OPTIMAL STORAGE CONTROL IN A COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM

A control algorithm for automated operational management of detention storage in a combined sewer system is applied to a version of the proposed San Francisco Master Plan for Wastewater Management. The system is modeled with control objectives and physical system constraints expressed as a large-scale linear programming problem. The algorithm presented transforms the large-scale control problem into a mutlilevel series of smaller subproblems that are amenable to computer solution in real time. Results of several examples are presented which indicate that optimal or nearly optimal solutions to the large-scale problem can be obtained in real time, and that the resulting system performance is significantly better than that which could be achieved with unregulated detention storage. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398
• Authors:
  • Bradford, B H
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-15
• Serial:
  • ASCE J of Water Resources Planning & Mgmt Division
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: WR1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Algorithms; Computer programs; Handling and storage; Linear programming; Optimization; Real time control; Reservoirs; Sewage treatment; Sewers; Storage facilities
• Old TRIS Terms: Real-time systems
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165313
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASCE 12903 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM