Optimal Pump Scheduling by Non-Linear Programming for Large Scale Water Transmission System

Błaszczyk, J; Malinowski, K; Allidina, A

  • International Conference on Complexity, Cybernetics and Informing Science and Engineering (CCISE 2013);
  • Tom: -;
  • Strony: 7-12;
  • 2013;

Large scale potable water transmission system considered in this paper is the Toronto Water System (TWS), one of the largest potable water supply networks in North America. The main objective of the ongoing Transmission Operations Optimizer (TOO)project consists in developing an advanced tool for providing such pumping schedules for 153 pumps, that all quantitative requirements with respect to the systemoperation are met, while the energy costs are minimized. We describe here, in general, the concept of TOO system, and, in detail, a large-scale non-linear, so-called Full Model (FM), based on system of hydraulic equations, which is solved over 24-hour horizon and delivers optimal aggregated ¯ows and pressure gains for all pumping stations.