Distributed nonconvex optimization for control of water networks with time-coupling constraints

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Auteurs principaux: Jenks, Bradley, Ulusoy, Aly-Joy, Pecci, Filippo, Stoianov, Ivan
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author Jenks, Bradley
Ulusoy, Aly-Joy
Pecci, Filippo
Stoianov, Ivan
author_facet Jenks, Bradley
Ulusoy, Aly-Joy
Pecci, Filippo
Stoianov, Ivan
contents In this paper, we present a new control model for optimizing pressure and water quality operations in water distribution networks. Our formulation imposes a set of time-coupling constraints to manage temporal pressure variations, which are exacerbated by the transition between pressure and water quality controls. The resulting optimization problem is a nonconvex, nonlinear program with nonseparable structure across time steps. This problem proves challenging for state-of-the-art nonlinear solvers, often precluding their direct use for near real-time control in large-scale networks. To overcome this computational burden, we investigate a distributed optimization approach based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). In particular, we implement and evaluate two algorithms: a standard ADMM scheme and a two-level variant that provides theoretical convergence guarantees for our nonconvex problem. We use a benchmarking water network and a large-scale operational network in the UK for our numerical experiments. The results demonstrate good convergence behavior across all problem instances for the two-level algorithm, whereas the standard ADMM approach struggles to converge in some instances. With an appropriately tuned penalty parameter, however, both distributed algorithms yield good quality solutions and computational times compatible with near real-time (e.g. hourly) control requirements for large-scale water networks.
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spellingShingle Distributed nonconvex optimization for control of water networks with time-coupling constraints
Jenks, Bradley
Ulusoy, Aly-Joy
Pecci, Filippo
Stoianov, Ivan
Optimization and Control
In this paper, we present a new control model for optimizing pressure and water quality operations in water distribution networks. Our formulation imposes a set of time-coupling constraints to manage temporal pressure variations, which are exacerbated by the transition between pressure and water quality controls. The resulting optimization problem is a nonconvex, nonlinear program with nonseparable structure across time steps. This problem proves challenging for state-of-the-art nonlinear solvers, often precluding their direct use for near real-time control in large-scale networks. To overcome this computational burden, we investigate a distributed optimization approach based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). In particular, we implement and evaluate two algorithms: a standard ADMM scheme and a two-level variant that provides theoretical convergence guarantees for our nonconvex problem. We use a benchmarking water network and a large-scale operational network in the UK for our numerical experiments. The results demonstrate good convergence behavior across all problem instances for the two-level algorithm, whereas the standard ADMM approach struggles to converge in some instances. With an appropriately tuned penalty parameter, however, both distributed algorithms yield good quality solutions and computational times compatible with near real-time (e.g. hourly) control requirements for large-scale water networks.
title Distributed nonconvex optimization for control of water networks with time-coupling constraints
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.05180