Design Of Water Supply Systems Research Articles

Automated software for hydraulic simulation of pipeline operation

Design of modern water supply systems of large cities as well as their management via renovation of hydraulic models poses time-consuming tasks to researchers, and coping with this task requires specific approaches. When tackling these tasks, water services companies come across a lot of information about various objects of water infrastructure, the majority of which is located underground. In those cases, modern computer-aided design systems containing various components come to help. These systems help to solve a wide array of problems using existing information regarding pipelines, analysis and optimization of their basic parameters. CAD software is becoming an integral part of water supply systems management in large cities, and its capabilities allow engineering and operating companies to not only collect all the necessary data concerning water supply systems in any given city, but also to conduct research aimed at improving various parameters of these systems, including optimization of their hydraulic properties which directly determine the quality of water. This paper contains the analysis of automated CAD software for hydraulic design and management of city water supply systems in order to provide safe and efficient operation of these water supply systems. Authors select the most suitable software that might be used to provide hydraulic compatibility of old and new sections of water supply ring mains after selective or continuous draw-in renovation and decrease in diameter of distribution networks against the background of water consumption decrease in the cities.

Water Supply Rates for Recirculating Evaporative Cooling Systems

Abstract. Evaporative cooling (EC) is an important tool to reduce heat stress in animal housing systems. Expansion of ventilation capacity in tunnel ventilated poultry facilities has resulted in increased water demand for EC systems. As water resources become more limited and costly, proper planning and design of water supply systems is critical to ensure demand is met during periods of heat stress which increase EC use and bird water consumption. Few estimates of EC water use in animal housing applications are available in the literature and available estimates are geographically limited or rely on extreme weather events. The goal of this analysis was to provide guidance for EC water supply design to accommodate estimates of peak demand, rather than average consumption rates. Keywords: Ventilation, Broiler house, Water conservation, Housing design.

Construction of water supply and drainage engineering

Construction of water supply and drainage engineering is one of the main special courses offered to students whose major is Water Supply and Drainage. Through learning of this course, the students should understand earth and rock works, water drainage in the process of construction, pipe slotting construction, non-pipe slotting construction, underwater construction, energy-saving and noise reduction in the design of water supply and drainage system, mechanical equipment installation, water structure, and maintenance and maintenance. Urban supply system and drainage system are major strong guarantee of development of cities and one of an important infrastructure projects. Therefore, it is required to culture graduate in the field of water supply and drainage engineering. The paper offers a construction plan for the course in the following aspects: revision of teaching content, improvement of teaching method, arrangement of test database and exercise database and ways to increasing teaching effect of this course, and result of construction.

Application of BIM Technology in Building Water Supply and Drainage Design

Through the application of BIM technology, the idea of building water supply and drainage designers can be related to the model, the various influencing factors to affect water supply and drainage design can be considered more comprehensively. BIM(Building information model) technology assist in improving the design process of building water supply and drainage, promoting the building water supply and drainage planning, enriching the building water supply and drainage design method, improving the water supply and drainage system design level and building quality. Combined with fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to analyze the advantages of BIM technology in building water supply and drainage design. Therefore, application prospects of BIM technology are very worthy of promotion.

Powering an island system by renewable energy—A feasibility analysis in the Maldives

Water and energy supply systems are essential parts of the infrastructure on islands. For small islands that are far from continents, water shortage is usually the main constraint on economic and social development. In order to maintain island water security, desalination plants are built to supply fresh water. The plants need a great deal of energy, which increases demand for energy and the cost of transportation. Thus, it is necessary to design a new island system driven by renewable energy. This study investigated the existing type of water and energy supply systems in some typical islands of the world, and analyzed their advantages and disadvantages. The energy supply systems can be classified into three categories: imported conventional energy supply system (ICESS); imported conventional energy & renewable energy supply system (ICE&RESS); and integrated energy supply system (IESS). Water supply systems can also be classified into three categories: imported water supply system (ImWSS); imported water and unconventional water supply system (IW&UWSS); and integrated water supply system (InWSS). The nexus of energy and water is very complicated on islands. This paper presents a framework for an interconnected energy and water system on an island. The new framework reveals a roadmap from “full input of energy & water (FIEW)” through “semi-input of energy & water (SIEW)” to “zero input of energy & water (ZIEW)”, which leads an island's energy and water resources to become gradually independent from the mainland. The new framework also reduces transportation costs and carbon emissions. The proposed framework is applied to the Maldives to aid design of a renewable energy-driven water supply system. The characteristics and mutual adaptability of three types of renewable energy (solar, wind, and biomass energy) and water supply systems is discussed. The results show that a ZIEW system can be realized in the Maldives with a reduction in the cost of renewable energy. ZIEW system has great potential for application in island regions in the future.

