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Energy-Efficient Design of a Water Supply System for Skyscrapers by Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming

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Operations Research Proceedings 2017

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The energy-efficiency of technical systems can be improved by a systematic design approach. Technical Operations Research (TOR) employs methods known from Operations Research to find a global optimal layout and operation strategy of technical systems. We show the practical usage of this approach by the systematic design of a decentralized water supply system for skyscrapers. All possible network options and operation strategies are modeled by a Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Program. We present the optimal system found by our approach and highlight the energy savings compared to a conventional system design.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the German Research Foundation for funding this research within the Collaborative Research Center SFB 805 “Control of Uncertainties in Load-Carrying Structures in Mechanical Engineering”.

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  1. Chair of Fluid Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Otto-Berndt-Str. 2, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    Philipp Leise, Lena C. Altherr & Peter F. Pelz

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Correspondence to Philipp Leise .

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  1. Department of Information Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Natalia Kliewer

  2. Management Science Group, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

    Jan Fabian Ehmke

  3. Department of Mathematics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Ralf Borndörfer

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Leise, P., Altherr, L.C., Pelz, P.F. (2018). Energy-Efficient Design of a Water Supply System for Skyscrapers by Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming. In: Kliewer, N., Ehmke, J., Borndörfer, R. (eds) Operations Research Proceedings 2017. Operations Research Proceedings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89920-6_63

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