A novel heuristic revamp strategy is presented in this paper to improve the operational
flexibility of existing water networks. The well-established concept of flexibility index …

In designing and operating any water network, a typical issue that must be addressed is
concerned with the uncertain process conditions. A systematic procedure is proposed in this …

A new nonlinear programming (NLP) formulation of the conventional flexibility index model
(Swaney and Grossmann, 1985) has been developed in this work for flexibility analysis of …

The flexibility index (FI) has often been used in the past as one of the key performance
measures of single-contaminant water network designs. The traditional approach to …

This paper focuses on the capacity uncertainty in water supply chains that occurs when
facilities face disruption. A combination of scenario-based two-stage stochastic …

An automated design method for the water networks under uncertain process conditions has
been developed. To deal with the uncertainty problem, the installation of buffer tank and the …

This paper presents a new optimization model for the synthesis of direct reuse/recycle water
networks with data uncertainties. In this case, data uncertainties were originated from the …

Water management through design of proper water networks is a key to the reduction of
freshwater usage and wastewater discharge, and thus, more sustainable production in …

In this paper, a robust formulation is proposed to calculate the target of freshwater
requirement as a resource for continuous processes in industries. The proposed robust …

This work presents a multicriteria approach to defining flexible solutions for reinforcing and
renewing existing water distribution networks, considering uncertain future working …