@inproceedings{MuellerAltherrLeiseetal.2020,
  author    = {M{\"u}ller, Tim M. and Altherr, Lena and Leise, Philipp and Pelz, Peter F.},
  title     = {Optimization of pumping systems for buildings: Experimental validation of different degrees of model detail on a modular test rig},
  series = {Operations Research Proceedings 2019},
  booktitle = {Operations Research Proceedings 2019},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-48438-5},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-48439-2_58},
  pages     = {481 -- 488},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Successful optimization requires an appropriate model of the system under consideration. When selecting a suitable level of detail, one has to consider solution quality as well as the computational and implementation effort. In this paper, we present a MINLP for a pumping system for the drinking water supply of high-rise buildings. We investigate the influence of the granularity of the underlying physical models on the solution quality. Therefore, we model the system with a varying level of detail regarding the friction losses, and conduct an experimental validation of our model on a modular test rig. Furthermore, we investigate the computational effort and show that it can be reduced by the integration of domain-specific knowledge.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{LorenzAltherrPelz2020,
  author    = {Lorenz, Imke-Sophie and Altherr, Lena and Pelz, Peter F.},
  title     = {Resilience enhancement of critical infrastructure - graph-theoretical resilience analysis of the water distribution system in the German city of Darmstadt},
  series = {14th WCEAM Proceedings},
  booktitle = {14th WCEAM Proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Cham},
  isbn      = {978-3-030-64228-0},
  doi       = {10.1007/978-3-030-64228-0_13},
  pages     = {137 -- 149},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Water suppliers are faced with the great challenge of achieving high-quality and, at the same time, low-cost water supply. Since climatic and demographic influences will pose further challenges in the future, the resilience enhancement of water distribution systems (WDS), i.e. the enhancement of their capability to withstand and recover from disturbances, has been in particular focus recently. To assess the resilience of WDS, graph-theoretical metrics have been proposed. In this study, a promising approach is first physically derived analytically and then applied to assess the resilience of the WDS for a district in a major German City. The topology based resilience index computed for every consumer node takes into consideration the resistance of the best supply path as well as alternative supply paths. This resistance of a supply path is derived to be the dimensionless pressure loss in the pipes making up the path. The conducted analysis of a present WDS provides insight into the process of actively influencing the resilience of WDS locally and globally by adding pipes. The study shows that especially pipes added close to the reservoirs and main branching points in the WDS result in a high resilience enhancement of the overall WDS.},
  language  = {en}
}
@inproceedings{HoegenDonckerRuetters2020,
  author    = {Hoegen, Anne von and Doncker, Rik W. De and R{\"u}tters, Ren{\´e}},
  title     = {Teaching Digital Control of Operational Amplifier Processes with a LabVIEW Interface and Embedded Hardware},
  series = {The 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan},
  booktitle = {The 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), Hamamatsu, Japan},
  doi       = {10.23919/ICEMS50442.2020.9290928},
  pages     = {1117 -- 1122},
  year      = {2020},
  language  = {en}
}