Integrating Water Systems: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computing and Control in the Water Industry 2009 - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0415548519 ISBN 13: 9780415548519

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2009

Riassunto

A collection of articles by leading international experts on modeling and control of potable water distribution and sewerage collection systems, focusing on advances in sensors, instrumentation and communications technologies; assessment of sensor reliability, accuracy and fitness; data management including SCADA and GIS; systems modelling, optimisation and decision support; real time monitoring, modelling control and associated uncertainties; water quality, water and wastewater treatment modeling; demand forecasting, leakage and energy management; asset management and performance modeling; sustainable urban water management including flooding issues; security, reliability and resilience of water systems; likely impacts of climate change; Water scarcity and intermittent supply. Intended for water researchers in industry and academia.

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Keynotes

• Water sensitive cities: Do we have what it takes to create them?
• Multi-species network water quality modeling: Current examples, future potential,and research needs

1. Advances in sensors, instrumentation and communications technologies

• Mathematical modelling of a hydraulic controller for PRV flow modulation
• Optimal setting of time-modulated prcessure reducing valves in water distribution networks using genetic algorithms
• Guidance for deployment and development of upset early warning systems for wastewater
• Automatic control valves in the Cost-effectiveness of WSS Management: PRV application
• Understanding and managing large sensor networks
• Flow modulated dynamic pressure control with Aquai-Mod controller
• Water loss dynamic control by Automatic Meter Readings in water distribution network
• Detection of illegal branches in pipe systems: A fast and reliable method
• Identification of leak characteristics in pipe systems by dynamic monitoring

2. Data management including SCADA and GIS

• The use of GIS for analysis of water distribution networks
• Online time data series pre-processing for the improved performance of anomaly detection methods
• Correlating water consumption behaviour with billing, infrastructure and socio-demographic factors
• Optimal pump scheduling with pressure control aspects: Case studies
• Minimal time of valve closure for fluid transient in water transmission

3. Systems modelling, optimisation and decision support

• Epanet calibrator – An integrated computational tool to calibrate hydraulic models
• Use of grey numbers for representing uncertainty in pipe roughness calibration
• Operation of water distribution systems using risk-based decision making
• Reliability analysis of water supply systems by the entropy and equivocation theory
• Modelling and calibration of water distribution networks: A case study from the Wessex region
• Calibration methodology for hydraulic transient models incorporating unconventional dynamic effects
• Virtual reality based immersion scene simulation system of water distribution network
• Robust design of water distribution networks: A comparison of two different approaches
• Modeling of distribution network filling process during intermittent supply
• A more realistic simulation of a real water distribution system based on an enhanced demand driven model
• Equivalence of pipes with distributed flow in pressurised pipe networks
• Pressure driven analysis of water distribution networks based on the knowledge of the actual connection to properties
• Advancements on pipe hydraulic resistance correction in WDN analysis
• EIO-LCA based multi-objective design of water distribution systems with NSGA-II
• Hydraulic reliability analysis using a pressure-driven network simulation model
• Computational evaluation of hydraulic system behaviour with entrapped air under rapid pressurization
• Neptune DSS: A decision support system for near-real time operations management of water distribution systems
• Pressure-driven analysis of network sections supplied via high-lying nodes
• Assessment of the head dependent gradient method with reference to PRAAWDS
• Water distribution network simulation by a combined steady-state and transient hydraulic solver
• Multiobjective optimization and multicriteria decision making for water networks
• Use of relative roughness and changed diameters for old pipes when calibrating an operational water distribution system

4. Real time monitoring, modelling control and understanding the associated uncertainties

• Umbria region forecasting/decision support for hydraulic risk mitigation purposes
• The real time stochastic flow forecast
• Laboratory, flow loop and real world validation testing of the operational effectiveness of an on-line heuristic security platform for water distribution networks
• Online modellingofwater distribution systems: AUKcase study
• From design tool to real time control – Using a spreadsheet based optimisation tool to minimise borehole pumping costs
• On-line hydraulic state estimation in urban water networks using reduced models
• Improving energy efficiency of pumping systems through real-time scheduling systems
• Bayesian-based online burst detection in water distribution systems
• Developing and implementing a real-time intervention management model for water distribution systems

