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A new approach to model development of water distribution networks with high leakage and burst rates
- Source :
- Procedia Engineering. :690-699
- Publisher :
- The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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Abstract
- Modelling real distribution networks can be particularly difficult if they are so leaky that the types of leak and their nature can hardly be determined from scarce field measurements. In this context, a new approach to model development of such WDNs is proposed. The method is based on leakage estimation from MNF and the burst frequency of AZPs. After applying it to a real DMA in Mauritius, the resulting calibrated model from EPANET is found to approach the actual status of the network very closely in terms of overall real losses, coefficients of discharge, nodal flow and pressure.
- Subjects :
- Leak
Engineering
Distribution networks
business.industry
H600
Burst frequency
General Medicine
Water distribution network (WDN)
Minimum Night Flow (MNF)
District metered area (DMA)
Average Zone Point (AZP)
Leakage estimation
Control theory
Model development
business
Telecommunications
Engineering(all)
Leakage (electronics)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18777058
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Procedia Engineering
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....aa61868e8e6bcd618b633eae5f821435
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.922