Optimal design of energy and water supply systems for low-income communities involving multiple-objectives

This paper proposes the use of Combined Heat and Power systems for providing water and energy, and thermal and electric utilities, in geographically isolated communities, where the interconnection with the grid is not available. A common design practice is to implement different energy storage technologies, usually batteries, for reducing the gap between energy generation and electric consumption. However, in communities with low incomes, it is not possible to use batteries due to the high capital costs. This work presents a new approach for providing simultaneously electricity and water using the fresh water extraction and storage for reducing the gaps between generation and consumption. The proposed approach is based on a mixed integer nonlinear programming formulation, which accounts for the optimal selection of multiple combined heat and power technologies and the sizing of the water storage and pumping technologies. A multi-objective analysis is presented considering as objective functions the economic costs and environmental impact associated with the space used by the system and water consumption. A community in the mountains of Mexico is presented as case study. The results show that it is possible to provide energy and water at low costs and reducing the environmental impact, reaching a trade-off between the considered objective functions.

A-1 ライフスタイルの多様性に対応した集合住宅における最適な給水設備設計法に関する研究 : (第2報)給水負荷ピーク率を考慮した給水方式の決定プロセスの検討

A-1 ライフスタイルの多様性に対応した集合住宅における最適な給水設備設計法に関する研究 : (第2報)給水負荷ピーク率を考慮した給水方式の決定プロセスの検討

PECULIARITIES OF DESIGN AND OPERATION OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS

In this article the problem of design and operation of water supply systems for high-rise buildings in Russia, including in Togliatt i, is considered. The system of water supply of highrise buildings in modern design conditions is substantiated. It is noted that the existing design methods are based on the norms of the last century, without taking into account modern developments in the fi eld of sanitary equipment and the requirements for resource saving. It is substantiated that in order to above-mentioned problems solution it is necessary to study the development trends of the regulatory base in the fi eld of high-rise construction; to determine the operational features of high-rise building water supply systems; to reveal factors aff ecting resource conservation in the water supply system of high-rise buildings; to study effi ciency of pumping units operation and peculiarities of their regulation; to evaluate the water-saving eff ect from the use of modern water-fi ttings.

Uncertainty in the analysis of urban water supply and distribution systems

AbstractConventionally, the design of urban water supply and distribution systems is based on the assumption that all the involved parameters are known a priori and remain unaltered throughout the life cycle of the system. However, significant uncertainties do appear during the analysis and design of these systems, such as the equivalent pipe roughness and the actual internal diameters of the pipes. To study these uncertainties, the water supply and the looped water distribution systems are studied separately. For the water supply system, these uncertainties are incorporated in the analysis of the system, using the extension principle of the fuzzy sets and a new operation of the fuzzy subtraction. Based on the calculation of head losses for each branch of the system, the nodal heads are obtained as fuzzy numbers. In regard to the looped water distribution system, a methodology is developed and proposed, based on the extension principle and leading to several optimisation problems with respect to the branches of the system. The aim of the proposed methodology is to determine the α-cuts and finally produce the shape of the membership function of flows in the branches of the system. Both methodologies are illustrated by numerical examples.

