@inproceedings{2033bfa9f05c4adf9bd66fffc82b6416,
title = "Nonlinear Non-convex Optimization of Hydraulic Networks",
abstract = "Pressure management in water supply systems is an effective way to reduce the leakage in a system. In this paper, the pressure management and the reduction of power consumption of a water supply system is formulated as an optimization problem. The problem is to minimize the power consumption in pumps and also to regulate the pressure at the end-user valves to a desired value. The optimization problem which is solved is a nonlinear and non-convex optimization. The barrier method is used to solve this problem. The modeling framework and the optimization technique which are used are general. They can be used for a general hydraulic networks to optimize the leakage and energy consumption and to satisfy the demands at the end-users. The results in this paper show that the power consumption of the pumps is reduced.",
author = "Maryamsadat Tahavori and Carsten Kalles{\o}e and John-Josef Leth and Rafal Wisniewski",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.1109/CCA.2013.6662864",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-4799-1559-0",
series = "I E E E International Conference on Control Applications. Proceedings",
publisher = "IEEE Press",
pages = "894--898",
booktitle = "IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control",
note = "IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control ; Conference date: 28-08-2013 Through 30-08-2013",
}