Estimativa do assoreamento do reservatório da PCH Pipoca, Minas Gerais

• Ano de defesa: 2013
• Autor(a) principal: Minhoni, Renata Teixeira de Almeida
• Orientador(a): Azevedo, Roberto Francisco de
• Banca de defesa: Laquini, João Paulo
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal de Viçosa
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Mestrado em Engenharia Civil
• Departamento: Geotecnia; Saneamento ambiental
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: Assoreamento; Batimetria; Hidrossedimentologia
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: Sedimentation; Bathymetry; Hidrossedimentologia
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA CIVIL
• Link de acesso: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/3812

Dams are part of the history of civilizations, being among the first works architected by humanity. Reservoirs, formed by dams, act as sediment retention basins, promoting its gradual sedimentation. The accumulation of sediments on reservoir s bottom modifies the morphology of the relief, which should be periodically reviewed by the update of the elevation x area x volume curve (EAV), based on bathymetric surveys. This study aimed to evaluate the process of sedimentation on the Pipoca hydroelectric power plant reservoir, by performing bathymetric surveys and the characterization of the reservoir bottom sediments. Two bathymetric surveys were executed, the first, in 2012, with a single beam echosounder and the second, in 2013, with a multibeam echosounder. In addition to the comparison between the two methodologies used in the echosounders, it was analyzed the results obtained before and after the filling of the reservoir, by the generation of Digital Elevation Models (DEMs). The DEM before reservoir s filling was obtained from contour s lines of the region and some bathymetric sections of the river. These DEM enabled the generation of EAV curves before and after reservoir s filling, enabling the identification of deposited sediment volumes during the current operation period of the hydroelectric power plant. In the first bathymetric survey it was obtained a deposited sediment volume of 0.404 hm3, which represents an average annual sedimentation of 0.80%. In the second bathymetric survey was obtained a deposited sediment volume of 0.369 hm3, which represents an average annual sedimentation of 0.63%. The difference on the volumes obtained by the two equipments can be explained by the greater accuracy provided by the multibeam echo sounder. This multibeam echo sounder technology is able to provide 100% coverage of the area and requires less interpolation on the collected data than the other technology.