A heuristic approach to the water networks pumping scheduling issue

Gratien Bonvin (1, 2) , Alfredo Samperio (1) , Claude Le Pape (1) , Vincent Mazauric (1, 2) , Sophie Demassey (2) , Nadia Maïzi (2)

1 Strategy & Technology
2 CMA - Centre de Mathématiques Appliquées

In order to improve the efficiency of drinking water networks, we develop a model predictive control method, which optimizes pumping scheduling by taking into account electricity tariffs and network constraints on a daily basis. We estimate a 10% discount in the energy bill, an amount which depends strongly on the characteristics of the network under study and the quality of the current strategy.

Mots clés: Water distribution network; Pumping scheduling; model predictive control; mathematical optimization

Domaines: Sciences de l'environnement; Planification énergétique; Sciences de l'environnement; Prospective long-terme; Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Gratien Bonvin, Alfredo Samperio, Claude Le Pape, Vincent Mazauric, Sophie Demassey, et al.. A heuristic approach to the water networks pumping scheduling issue. Energy Procedia, 2015, 75, pp.2846-2851. ⟨10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.569⟩. ⟨hal-01158960⟩