Flexible design in water and wastewater engineering - Definitions literature and decision guide
| Autor: | Grietje Zeeman, J. H. G. Vreeburg, Ingo Leusbrock, Marc Spiller |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Engineering
Environmental Engineering Management Monitoring Policy and Law Wastewater infrastructure Water Purification Urban planning Water Supply framework Component (UML) Terminology as Topic Waste Management and Disposal Remanufacturing Flexibility (engineering) product modularization WIMEK business.industry Technological change system-design General Medicine Equipment Design Modular design sustainability reuse flexibility technology Systems engineering Systems design Environmental Technology Milieutechnologie Wastewater engineering real-time control business management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Environmental Management 149 (2015) Journal of Environmental Management, 149, 271-281 |
| ISSN: | 0301-4797 |
| Popis: | Urban water and wastewater systems face uncertain developments including technological progress, climate change and urban development. To ensure the sustainability of these systems under dynamic conditions it has been proposed that technologies and infrastructure should be flexible, adaptive and robust. However, in literature it is often unclear what these technologies and infrastructure are. Furthermore, the terms flexible, adaptive and robust are often used interchangeably, despite important differences. In this paper we will i) define the terminology, ii) provide an overview of the status of flexible infrastructure design alternatives for water and wastewater networks and treatment, and iii) develop guidelines for the selection of flexible design alternatives. Results indicate that, with the exception of Net Present Valuation methods, there is little research available on the design and evaluation of technologies that can enable flexibility. Flexible design alternatives reviewed include robust design, phased design, modular design, modular/component platform design and design for remanufacturing. As developments in the water sector are driven by slow variables (climate change, urban development), rather than market forces, it is suggested that phased design or component platform designs are suitable for responding to change, while robust design is an option when operations face highly dynamic variability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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