Divide and Conquer Partitioning Techniques for Smart Water Networks

Water Network Partitioning (WNP), represents one of the best methodologies for applying water balance and pressure control of a water distribution system to reduce water leakage and improve water quality protection. Traditionally the WNP is based on empirical and ‘trial and error’ approaches used wi...

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Main Authors: Di Nardo, A., Di Natale, M., Santonastaso, G.F., Tzatchkov, V., Yamanaka, V.H. Alcocer
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
District meter areas
graph theory
smart water networks
water leakage
Water network partitioning
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Summary:Water Network Partitioning (WNP), represents one of the best methodologies for applying water balance and pressure control of a water distribution system to reduce water leakage and improve water quality protection. Traditionally the WNP is based on empirical and ‘trial and error’ approaches used with hydraulic simulation, which are difficult to apply to large water networks. Recently some heuristic procedures, based on different techniques (graph theory, clustering, etc.) showed that is possible to find optimal solutions. The authors developed a software, called SWANP (Smart Water Network Partitioning) that allows finding automatically the optimal layout of District Meter Areas based on a multi-level algorithm. This paper compare SWANP with other procedures for WNP.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.247