Introducing Derceto Pump Scheduling Software

The only "customized off-the-shelf" (COTS) software tool which works online and in real-time to reduce the costs of treated water distribution, Derceto optimizes pump and valve schedules to minimize distribution costs guided primarily by electricity tariffs. Direct connection to the SCADA system provides live data, which is then used by Derceto to choose the lowest cost solution for water production and distribution which it then automatically outputs directly to pumps and valves.

Derceto calculates the minimum cost solution from the multitude of possible pump schedule combinations to meet the day's evolving demand while maintaining defined constraints such as water turnover and storage requirements. Running in real-time, Derceto excels in recognizing and reacting to sudden and evolving changes in demand (e.g.: fire fighting draw-off) quickly and accurately and can handle noisy or poor quality data, providing maximum reliability. Choosing the optimal solution without sacrificing reliability or safety, pumping is moved to the lowest cost (kWh) tariff periods, using the elevated storage tanks to satisfy demand. Derceto also minimizes peak tariff charges (kW) maintaining system pressure with the lowest cost sub-set of pumps. Schedules are created for the next 48 hours for each pump and treatment plant, and then re-optimized every half an hour as Derceto adapts to changing conditions. Derceto also automates the entire water distribution process, providing consistent and reliable operation 24 hours a day.

  Recent successes include : Northumbrian Water, Essex & Suffolk, Wessex water, Severn Trent, United Utilities and South West Water in the UK, Southern Regional Water PIpeline in Brisbane and Wellington in New Zealand.

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Aquadapt and Aquadapt-Lite

Aquadapt optimizes pump schedules to minimize distribution costs. On-line data collection allows Aquadapt to choose the lowest cost source of water. By predicting future consumption, Aquadapt calculates the thousands of possible pump schedule combinations to meet the day's evolving demand, all in real time. Aquadapt excels in picking up changes in demand quickly and accurately and can handle noisy or poor quality data, providing maximum reliability. Choosing the lowest cost solution without sacrificing reliability or safety, pumping is moved to the lowest cost tariff periods. This enables peak tariff windows to be avoided, where possible, by using the storage capacity of reservoirs to satisfy demand. Derceto also reacts quickly and accurately to sudden changes in demand such as fire fighting draw-off.

Flexibility to match your system

A team of engineers and technical specialists with experience in water treatment, hydraulic modelling and optimization techniques has developed this award winning software with flexibility in mind.

• Maintenance can be scheduled within Derceto at the most cost effective times.
• Each plant and pump can be manually scheduled on or off for any number of half-hour time units, or left in automatic or any combination of the two modes.
• Plant production rates and ramp rates can be changed at any time, a new solution is generated a few minutes later.
• Each reservoir can be included or excluded from automatic scheduling at any time.
• Derceto can be used with gravity systems, pumped systems and well fields, or any combination of these sources.