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A review of methods for leakage management in pipe networks
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A comprehensive review of the leakage management related methods developed so far can be broadly classified as follows: (1) leakage assessment methods which are focusing on quantifying the amount of water lost; (2) leakage detection methods that are primarily concerned with the detection of leakage hotspots and (3) leakage control models which are focused on the effective control of current and future leakage levels.Abstract:
Leakage in water distribution systems is an important issue which is affecting water companies and their customers worldwide. It is therefore no surprise that it has attracted a lot of attention by both practitioners and researchers over the past years. Most of the leakage management related methods developed so far can be broadly classified as follows: (1) leakage assessment methods which are focusing on quantifying the amount of water lost; (2) leakage detection methods which are primarily concerned with the detection of leakage hotspots and (3) leakage control models which are focused on the effective control of current and future leakage levels. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the above methods with the objective to identify the current state-of-the-art in the field and to then make recommendations for future work. The review ends with the main conclusion that despite all the advancements made in the past, there is still a lot of scope and need for further work, especially in area of rea...read more
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Inverse Transient Analysis in Pipe Networks
James A. Liggett,Li-Chung Chen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the adjoint solution of the system (generally easier than the transient analysis) to find gradient data and a Jacobian matrix are used to find a Hessian matrix, which is used in the Levenberg-Marquardt method to adjust parameters so as to minimize the difference between calculated and measured heads.
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Pressure-Driven Demand and Leakage Simulation for Water Distribution Networks
TL;DR: In this paper, a novel steady-state network simulation model that fully integrates into a classical hydraulic representation, pressure-driven demand and leakage at the pipe level is developed and presented.
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Leaks in pipe networks
Ranko S. Pudar,James A. Liggett +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, an inverse problem is formulated with equivalent orifice areas of possible leaks as the unknowns, and the variance of leak areas, based on the quality of system characteristics and pressure data, indicates the likely accuracy of the results.
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Acoustical characteristics of leak signals in plastic water distribution pipes
Osama Hunaidi,Wing T. Chu +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the acoustic characteristics of leak signals in plastic pipes, including the frequency content of sound or vibration signals as a function of leak type, flow rate, pipe pressure and season, the determination of the attenuation rate, and the variation of propagation velocity with frequency.
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Pipe system diagnosis and leak detection by unsteady-state tests. 1. Harmonic analysis
Marco Ferrante,Bruno Brunone +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the wavelet transform is used to detect local singularities in the pressure time history due to the presence of a leak, which reveals the arrival time of the reflected pressure wave and is the basis for leak location.