OPTIMIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL WATER NETWORKS: A STRUCTURAL APPROACH
The research focuses on investigating the methods of analysis and design of industrial water networks (both water usage networks and water treatment networks) with the aim of intensifying the processes of waste water treatment as well as reducing natural water usage.Various mathematical models of water network components and networks as a whole from literature have been investigated. The peculiarities of the mathematical calculations are predetermined by the requirements to the models, namely, the necessity of stating the waste water streams composition by the known bulk losses and generally accepted assumptions and simplifications. Optimization criterion of technical and economic character has been calculated and proved to be most effective. The criterion for comparing different water networks optimiza- tion procedures has been proposed. The mathematical descriptions for the water networks optimization procedure on the basis of criterion mentioned has been suggested. The effectiveness of the conceptions and algorithms developed has been tested on a set of case studies from literary