Coupling urban drainage–wastewater systems and electric smart grids during dry periods: a gain/loss framework using the relative economic value with ensemble flow forecasts to predict the switch between management objectives
| Autor: | Morten Grum, Thomas Munk-Nielsen, Vianney Augustin Thomas Courdent, Peter Steen Mikkelsen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Beneficial use
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Operations research Meteorology Computer science 0208 environmental biotechnology Forecast skill 02 engineering and technology Energy consumption Numerical weather prediction 01 natural sciences 020801 environmental engineering Runoff model Smart grid Temporal resolution Lead time 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| DOI: | 10.5194/hess-2016-522 |
| Popis: | Precipitation is the major perturbation to the flow in urban drainage and wastewater systems. Flow forecast, generated by coupling rainfall predictions with a hydrologic runoff model, can potentially be used to optimise the operation of Integrated Urban Drainage–Wastewater Systems (IUDWS) during both wet and dry weather periods. Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models have significantly improved in recent years; increasing their spatial and temporal resolution. Finer resolution NWP are suitable for urban catchment scale applications, providing longer lead time than radar extrapolation. However, forecasts are inevitably uncertain and fine resolution is especially challenging for NWP. This uncertainty is commonly addressed in meteorology with Ensemble Prediction Systems (EPS). Handling uncertainty is challenging for decision makers and hence tools are necessary to provide insight on ensemble forecast usage and to support the rationality of decisions (i.e. forecasts are uncertain therefore errors will be made, decision makers need tools to justify their choices, demonstrating that these choices are beneficial in the long run). This study presents an economic framework to support the decision making process by providing information on when acting on the forecast is beneficial and how to handle the EPS. The Relative Economic Value (REV) approach associates economic values to the potential outcomes and determines the preferential use of the EPS forecast. The envelope curve of the REV diagram combines the results from each probability forecast to provide the highest relative economic value for a given gain-loss ratio. This approach is traditionally used at larger scales to assess mitigation measures for adverse events (i.e. the actions are taken when events are forecasted). The specificity of this study is to optimise the energy consumption in IUDWS during low flow periods by exploiting the electrical smart grid market (i.e. the actions are taken when no events are forecasted). Furthermore, the results demonstrate the benefit of NWP neighbourhood post-processing methods to enhance the forecast skill and increase the range of beneficial use. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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