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Development of an Algorithm for Sustainability Based Assessment of Reservoir Life Cycle Cost Using Fuzzy Theory

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  • Hamid Vahdat–Aboueshagh
  • Sara Nazif
  • Ebrahim Shahghasemi

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Sustainability assessment can be used as a basic managerial analysis to evaluate the capability of water resources in supplying associated demands. Alteration of management policies in order to improve the systems’ performance and sustainability can lead to additional costs of system operation. In this study a novel framework is proposed for assessing economic life cycle costs of dams considering system’s performance from sustainability aspect. For convenience, the term Life Cycle Costs (LCC) is used instead of Economic LCC throughout this paper. First, a fuzzy model is proposed to discount and estimate the LCC of dams in different time intervals of their life span including: Construction, Operation and Maintenance (M&O), and Disposal periods. The model is capable of reflecting uncertainties caused by estimation and previsions of different costs because of fuzzy theory application. Then, sustainability of dam performance in operation period is evaluated through triple criteria of Reliability, Reversibility, and Vulnerability (R-R-V). To provide more realistic results, different system performance levels are defined based on the system’s capability to supply demands and the importance of each level is evaluated by weighting them. Furthermore, it is studied how changes in reservoirs operation strategies can reduce the LCC because of higher performance. The proposed methodology is applied to assess the LCC and performance of a dam located at North Eastern part of Iran. The results show that the system’s performance is remarkably enhanced when the operating rules are revised and this change will intangibly reduce the economic benefits. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

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  • Hamid Vahdat–Aboueshagh & Sara Nazif & Ebrahim Shahghasemi, 2014. "Development of an Algorithm for Sustainability Based Assessment of Reservoir Life Cycle Cost Using Fuzzy Theory," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 28(15), pages 5389-5409, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:waterr:v:28:y:2014:i:15:p:5389-5409
    DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0808-7
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