Minimizing energy expenditure is one of the main purposes of the managers of pressurized irrigation systems. From the energy consumption standpoint, they can reduce energy consumption by supplying a constant flow into the system (a scheme different from urban water pressurized networks in which water demands depend on users). Managers can keep energy demands (opening and closing valves) while meeting pressure restrictions. We developed a computer application in MATLAB containing a genetic algorithm to find the best moment to open and to close valves to minimize an objective function which measures the differences between the objective and the real injected flows. We tested this program in the pressurized irrigation network of the San Vicente Campus, University of Alicante (Southeast Spain) and we calculated the water and energy balance (from the later and present irrigation network) and the carbon credits not emitted to the atmosphere.

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加压灌溉网络中的水和能源需求管理

最小化能量消耗是加压灌溉系统管理者的主要目的之一。从能源消耗的角度来看，他们可以通过向系统提供恒定流量来降低能源消耗（一种不同于城市供水加压网络的方案，后者的用水需求取决于用户）。管理人员可以在满足压力限制的同时保持能源需求（打开和关闭阀门）。我们在 MATLAB 中开发了一个包含遗传算法的计算机应用程序，以找到打开和关闭阀门的最佳时刻，以最小化测量目标和实际注入流量之间差异的目标函数。我们在圣维森特校区的加压灌溉网络中测试了这个程序，