Minimization of sewage network overflow

We are interested in the optimal control of sewage networks. It is of high public interest to minimize the overflow of sewage onto the streets and to the natural environment that may occur during periods of high rain. The assumption of linear flow in a discrete time setting has proven to be adequate...

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Autores: Duran, Bernat Joseph, Jung, Michael N., Ocampo-Martínez, Carlos|||0000-0001-9251-6044, Sager, Sebastian, Cembrano Gennari, Gabriela|||0000-0003-1436-6022
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/26471
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/26471
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11269-013-0468-z
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:control theory dynamic programming nonlinear programming optimal control optimisation Author keywords: sewer network
optimal contol
MLD
nonlinear programming problems NOTA: Potser s'hauria de corregir el nom de Maria Gabriela Cembrano Gennari. Jo he preferit no duplicar l'autora.
Classificació INSPEC::Optimisation
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Automàtica i control
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Sumario:We are interested in the optimal control of sewage networks. It is of high public interest to minimize the overflow of sewage onto the streets and to the natural environment that may occur during periods of high rain. The assumption of linear flow in a discrete time setting has proven to be adequate for the practical control of larger systems. However, the possibility of overflow introduces a nonlinear and nondiferentiable element to the formulation, by means of a maximum of linear terms. This particular challenge can be addressed by smoothing methods that result in a nonlinear program (NLP) or by logical constraints that result in a mixed integer linear program (MILP). We discuss both approaches and present a novel tailored branch-and-bound algorithm that outperforms competing methods from the literature for a set of realistic rain scenarios.