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Optimisation approaches for the synthesis of water treatment plants

Koleva, MN; Styan, CA; Papageorgiou, LG; (2017) Optimisation approaches for the synthesis of water treatment plants. Computers & Chemical Engineering , 106 pp. 849-871. 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2016.12.018. Green open access

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Abstract

Efficient water treatment design has progressively been growing in importance as the usage of water resources increases with population rise and industrial development. Their availability has been reduced with the more evident effects of climate change. Addressing this challenge necessitates more and efficient purification plants which can be realised by optimal design at conceptual stage. In this work, a mixed integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model for the synthesis and optimisation of water treatment processes is proposed. Due to its numerous non-linearities and consequently, its non-stability, various linearisation, approximation and reformulation techniques have been implemented. Consequently, two improved formulations are derived, i.e. a partially linearised MINLP (plMINLP) and a mixed integer linear fractional programming (MILFP) models. The applicability of the mathematical formulations are investigated in case studies of seawater desalination and surface water treatment for the production of potable water. Finally, the models performance is analysed and compared against each other.

Type: Article
Title: Optimisation approaches for the synthesis of water treatment plants
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2016.12.018
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2016.12.018
Language: English
Additional information: © 2017. This manuscript version is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Further details about CC BY licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Access may be initially restricted by the publisher.
Keywords: MINLP; Reformulation techniques; MILFP; Surface water treatment; Seawater desalination
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1539719
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