Review on Dam and Reservoir Optimal Operation for Irrigation and Hydropower Energy Generation Utilizing Meta-Heuristic Algorithms

In engineering and scientific disciplines, there are extensive Optimization Application Problems (OAPs) such as economic dispatch, structural design, water resources. One of the major OAPs is operation dams reservoirs to minimize gap between supply for irrigation demand patterns hydropower generation. Drawing optimal often categorized discontinuity, multimodality, non-differentiability non-convexity. Classical mathematical programming-based methods optimization might be inappropriate or unrealizable in drawing rules dam reservoir operation. During last two decades, new methods-based on nature-inspired meta-heuristic algorithms (MHAs) have motivated hydrologists investigate MHAs better alternative tools identifying rules. To solve reservoir-optimization applications better, this review presents past, present, prospective research directions using MHAs. The problem requires a fundamental shift focus towards enhancing not only formulation decomposition but also computational efficiency