TY - GEN
T1 - A meta-system architecture for the energy-water nexus
AU - Lubega, William Naggaga
AU - Farid, Amro M.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The energy-water nexus has been studied predominantly through discussions of policy options supported by data surveys and technology considerations. At a technological level, there have been attempts to optimize coupling points between the electricity and water systems to reduce the water-intensity of technologies in the former and the energy-intensity of technologies in the latter. To our knowledge, there has been little discussion of the energy-water nexus from an engineering systems perspective. As the energy-water nexus presents a large scale, multidisciplinary problem with various technological and non-technological dimensions, efforts for coordinated control, operation & planning of the energy and water systems would benefit from the modeling platforms developed in systems engineering. This paper presents a meta-architecture of the energy-water nexus in the electricity supply, engineered water supply and wastewater management systems developed using the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). This meta-architecture serves to elucidate the nexus for qualitative discussions. Once instantiated such an architecture can serve as a conceptual framework upon which quantitative planning and control approaches can be based.
AB - The energy-water nexus has been studied predominantly through discussions of policy options supported by data surveys and technology considerations. At a technological level, there have been attempts to optimize coupling points between the electricity and water systems to reduce the water-intensity of technologies in the former and the energy-intensity of technologies in the latter. To our knowledge, there has been little discussion of the energy-water nexus from an engineering systems perspective. As the energy-water nexus presents a large scale, multidisciplinary problem with various technological and non-technological dimensions, efforts for coordinated control, operation & planning of the energy and water systems would benefit from the modeling platforms developed in systems engineering. This paper presents a meta-architecture of the energy-water nexus in the electricity supply, engineered water supply and wastewater management systems developed using the Systems Modeling Language (SysML). This meta-architecture serves to elucidate the nexus for qualitative discussions. Once instantiated such an architecture can serve as a conceptual framework upon which quantitative planning and control approaches can be based.
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U2 - 10.1109/SYSoSE.2013.6575246
DO - 10.1109/SYSoSE.2013.6575246
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883167222
SN - 9781467355971
T3 - Proceedings of 2013 8th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering: SoSE in Cloud Computing and Emerging Information Technology Applications, SoSE 2013
SP - 76
EP - 81
BT - Proceedings of 2013 8th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering
T2 - 2013 8th International Conference on System of Systems Engineering: SoSE in Cloud Computing and Emerging Information Technology Applications, SoSE 2013
Y2 - 2 June 2013 through 6 June 2013
ER -