TY - GEN
T1 - A logical approach for water distribution system optimal design
AU - Kang, Doosun
AU - Lansey, Kevin
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - For the past three decades, a number of studies have been dedicated to water distribution system (WDS) optimal design. However, two key points are often missed or ignored; first, the application systems were often limited to large water supply systems or main transmission lines and function of local distribution lines were ignored; and second, solving real scale systems is lacking mainly due to overwhelming size and computational burden. Here we propose logical and efficient approaches to optimize real-life scale WDS including local distribution lines without excessive computational costs. The optimization results from the proposed methods are compared with traditional methods in terms of system layout, costs (economic and environmental), system reliability, and system performances. It is expected that the approaches presented in this study will be useful for practical implementation of existing optimization algorithms to solve real-life complex system optimization problem.
AB - For the past three decades, a number of studies have been dedicated to water distribution system (WDS) optimal design. However, two key points are often missed or ignored; first, the application systems were often limited to large water supply systems or main transmission lines and function of local distribution lines were ignored; and second, solving real scale systems is lacking mainly due to overwhelming size and computational burden. Here we propose logical and efficient approaches to optimize real-life scale WDS including local distribution lines without excessive computational costs. The optimization results from the proposed methods are compared with traditional methods in terms of system layout, costs (economic and environmental), system reliability, and system performances. It is expected that the approaches presented in this study will be useful for practical implementation of existing optimization algorithms to solve real-life complex system optimization problem.
KW - Design
KW - Water distribution systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79960407823&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=79960407823&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1061/41173(414)19
DO - 10.1061/41173(414)19
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960407823
SN - 9780784411735
T3 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 2011 World Environmental and Water Resources Congress
SP - 177
EP - 189
BT - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2011: Bearing Knowledge for Sustainability
Y2 - 22 May 2011 through 26 May 2011
ER -