Case Study: Suez achieves system-level optimization of water transfer operations with Wolfram System Modeler

Suez runs 20-day water system simulations in under a minute with Wolfram

Suez engineers faced the challenge of designing complex water transfer systems that must balance hydraulic performance, construction cost, and energy consumption while ensuring safe operation under highly variable conditions, from normal flows to critical peak events. To address these competing objectives, they turned to vendor Wolfram and its System Modeler product to create a central system-level modeling environment.

The solution implemented by Wolfram involved coupling System Modeler with Wolfram Language to build a single executable model of the entire system. This integration enabled Suez to run thousands of automated simulations for multi-objective optimization, significantly reducing troubleshooting time and effort compared to onsite testing. The results allowed Suez to optimize designs for total life-cycle cost and environmental impact, rapidly compare alternative strategies, identify hydraulic risks, and validate control architectures before commissioning.

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