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Managing Energy Helps Optimize a Distribution System
Author(s) -
Martin Barb,
Ries Tom
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2014.40.0081
Subject(s) - stewardship (theology) , sustainability , energy management , energy (signal processing) , environmental economics , distribution (mathematics) , risk analysis (engineering) , management system , system optimization , computer science , business , environmental resource management , environmental science , operations management , engineering , economics , mathematical optimization , ecology , mathematical analysis , statistics , mathematics , politics , political science , law , biology
The energy costs associated with operating water distribution systems can be significant. Optimized distribution systems adopt systematic approaches to energy management to ensure utility operations' sustainability and maintain good environmental stewardship. A utility's energy management practices can affect other areas of distribution system operation and management as well as a system's overall optimization status.