Transport of Water versus Transport over Water

Ocampo‐Martínez, Carlos; Negenborn, Rudy R.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-16133-4

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“…The cost for the operation of the water network is quantified in terms of three individual costs which have been proposed in the literature [5,60,16,61]: the economic cost which is related to the treatment cost and electricity required for pumping, the smooth operating cost which penalizes the abrupt operation of pumps and valves and the safety storage cost which penalizes the use of water from the reserves (i.e., allowing the level in the tanks to drop below the safety level).…”

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Uncertainty-aware demand management of water distribution networks in deregulated energy markets

Sopasakis¹,

Sampathirao²,

Bemporad³

et al. 2018

Environmental Modelling & Software

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We present an open-source solution for the operational control of drinking water distribution networks which accounts for the inherent uncertainty in water demand and electricity prices in the day-ahead market of a volatile deregulated economy. As increasingly more energy markets adopt this trading scheme, the operation of drinking water networks requires uncertainty-aware control approaches that mitigate the effect of volatility and result in an economic and safe operation of the network that meets the consumers' need for uninterrupted water supply. We propose the use of scenario-based stochastic model predictive control: an advanced control methodology which comes at a considerable computation cost which is overcome by harnessing the parallelization capabilities of graphics processing units (GPUs) and using a massively parallelizable algorithm based on the accelerated proximal gradient method.

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Section: Control Objectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Uncertainty-aware demand management of water distribution networks in deregulated energy markets

Sopasakis¹,

Sampathirao²,

Bemporad³

et al. 2018

Environmental Modelling & Software

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Perspectives on Transport of Water versus Transport over Water

Negenborn

Ocampo‐Martínez

2015

Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series

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This chapter discusses the characteristics of transport of water, transport over water, and their relations. A framework is proposed aimed at integration of operational control and management approaches related to both fields. Providing this framework enables discussing how solutions presented in the literature related to either one, or both fields, could in the future be merged into a unified control methodology. This methodology will enable balancing the transport of and over water objectives, while respecting operational constraints. The main features of the unified framework are discussed and an overview of the main points that need to be addressed in order to relate ongoing research to this framework is provided. A brief summary of the main topics investigated, problems and methodologies proposed of a survey of 22 research directions related to this framework is subsequently presented, including references to further, more detailed information. As such, this chapter serves as the introduction to the book "Transport of Water versus Transport over Water: Exploring the dynamic interplay between transport and water". IntroductionTransport systems have been around for centuries for bringing goods and people from one place to another. Whereas initially transport took place mostly over roads, soon alternative modes of transport started being used: transport over water, transport over rail, and transport through the air. Nowadays, transport using these different modalities is common practice. The trend is to move towards intermodal trans- Water is a particular kind of good, the availability of which is crucial for the survival of humanity. Mankind has long been developing transport systems to effectively move water from sources (springs) to places where it is consumed or disposed (as drinking water, for feeding cattle, for use in agriculture, for hygienic purposes, or for ensuring safety). Originally relying on the transport systems created by nature herself (rivers), at some point people started creating their own canal systems and storage locations for water. Transport of water systems were born.The book Transport of Water versus Transport over Water explores the dynamic interaction between two vibrant areas of research: transport systems on the one hand and water systems on the other. Water systems and transport systems are two classes of systems that have received over the years a significant amount of attention. Initially, the research in these areas focused on how to design such water and transport systems. More recently, a strong research line is emerging with a focus on how to obtain the best performance for a given water or transport system, after it has been designed.Of particular interest is the consideration of transport systems that transport water directly (such as river, canal, irrigation systems, among others) and systems that use water to transport goods (typically using vessels). Transport over water of goods, using a system for transport of water, poses challenging design and control pro...

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