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- Title
Impact of the Pumping Regime on Electricity Cost Savings in Urban Water Supply System.
- Authors
Dadar, Sara; Đurin, Bojan; Alamatian, Ebrahim; Plantak, Lucija; Cancelliere, Antonio; Pulido-Calvo, Inmaculada
- Abstract
The main purpose of the presented research is to raise the efficiency of pumping stations' operational work by developing a model for reducing energy costs in urban water supply systems. Pumping systems are responsible for a significant portion of the total electrical energy use. Significant opportunities exist to reduce the pumping energy through smart design, retrofitting, and operating practices. Today, considering the increase in pumping energy prices in water conveyance systems, the problem of optimal operation of pumping stations is very actual. The optimal operation of pumping stations was determined using a Genetic Algorithm Optimization (GAO) to achieve the minimum energy cost. The paper presents a novel management model for the optimal design and operation of water pumping systems on a real case study for the town of Gonabad in Iran. To achieve this goal, three days in a year were selected randomly. The results indicate that the proposed mode in conjunction with a GAO is a versatile management model for the design and operation of the real pumping station. Modeling results show that optimization with a GAO reduces power consumption by about 15–20%.
- Subjects
IRAN; UNITED States. Government Accountability Office; PUMPING stations; ELECTRICAL energy; GENETIC algorithms; ELECTRICITY; MUNICIPAL water supply; ENERGY consumption; ELECTRIC power conservation
- Publication
Water (20734441), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 9, p1141
- ISSN
2073-4441
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/w13091141