Optimization of Chain-Reservoirs’ Operation with a New Approach in Artificial Intelligence

Operation of reservoirs and power plants for better management of water resources and production of hydro-electric energy has been the objective of many studies. In this research, shark algorithm is used for management of water resources and hydro-electric plants. After the introduction of this procedure, the algorithm is applied to some complex cases such as Karun-4 reservoir, 4-reservoir system, 10-reservoir system and another one including 26 power plants. In the Karun-4 case, the aim was to reduce water shortages and the results obtained from shark algorithm were in 100% compliance with the absolute optimum answer obtained from Lingo software and non-linear method. This was the best solution to the problem to date in the published researches. In the 4-reservoir system, the objective was to increase the profit from the reservoirs. The shark algorithm yielded a value of 1194.64, which is the best answer to date to the question. In regard to the energy production by the 26 power plants, the shark algorithm yielded 40% more energy, compared to genetic algorithm.