TY  - CHAP
A1  - Leise, Philipp
A1  - Altherr, Lena
T1  - Optimizing the design and control of decentralized water supply systems – a case-study of a hotel building
T2  - EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization
N2  - To increase pressure to supply all floors of high buildings with water, booster stations, normally consisting of several parallel pumps in the basement, are used. In this work, we demonstrate the potential of a decentralized pump topology regarding energy savings in water supply systems of skyscrapers. We present an approach, based on Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming, that allows to choose an optimal network topology and optimal pumps from a predefined construction kit comprising different pump types. Using domain-specific scaling laws and Latin Hypercube Sampling, we generate different input sets of pump types and compare their impact on the efficiency and cost of the total system design. As a realistic application example, we consider a hotel building with 325 rooms, 12 floors and up to four pressure zones.
KW  - Engineering optimization
KW  - Energy efficiency
KW  - Water
KW  - Pump System
KW  - Latin Hypercube Sampling
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 978-3-319-97773-7
SN  - 978-3-319-97772-0
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97773-7_107
N1  - EngOpt 2018 Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Engineering Optimization. 17-19 September 2018. Lisboa, Portugal
SP  - 1241
EP  - 1252
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Leise, Philipp
A1  - Altherr, Lena
A1  - Pelz, Peter F.
T1  - Energy-Efficient design of a water supply system for skyscrapers by mixed-integer nonlinear programming
T2  - Operations Research Proceedings 2017
N2  - The energy-efficiency of technical systems can be improved by a systematic design approach. Technical Operations Research (TOR) employs methods known from Operations Research to find a global optimal layout and operation strategy of technical systems. We show the practical usage of this approach by the systematic design of a decentralized water supply system for skyscrapers. All possible network options and operation strategies are modeled by a Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program. We present the optimal system found by our approach and highlight the energy savings compared to a conventional system design.
KW  - Engineering optimization
KW  - Global optimization
KW  - Energy efficiency
KW  - Water
KW  - Network
Y1  - 2018
SN  - 978-3-319-89919-0
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89920-6_63
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  -