BETTERNET: A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR CHLORINATION OF WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Published In: 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Author(s): HUREVREN KILIC , MUSTAFA KEMAL PEKTURK , SELCUK SOYUP
Abstract: One of the challenging problems of water supply engineers is to provide safe water at the consumers’ tap. Chlorine is a widely utilized disinfectant in water distribution systems to provide such safety. Utilization of booster stations can be a remedy to keep free residual of chlorine levels within desirable limits and to satisfy acceptable low variability. In this research, a decision support system for chlorination of water distribution systems what we call BetterNet is developed. The system provides an effective tool for the decision makers and improves the quality of the WDS design process. More importantly, it reduces possible unnecessary expenditures due to wrong decisions about boosting station number, location and amount of chlorine to be used. With its tunable parameters and support to different objective functions, user can operate the system and obtain the decision support via easy-to-use graphical user interface.
- Publication Date: 11-Oct-2015
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-065-1-100
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ACTIVE TO BE PASSIVE A REASONED DEVELOPMENT OF THE PASSIVHAUS STANDARD FOR TWO DIFFERENT CLIMATES
Published In: 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN CIVIL, STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Author(s): ANTONELLA DE MARTINO , CARMELA DELL’AQUILA , MARINA FUMO , ROBERTO CASTELLUCCIO
Abstract: In the era of “everything at once” the main objective seems to look for a standard, an adaptable prototype compliant with requirements on each situation. The architectural designing process has been affected by this phenomenon too, with the purpose of reaching the new european guidelines of high energy-efficient buildings, reducing energetic consumption and CO2 emissions and not taking into account the most important guideline ever: the environmental context. With this background, where even nature is under these rules, architects and designers should try to deconstruct the concept of standard itself, finding different solutions considering both the energetic and environmental issue, for specific locations. In order to fulfill this objective, the ancient teachings about solar energy and orientation have become the first steps to follow in the design process of a sustainable building.1 The aim of this study is to plan a scholastic building that respects EU limits in two different Europe
- Publication Date: 11-Oct-2015
- DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-065-1-101
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