Investigation into the Pressure-Driven Extension of the EPANET Hydraulic Simulation Model for Water Distribution Systems

Alemtsehay G. Seyoum and Tiku T. Tanyimboh ()
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Alemtsehay G. Seyoum: University of Strathclyde
Tiku T. Tanyimboh: University of Strathclyde

Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), 2016, vol. 30, issue 14, No 24, 5367 pages

Abstract: Abstract Several hydraulic modelling approaches have been proposed previously to simulate pressure - deficient operating conditions in water distribution networks more realistically. EPANET-PDX is a pressure-driven extension of the EPANET 2 hydraulic simulation model that has an embedded logistic nodal head-flow function. The pressure-driven analysis algorithm in EPANET-PDX was investigated, to improve its performance under conditions of extremely low pressure. By integrating a line minimization procedure fully in the computational solution of the system of equations, the algorithm’s consistency was improved by increasing its computational efficiency under conditions of extremely low pressure. The examples considered demonstrated that the pressure-driven analysis algorithm proposed is robust, computationally efficient, and the line minimization procedure is applied frequently. Overall, the results suggest that the algorithm is reliable. The formulation proposed is significantly faster than the previous model under conditions of extremely low pressure. The hydraulic and water quality modelling functionality of EPANET 2 was preserved. For the operating conditions with satisfactory pressure, where direct comparisons with EPANET 2 were possible, EPANET 2 was consistently faster.

Keywords: Nodal head-flow function; Water distribution network; Line minimization; Evolutionary optimization; Global gradient algorithm; Pressure-driven analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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