5.Water quality modelling

• Multi-parameter water quality sensors for water supply systems
• On-line monitoring station for water quality assessment
• Negative pressures in full-scale distribution system: Field investigation, modelling, estimation of intrusion volumes and risk for public health
• A bottom-up approach of stochastic demand allocation in water quality modelling
• Effect of spatial correlation among water demands on contaminant transport in a pipe network
• Water quality comprehensive evaluation method for large water distribution network based on clustering analysis
• Investigating relationships between discolouration customer contact frequencies and mains properties in drinking water distribution systems
• MUWS (Microbiology in Urban Water Systems) – An interdisciplinary approach to study microbial communities in urban water systems
• Optimal placement of booster chlorination stations for disinfection by products minimization
• Concept for optimized flushing of potable water networks
• Particle related water quality prediction for drinking water distribution systems
• Methodology for the skeletonization of water distribution network models with demand aggregation
• Rivelin trunk main flow test
• A study of wall demand in turbulent pipe flows
• Is using a plane-channel geometry to model wall-demand in turbulent pipe flow justified?
• Trade-offs between continuous and grab samples for water quality in distribution systems
• Origin and behavior of particles in drinking water transport networks
• The impacts of demand variability on distribution system water quality

6. Water and wastewater treatment modelling, optimisation and control

• Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for determination of organic matter removal efficiency at water treatment works
• Waterspot: A drinking water simulator with training and process optimization capabilities
• Benefits and challenges in integrated water resources modeling using OpenMI
• Comparison of three calibration protocols for Activated Sludge Models based on case studies
• AquatorGA: Integrated optimisation for reservoir operation using multiobjective genetic algorithms

7. Demand forecasting, leakage and energy management

• Spectral analysis of instantaneous residential water demand time series
• Night flow analysis and modeling for leakage estimation in a water distribution system
• Simulation applications for pressure management
• Leak discharge and strains in a polyethylene pipe
• Evaluation of the water scarcity energy cost
• Artificial neural network model for hybrid energy system evaluation in water supply system
• New guidelines for non-domestic water estimation in South Africa
• On hydraulic power capacity of water supply system
• Analysis of household night-time consumption
• Analysis of the damping effect of leakage in water pipe systems for different flow conditions
• Experimental investigation of characteristic curves of centrifugal pumps working as turbines
• Leakage detection using pressure sensitivity analysis
• Towards the improvement of the efficiency in water resources and energy use in water supply systems
• Optimizing target hydraulic head for energy efficient operation of variable speed pumps
• Water distribution network leakage analysis modeling based on pattern recognition theory

8. Asset management and performance modelling

• Overview of failure mechanism of joints in water distribution networks
• Fluid-structure interaction in the safety of infrastructures
• Hybrid genetic algorithms with advanced search for optimized operation of water supply networks
• Case study in resilience analysis and scheme selection
• Infrastructure risk management: A probabilistic approach to asset management
• I-WARP: Individual water main renewal planner
• Effects of DMA redesign on water distribution system performance
• Preparing considering of economies of scale and adjacent infrastructure works in water main renewal planning
• Asset management optimisation using genetic algorithms and whole life, cost benefit analysis
• Demand headroom uncertainty modelling for strategic water supply planning
• Extensive analysis of hydraulic parameters in a large set of water distribution systems
• Pump scheduling study on a demand monitoring zone system
• Trade-off analysis between cost and reliability of water distribution systems using genetic algorithms
• A pipe condition assessment model using PROMETHEE

9. Sustainable urban water management including flooding issues

• 1D-2D model coupling for urban drainage analysis and optimization
• Physical and mathematical modeling of surcharged sewer manhole flow
• Penketh–An integrated approach
• Conceptual description of a novel three-tiered philosophy for sewer network master planning in South Africa
• Fuzzy model use for evaluation of peak outflow from a river basin during flash flood
• On determination of flow routes in a stormwater network using the least squares method
• Flood wave simulation with 1D-2D coupled models
• Vikor method for asset management in Serbian Belgrade Wastewater Services
• An artificial intelligence approach for optimising pumping in sewer systems
• Comparison of eight rainfall-runoff models for flood simulations
• Comparison of rainfall radar and rain gauge data and application to sewer hydraulic modelling
• Modelling water saving in the upper Iskar region
• An improved multifractal model for short-term rainfall forecast

10. Likely impacts of climate change

• Review of quantitative methods for evaluating impacts of climate change on urban water infrastructure
• Assessing the impact of climate change on water treatment plant design and operation
• Characterizing the impact of uncertain discount rates and carbon pricing on the optimal design and operation of the Kamalsaleh water transmission system
• Making the earth move: Modelling the impact of climate change on water pipeline serviceability

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Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0415548519
• ISBN 13: 9780415548519
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 834
• Redattore: Boxall Joby, Maksimović Čedo