Browsing by Author "Haouari, Mohamed"

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    • Optimal design and operation of conventional, solar electric, and solar thermal district cooling systems 

      Alghool, Dana M.; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y.; Haouari, Mohamed; Elomri, Adel ( John Wiley and Sons Ltd , 2022 , Article)
      This research investigates the integration of solar energy with traditional cooling technologies using solar electric cooling systems. A holistic optimization process is introduced to enable the cost-effective design of ...

    • Optimal planning of liquefied natural gas deliveries 

      Al-Haidous, Sara; Msakni, Mohamed Kais; Haouari, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)
      We investigate the problem of designing an optimal annual delivery plan for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). This problem requires determining the long-term cargo delivery dates and the assignment of vessels to the cargoes ...

    • Optimization models for a single-plant District Cooling System 

      Khir, Reem; Haouari, Mohamed ( Elsevier , 2015 , Article)
      A District Cooling System (DCS) is an interconnected system encompassing a centralized chiller plant, a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) unit, a piping network, and clusters of consumers' buildings. The main function of a DCS ...

    • Optimization of design and operation of solar assisted district cooling systems 

      Alghool, Dana M.; ElMekkawy, Tarek Y.; Haouari, Mohamed; Elomri, Adel ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      The demand for air conditioning and cooling services is rapidly increasing worldwide. As cooling demand has high coincidence to occur in countries with high solar irradiation, the combination of solar thermal energy and ...

    • Review of optimization techniques applied for the integration of distributed generation from renewable energy sources 

      Abdmouleh, Zeineb; Gastli, Adel; Ben-Brahim, Lazhar; Haouari, Mohamed; Al-Emadi, Nasser Ahmed ( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article Review)
      Several potential benefits to the quality and reliability of delivered power can be attained with the installation of distributed generation units. To take full advantage of these benefits, it is essential to place optimally ...

    • Robust optimization for the discrete time-cost tradeoff problem with cost uncertainty 

      Hazır, Öncü; Haouari, Mohamed; Erel, Erdal ( Springer International Publishing , 2015 , Book chapter)
      Projects are subject to various sources of uncertainty that hamper reaching project targets; hence, it is crucial importance to use effective approaches to generate robust project schedules, which are less vulnerable to ...

    • Solving a large-scale crew pairing problem 

      Erdoğan, Güneş; Haouari, Mohamed; Matoglu, Melda Örmeci; Özener, Okan Örsan ( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2015 , Article)
      Airline companies seek to solve the problem of determining an assignment of crews to a pre-determined flight schedule with minimum total cost, called the Crew Pairing Problem (CPP). Most of the existing studies focus on ...