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Water distribution network design using heuristics-based algorithm
- Source :
- IndraStra Global.
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Water distribution network that includes supply reservoirs, overhead tanks, consumer demand nodes, interconnecting pipes, lifting pumps, and control valves is the main mode of water supply for majority of the communities especially in urban areas. Supply of required quantity of water and at right time is the primary objective of water distribution network analysis. The analysis of water distribution networks can be broadly classified into design and operation problems and both problems have been the focus of many researchers over the past three decades. In the water distribution network design problems, the target is attaining the cost effective configuration that satisfies the minimum hydraulic head requirement at the demand nodes. In this paper, a new algorithm for design of water distribution network namely "heuristics-based algorithm" which completely utilizes the implicit information associated with the water distribution network to be designed has been proposed and validated with two water distribution networks. It is found that the proposed algorithm performs well for the least-cost design of water distribution networks. � 2009 ASCE.
- Subjects :
- Engineering
Design
Demand node
Network information system
Distributed parameter networks
Water conservation
Water supply
Least-cost design
Main mode
Overhead (computing)
Distribution of goods
Network design
Urban areas
Civil and Structural Engineering
Control valves
Pipelines
Competition
business.industry
Interconnecting pipes
Mode (statistics)
Water piping systems
Consumer demands
Design and operations
Water analysis
Computer Science Applications
Network planning and design
Water distribution networks
Primary objective
Water pipelines
Systems design
Hydraulic heads
Heuristic methods
Reservoirs (water)
business
Heuristics
Algorithm
Cost effective
Electric network analysis
Algorithms
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23813652
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IndraStra Global
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....047f6f8653a1a18a83b1ae16cd956860