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1154. Capacity planning to manage the operation of redundancy installations

Invited abstract in session TD-53: Resilient Networks, stream Sustainable and Resilient Systems.

Tuesday, 14:30-16:00
Room: 8007 (building: 202)

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Flávia Barbosa
Porto, INESC TEC
2. Mariana Casalta
Faculdade de Engenharia de Universidade do Porto
3. Ana Camanho
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto
4. Jaime Gabriel SIlva
Águas do Douro e Paiva

Abstract

One of the biggest challenges in efficiently managing any organisation is drawing up a conscious strategic capacity plan. Therefore, it is essential to draft a mid-term tactical capacity plan with singular and measurable objectives. This work focuses on the business activity of urban water utilities, which is often faced with economic, operational, and institutional constraints, and it is fundamental to optimise their business activity. In this context, the water-energy nexus is important to these utilities, as it describes the relationship between the water used for energy production, including electricity and fuel sources, and the energy consumed to capture, treat, and supply water. The energy represents one of the highest financial costs for these organisations. We we propose a methodology to minimise energy expenditure in urban water supply service. It includes a mid-term tactical capacity planning for a Portuguese water utility over three years. A water supply network usually has five groups of infrastructure: catchments, pipelines, reservoirs, pumping stations, and water treatment plants, which can have redundancy installations. The energy consumption can be minimised by managing the operation of redundancy installations. In this way, it is possible to make the most use of the organisation's assets, considering its energy costs and the forecast of the average demand for water by the region's population.

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Status: accepted

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