Design of Rural Water Supply System Using LOOP 4.0

Design of Rural Water Supply System Using LOOP 4.0

광역상수도 유속계수와 영향인자에 관한 통계적 분석

유속계수는 상수도 설계, 운영, 유지관리 등의 과정에서 항상 현장 실정이 고려된 값이 사용되어야 한다. 본 연구는 광역상수도 정밀안전진단 과정에서의 174개 실측자료를 바탕으로 유속계수와 주요 인자 간의 관계를 통계적 기법을 활용하여 분석하였다. 이들 관계를 분석하기 위해서 교차분석, 일원배치 분산분석, 상관분석 등을 수행하였으며, 그 결과 유속계수와 사용년수 및 관경이 높은 상관관계를 나타내고 여러 범주형 자료 형태 영향인자 중에 내부도장재가 상대적으로 유속계수에 많은 영향을 주는 것으로 검토되었다. 반면 다중회귀분석의 결과에서는 사용년수, 관경 및 수종이 중요한 영향인자인 것으로 검토되었다. 군집분석 결과, 유속계수는 기본적으로 사용년수 약 20년, 관경 1500mm를 기준으로 분류되는 경향이 있었으며, 유속계수는 전반적으로 사용년수에 많은 영향은 받으나 대구경 관에서는 상대적으로 사용년수보다 관경에 많은 영향을 받는 것으로 검토되었다. 마지막으로 본 연구에서는 회귀분석과 군집분석을 사용하여 유속계수 산정식들을 제안하였으며, 이러한 추정식들은 추후 광역상수도의 유속계수 결정 및 사용 시에 판단기준이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Research and analysis of dynamics of pump unit control process

This article analyzes the dynamics of the water supply system and shows the results of author’s research in this field. The main aim of this research is evaluation of the effect of pipeline parameters on stability of water supply system. It is necessary to find a pipeline length at which the water supply system remains stable. This article discussed the stability research of water supply system with pipeline connection via the Nyquist frequency method. The obtained dependence allows getting the pipeline length at which the system remains stable under any perturbations. Researches show that the pipeline parameters directly affect the stability of the system that need to be considered in the design of water supply systems. The author proposes to use the results for design of water distribution networks in order to ensure the stability of the control system. The research results can be used by designers of water supply systems, automation and remote control, engaged in the field of water supply.

Regime shifts in annual maximum rainfall across Australia – implications for intensity–frequency–duration (IFD) relationships

Abstract. Rainfall intensity–frequency–duration (IFD) relationships are commonly required for the design and planning of water supply and management systems around the world. Currently, IFD information is based on the "stationary climate assumption" that weather at any point in time will vary randomly and that the underlying climate statistics (including both averages and extremes) will remain constant irrespective of the period of record. However, the validity of this assumption has been questioned over the last 15 years, particularly in Australia, following an improved understanding of the significant impact of climate variability and change occurring on interannual to multidecadal timescales. This paper provides evidence of regime shifts in annual maximum rainfall time series (between 1913–2010) using 96 daily rainfall stations and 66 sub-daily rainfall stations across Australia. Furthermore, the effect of these regime shifts on the resulting IFD estimates are explored for three long-term (1913–2010) sub-daily rainfall records (Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne) utilizing insights into multidecadal climate variability. It is demonstrated that IFD relationships may under- or over-estimate the design rainfall depending on the length and time period spanned by the rainfall data used to develop the IFD information. It is recommended that regime shifts in annual maximum rainfall be explicitly considered and appropriately treated in the ongoing revisions of the Engineers Australia guide to estimating and utilizing IFD information, Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR), and that clear guidance needs to be provided on how to deal with the issue of regime shifts in extreme events (irrespective of whether this is due to natural or anthropogenic climate change). The findings of our study also have important implications for other regions of the world that exhibit considerable hydroclimatic variability and where IFD information is based on relatively short data sets.

Many-objective optimization and visual analytics reveal key trade-offs for London’s water supply

In this study, we link a water resource management simulator to multi-objective search to reveal the key trade-offs inherent in planning a real-world water resource system. We consider new supplies and demand management (conservation) options while seeking to elucidate the trade-offs between the best portfolios of schemes to satisfy projected water demands. Alternative system designs are evaluated using performance measures that minimize capital and operating costs and energy use while maximizing resilience, engineering and environmental metrics, subject to supply reliability constraints. Our analysis shows many-objective evolutionary optimization coupled with state-of-the art visual analytics can help planners discover more diverse water supply system designs and better understand their inherent trade-offs. The approach is used to explore future water supply options for the Thames water resource system (including London’s water supply). New supply options include a new reservoir, water transfers, artificial recharge, wastewater reuse and brackish groundwater desalination. Demand management options include leakage reduction, compulsory metering and seasonal tariffs. The Thames system’s Pareto approximate portfolios cluster into distinct groups of water supply options; for example implementing a pipe refurbishment program leads to higher capital costs but greater reliability. This study highlights that traditional least-cost reliability constrained design of water supply systems masks asset combinations whose benefits only become apparent when more planning objectives are considered.

