CCWI2017: F83 'Operational interventions in WDS to improve water quality: a comparison of multi-objective optimization formulations'
Claudia Quintiliani
Oscar Marquez-Calvo
Leonardo Alfonso
Cristiana Di Cristo
Angelo Leopardi
Giovanni de Marinis
10.15131/shef.data.5364190.v1
https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/CCWI2017_F83_Operational_interventions_in_WDS_to_improve_water_quality_a_comparison_of_multi-objective_optimization_formulations_/5364190
Managing water quality in drinking water distribution systems is very
important to guarantee consumers’ health. Disinfection is used to reduce
the risk of pathogenic contamination or microbial species
proliferation. Chlorine is a disinfection substance that is
traditionally used due to its effectiveness and low cost. However, the
use of chlorine has related disinfection by-products, some of which can
have carcinogenic effects on human health (e.g., trihalomethanes, THMs).
In this context, the objective of this paper is to compare different
multi-objective optimization problem formulations to improve the
operational interventions of WDSs, in order to reduce the formation of
THMs in the network. The analysis of two case studies shows that
operating valves is more convenient than operating hydrants and pumps in
most of the proposed formulations.
2017-09-01 15:22:30
CCWI2017
Optimization
drinking water quality
operational interventions
Civil Engineering not elsewhere classified