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Dynamic programing of capacity expansion of municipal water treatment system
Author(s) -
Hinomoto Hirohide
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr008i005p01178
Subject(s) - capital cost , scale (ratio) , dynamic programming , mathematical optimization , environmental science , engineering , mathematics , geography , cartography , electrical engineering
The multistage capacity expansion of a municipal water treatment system is investigated to determine the sizes of new treatment plants and the times at which these new plants are added to the system. The capital and operating costs of these plants are given by concave functions reflecting economies of scale available with an increase in capacity. To determine the optimum sizes and installation times of the new plants, this expansion problem is formulated as a dynamic programing model.