Energy efficiency optimization in water distribution systems

被引:30
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作者
Bolognesi, A. [1 ]
Bragalli, C. [1 ]
Lenzi, C. [2 ]
Artina, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bologna, DICAM, Viale Risorgimento 2, I-40136 Bologna, Italy
[2] Univ Bologna, CIRI Edilizia Costruzioni, I-40131 Bologna, Italy
关键词
Indicators; energy efficiency; water supply; leakage; optimization; DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS; AUDIT;
D O I
10.1016/j.proeng.2014.02.021
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
The evaluation of energy efficiency in water supply systems should account for both actual energy consumed and how efficiently such energy is spent. This work proposes the new concept of Unavoidable Minimum Energy, as the reference for defining an energy efficiency indicator. The aim is to search for possible optimal network configurations that minimize energy consumption and maximize the energy efficiency, acting on the main structural parameters of the system (pipe diameters, leakage rate) and considering the pump efficiency as well. The optimization process is carried out by coupling the heuristic algorithm GHEST with the EPANET solver and applied to a literature synthetic case study. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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页码:181 / 190
页数:10
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