Optimization of Industrial Water System Based on Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

Abstract

Construct water system structure of thermal power plant based on decentralized wastewater treatment network which is composed of water consuming units and wastewater treatment units. Based on this structure, a nonconvex optimization problem is proposed in this paper and the present mathematical method cannot guarantee the exact solution. So we propose Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm to solve this complex model. Apply this algorithm to the solution of two examples, the solving process of examples shows that ABC algorithm has the advantages of fast solving speed, high solving accuracy and has a strong adaptability to different situations without relying on an initial point.