A mixed integer optimisation approach for integrated water resources management

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 858-875

  Liu, Songsong ^a   Konstantopoulou, Flora ^b   Gikas, Petros ^b   Papageorgiou, Lazaros G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Desalination; Integrated water resources management; MILP; Wastewater treatment; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; DESALINATED WATER; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT DECISIONS; MILP; MIXED INTEGER; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; OPTIMISATIONS; POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS; RE-CLAIMED WATER; RECLAMATION PLANTS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; WATER RECLAMATION; WATER SOURCE; WATER USE;

CRUSHED STONE PLANTS; DESALINATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INTEGRATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMIZATION; POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

EID: 79954609853     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2011.01.032     Document Type: Article

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