routing
Elevation Q S 2S/∆t + Q
(h) (m3/s) (MCM) (m3/s)
(1) (2) (3) (4)
95,00 0,00 0,000 0,000
95,50 2,15 0,580 324,372
96,00 4,50 1,160 648,944
96,50 38,00 1,760 1.015,778
97,00 43,60 2,360 1.354,711
97,50 46,50 2,985 1.704,833
98,00 57,48 3,610 2.063,036
98,50 91,50 4,265 2.460,944
99,00 242,80 4,920 2.976,133
99,50 243,00 5,600 3.354,111
100,00 341,50 6,280 3.830,389
100,50 386,00 6,990 4.269,333
101,00 490,00 7,700 4.767,778
101,50 558,80 8,440 5.247,689
102,00 715,00 9,180 5.815,000
102,50 906,40 9,955 6.436,956
103,00 1173,00 10,730 7.134,111
103,50 1450,00 11,535 7.858,333
104,00 1825,00 12,340 8.680,556
104,50 2350,00 13,170 9.666,667
105,00 2480,00 14,000 10.257,778
Interpolation:

y y2
y1
x1 x x2
y = y1 + {(x - x1)/(x2 - x1)} x (y2 - y1)

Column (7) Table 1

2,15
0,00 0,021
0 3,19 324,372
Detailed instructions to develop Table 2:
Column (1) and column (2) derived from flow rating curve over the spillway crest
Column (1) and column (3) are calculated based on topographical data and storage volumes data of
related reservoir under consideration
Column (4) figures are obtained from column (2) and column (3)

Routing curve graph:

470,3 m3/s

242,8 m3/s