• Dr. Krishna Kamal Das
• Dr. Bibhash Sarma

Abstract: Though the North-Eastern region of our country have enough potential for development of hydropower projects, yet the development of hydropower project in this region are very limited. In this paper an attempt has been made to study the Hydropower potential of Kulsi river basin. The Kulsi river basin is located on the southern part of the river Brahmaputra. The basin is in between 25032/ N & 260 07/ N and 900 45/ E & 910 48/ E. In this study, Non Linear Programming model have been developed to study the hydropower potential of the basin. The model is run for the target power reliability ≥ 90 %. From the study it is found that at optimal reservoir capacity 522.722 Mcm., the firm hydropower that can be produced from the project is 10.70 MW. Maximum annual power, average annual power and maximum monthly power that can be produced from the project are 252.292 MW, 155.84 MW and 44.0 MW respectively.

Hydropower potential, Non-Linear Programming, Simulation, Reliability.

"Assessment of Hydropower potential in Kulsi river basin using Non-Linear Optimization and Simulation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.b103-b106, January-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301114.pdf

"Assessment of Hydropower potential in Kulsi river basin using Non-Linear Optimization and Simulation", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no. ppb103-b106, January-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301114.pdf