Optimal Design of Water Supply System using Multi-objective Harmony Search Algorithm

Optimal design of the water supply pipe network aims to minimize construction cost while satisfying the required hydraulic constraints such as the minimum and maximum pressures, and velocity. Since considering one single design factor (i.e., cost) is very vulnerable for including future conditions and cannot satisfy operator`s needs, various design factors should be considered. Hence, this study presents three kinds of design factors (i.e., minimizing construction cost, maximizing reliability, and surplus head) to perform multi-objective optimization design. Harmony Search (HS) Algorithm is used as an optimization technique. As well-known benchmark networks, Hanoi network and Gyeonggi-do P city real world network are used to verify the applicability of the proposed model. In addition, the proposed multi-objective model is also applied to a real water distribution networks and the optimization results were statistically analyzed. The results of the optimal design for the benchmark and real networks indicated much better performance compared to those of existing designs and the other approach (i.e., Genetic Algorithm) in terms of cost and reliability, cost, and surplus head. As a result, this study is expected to contribute for the efficient design of water distribution networks.

Reformulation linearization technique based branch-and-reduce approach applied to regional water supply system planning

A regional water supply system design problem that determines pipe and pump design parameters and water flows over a multi-year planning horizon is considered. A non-convex nonlinear model is formulated and solved by a branch-and-reduce global optimization approach. The lower bounding problem is constructed via a three-pronged effort that involves transforming the space of certain decision variables, polyhedral outer approximations, and the Reformulation Linearization Technique (RLT). Range reduction techniques are employed systematically to speed up convergence. Computational results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm; in particular, the critical role range reduction techniques could play in RLT based branch-and-bound methods. Results also indicate using reclaimed water not only saves freshwater sources but is also a cost-effective non-potable water source in arid regions. Supplemental data for this article can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305215X.2015.1016508.

Decision Support for the Design and Operation of Water Supply Systems

Desi**gning and operating water supply systems is a multicriteria task: the energy efficiency shall be minimised while, at the same time, respecting technical requirements, such as balanced operation of available pumps. In this contribution, we present an optimisation and decision support methodology to improve the operation of pumps in the water sector of medium size cities (ap- proximately 100000 inhabitants) in Germany. The emphasis is on the multicriteria nature of the problem. Besides the management of the waterworks system, we consider the goal to assist at the selection of a new pump. We discuss several examples to emphasise the benefits of obeying the rules of multicriteria decision-making and involving the user into the decision process.

Based on PLC the Automatic Constant Pressure Control Water Supply System Design

This article is based on PLC automatic control of variable frequency constant pressure water supply system in the application of beverage factory, the automatic water supply system of constant pressure control method and reasonable design. Analyses the composition of control system structure, working process and PLC ladder diagram control process and the touch screen man-machine interface design. The system is reliable in performance, convenient operation, high automatic degree, intuitive interface, has higher application value.

Design of Water Supply System with no Tower under Constant Pressure Based on PLC

Aimed at the instable pressure of water supply, poor reliability and security problems of the water supply system in high-rise building, this paper adopts frequency conversion and constant pressure water supply technology to design the water supply system with no tower under constant pressure in high-rise building. The water supply system, with PLC as the control center, uses sensor technology and digital PID control to realize constant pressure water supply. Application results show that the water supply system has the characteristics of reliable running, simple operation, saving energy and reducing consumption.

Optimal planning of water supply system for long-term sustainability

Developing a long-term system plan for sustainable water supply is a challenging task due to system complexity and future uncertainties in water demands and source availability. Here a coupled optimization model is proposed for water supply system design and long-term operations by deciding system component sizes and water flow allocations simultaneously. The objective is to minimize overall system costs (i.e., sum of capital and operation costs) while meeting water demands and operational constraints. The economic costs include initial component construction costs and operation expenditure over pre-defined operation years. The proposed model integrates a genetic algorithm with a linear programming model to optimize water infrastructure investments and annual water transfers satisfying flow constraints. The coupled model was applied to a simplified water supply network composed of multiple water sources and users. For the application network, various qualities of water from different sources could be supplied to different users. Plausible future scenarios with time varying water demands were simulated representing potential future conditions. Application results show that the proposed coupled model is beneficial in decision making process to design structural components in near future and prepare long-term policies for water shortage and water right issues in upcoming years. The model can be tailored to a specific system and various regulations and conditions can be incorporated within the model without adding complexity to the optimization framework.