Abstract
Removal of sediment deposits from reservoirs is one of the biggest problems in dam operation around the world. More research is needed to find a practical and economical way of removing deposits. For Sefidrud Dam have been applied the Chasse (Flushing) method and obtained encouraging results. The emphasis is on the optimization of the objective function, which is in this case maximization of the sediment volume removed by the available water in the reservoir. In view of the complexity of the pehnomena, optimization through Chasse method is proposed by experiment. This method is applied by releasing high discharges through the bottom outlets using the available water stored in the reservoir. Because of the stability problems of dam structure and others the water level has to be reduced gradually. Therefore the efficiency of sediment removal is reduced. Also the method requires an adequate amount of excess run-off to be available for Chasse operations.
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