Defining the degree of flood hazard using a hydrodynamic approach, a case study: Wind turbines field at west of Suez Gulf

Abstract

There is a big shortage of drinking water in the western Suez Gulf in Egypt. Fortunately, wind energy is available to cope with the required power for desalination. In previous works the area was subjected to Multi-Criteria Analysis process using a DEM implemented into a GIS environment. For each watershed, a Weighted Standardized Risk Factor (WSRF) was deduced based on the correlation factor for all the main morphological parameters which were obtained from the “HEC-HMS” model results. Former thought of defining the safe and unsafe watersheds based on global scale and dependent only on (WSRF), is nowadays criticized as a watershed with high value for (WSRF) could have safe specific areas for the wind turbines’ establishment. A 2D hydrodynamic model was applied on a Macro Scale to deduce inundation maps then were overlaid with wind speeds maps to define the most appropriate locations for wind turbines.

Keywords

• Flood risk
• MCA
• Renewable energy
• Inundation mapping
• Desalination