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3.2.
Storage analysis
The results of the analysis are graphically presented in Figs. 4 and 5.
From the trends in the graphs above, it can be seen that the rate of
charge of storage of the lake generally increases with increasing inflows and
decreases with increasing outflows.
3.2.1.
Channel routing
Trial graphs were then plotted of ∆
S
against
S
for different time intervals
for the values of
x
. The graphs of two values of
x
are as shown in Fig. 6.
Graph of change in storage
S (m
3
) Vs. Inflow of L.
Albert (m
3
/s)
∆
4000
3500
y= 0.6523x - 421.8
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
-500
800
1800
2800
3800
4800
Inflows (m
3
/s)
Fig. 4.
Variation of storage with inflow.
Graph of change in storage
∆
S (m
3
) Vs. Outflow of
L. Albert (m
3
/s)
4000
3500
y = -0.5124x + 1529.9
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
-500
500
700
900
1100 1300 1500 1700 1900
Outflow (m
3
/s)
Fig. 5.
Variation of storage with outflow.
