US-Brazil Cooperative Research: Modeling and Optimization of Large-Scale Water Distribution Systems

美国-巴西合作研究：大型供水系统的建模和优化

• 批准号: 0334272
• 负责人: William W-G. Yeh
• 金额: $ 1.72万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-15 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0334272&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Brazil; Cooperative; Research; Modeling

In this U.S.-Brazil cooperative research award, William W-G. Yeh of the University of California, Los Angeles will develop a practical optimization model to assist operators to manage and operate a large-scale regional water distribution system. Together with his Brazilian collaborator, Dr. Paulo S. Barbosa of the State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Yeh will study the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Water Distribution System, currently managed by the Sao Paulo government agency SABESP. SABESP is one of the largest water systems in the world, delivering water from eight major reservoir systems to 17 million people in the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo. Large water supply systems are prone to major failures (analagous to that recently experienced by the electric grid in the Northeastern U.S.), and the proposed work would make a valuable contribution to system design to prevent this eventuality. This Brazilian water system offers a unique site that would be difficult to duplicate in the U.S. for developing and testing alternatives. The project will result in state-of-the-art modeling of such systems, advancing knowledge in both countries.

在这项美国-巴西合作研究奖中，威廉·W-G。加州大学洛杉矶分校的Yeh将开发一个实用的优化模型，以帮助运营商管理和运营大规模的区域供水系统。Yeh将与他的巴西合作伙伴、UNICAMP坎皮纳斯州立大学的Paulo S.Barbosa博士一起研究圣保罗市供水系统，该系统目前由圣保罗政府机构SABESP管理。Sabesp是世界上最大的供水系统之一，从八个主要水库系统向圣保罗大都市区的1700万人输送水。大型供水系统容易发生重大故障(类似于美国东北部电网最近经历的情况)，拟议的工作将对防止这种可能性的系统设计做出有价值的贡献。这个巴西的供水系统提供了一个独特的场地，在开发和测试替代能源方面，美国是难以复制的。该项目将导致这种系统的最先进的建模，促进两国的知识。