Transport Optimization – Example Applications

ESTCP Transport Optimization Demonstration Project EPA, September 2003.
The primary objective of the overall project is to demonstrate the cost benefit of applying transport optimization codes, which couple sophisticated optimization techniques (nonlinear programming) with simulations of groundwater solute transport. This study will also attempt to evaluate if there is any additional cost benefit from the application of transport optimization codes when compared to simpler techniques.

Browse through case studies and applications of transport optimization techniques by method:

Gradient Methods
- Design of Optimal, Reliable Plume Capture Schemes: Application to The Gloucester Landfill Ground-Water Contamination Problem
  Gailey, R.M. and S.M. Gorelick, 1993, Ground Water, 31(1), pp. 107-114
- Optimal Time-Varying Pumping Rates for Groundwater Remediation: Application of A Constrained Optimal Control Algorithm
  Chang, L-C., C.A. Shoemaker, and P. L-F. Liu, 1992, Water Resources Research, 28(12), pp. 3157-3173.

Simulated Annealing
- Optimal Groundwater Management, 2. Application of Simulated Annealing
  Marryott, R.A., D.E. Dougherty,
  David.Dougherty@subterra.com, and R.L. Stollar, 1993, Water Resources Research, 29(4), pp. 847-860
- The Design of SVE Remediation Systems Using Simulated Annealing
  Sacks, R.L., D.E. Dougherty, David.Dougherty@subterra.com , and J.F. Guarnaccia, 1994 Groundwater Modeling Conference, Fort Collins, CO, August 10-12, 1994
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Artificial Neural Network
- Determining Optimal Pumping Policies for a Public Supply Wellfield Using A Computational Neural Network With Linear Programming
  Coppola, E.A., emery@hwr.arizona.edu, F. Szidarovszky, and M. Poulton, AGU Spring Meeting 2000