Application of Geographical Information Systems and Soft Computation Techniques in Water and Water Based Renewable Energy Problems

Description

This book highlights the application of Geographical Information System (GIS) and nature based algorithms to solve the problems of water and water based renewable energy resources. The irregularity in availability of resources and inefficiency in utilization of the available resources has reduced the potentiality of water and water based renewable energy resources. In recent years various soft computation methods (SCM) along with GIS were adopted to solve critical problems. The book collects various studies where many SCMs were used along with GIS to provide a solution for optimal utilization of natural resources for satisfying the basic needs of the population as well as fulfilling their burgeoning energy demands. The articles depict innovative application of soft computation techniques to identify the root cause and to mitigate the uncertainty for optimal utilization of the available water resources. The advantage of SCM and GIS were used to maximize the utilization of water resources under cost and time constraints in face of climatic abnormalities and effect of rapid urbanization. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Review of Reservoir Sediment Inflow Estimation for Teriang Reservoir, Malaysia (Ching Poon Hii, Hock Hwee Heng)....Pages 3-40 Analyzing Extreme Events Using Standardized Precipitation Index During the 20th Century for Surat District, India (N. R. Patel, T. M. V. Suryanarayana, D. T. Shete)....Pages 41-50 An Approach to Develop an Alternative Water Quality Index Using FLDM (Ritabrata Roy)....Pages 51-68 Front Matter ....Pages 69-69 Development of Financial Liability Index for Hydropower Plant with MCDM and Neuro-genetic Models (Priyanka Majumder, Apu Kumar Saha)....Pages 71-105 Wave Energy Potential Site Selection Based on MCDM and Neural Network Analysis (Soumya Ghosh)....Pages 107-120 A MCDM-NBO Approach for Selection of Installation Location for Wave Energy Power Plants (Tilottama Chakraborty)....Pages 121-140 Cost Optimization of High Head Run of River Small Hydropower Projects (Sachin Mishra, S. K. Singal, D. K. Khatod)....Pages 141-166 An Approach for Wind-Pumped Storage Plant Scheduling Under Uncertainty (J. Dhillon, A. Kumar, S. K. Singal)....Pages 167-189 Back Matter ....Pages 191-191