Booster station energy storage template

What is a booster pumping station?

Booster pumping stations are essential for maintaining sufficient pressures and flow rates to efficiently operate a pipeline. Figure 1 shows a simplified layout of a typical booster pumping station. Booster stations increase pipeline pressure sufficiently to maintain the flow rate necessary to meet contract requirements.

How do booster stations work?

Booster stations increase pipeline pressure sufficiently to maintain the flow rate necessary to meet contract requirements. Flow rates are manipulated by starting or stopping pumps and stations rather than by throttling a control valve. Station controls vary according to the operations performed and the types of equipment employed.

How to design booster stations for high-rise buildings?

Therefore, a crucial step in the optimal design of booster stations for high-rise buildings is the selection of an appropriate set of available pumps, as shown by Leise and Altherr (2018). For this, we implemented a heuristic, as shown in Algorithm 1, for the pump selection, which is based on a two-step process.

Can mathematical optimization improve a booster station design?

Compared to a conventionally designed booster station, the mathematical optimization could achieve a total cost reduction of up to approx. 50 %. These results show that we were able to derive significantly improved system designs by combining domain-specific engineering knowledge and discrete optimization methods.

What determines the flow rate of a potable water booster station?

In many potable water booster stations, the flowrate is determined by a downstream demand. In a typical JES application, the purpose of the lift station is to simply move water from one location to another. Therefore, the flow is typically governed by the inflow to the station, and not an outflow demand.

What is a pressure boosting pumping station?

In those buildings distributed pressure boosting pumping stations, also called booster stations, provide water for every floor, especially in higher pressure zones. Consequently, their need will increase proportionally with the number of high-rise buildings.