Optimum design and operation of 'a pump-piping-storage system'

The study reported in this paper is undertaken to develop a computer simula tion and an optimum design and operation strategy for a general storage sys tem. The influence of various design parameters on the total operation cost of the system for a general delivery regime is also studied. The computer program which incorporates a general procedure for the design and control of the pump-piping-storage system is presented. The main consid erations in the reported study Lire the worst-case storage capacity analysi s and the allowance for variations in the friction factors. The computer model of the system is applicable to any of pump-piping-storag e system with appropriate changes in some of the system parameters. Two imp ortant parameters of the system are the average standby and operation times . The solution of the cost optimization problem is undertaken using non-lin ear programming.