Are digital twins improving urban-water systems efficiency and sustainable development goals?

HM Ramos, A Kuriqi… - Urban Water …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A digital twin is a tool, which enables a real-time simulation of the water systems
and therefore, the water managers can make a decision in the management of the water …

Probabilistic minimum night flow estimation in water distribution networks and comparison with the water balance approach: large-scale application to the City Center …

AV Serafeim, G Kokosalakis, R Deidda, I Karathanasi… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Quantification of water losses (WL) in water distribution networks (WDNs) is a crucial task
towards the development of proper strategies to reduce them. Currently, WL estimation …

[HTML][HTML] Designing resilient and economically viable water distribution systems: a multi-dimensional approach

B Cassottana, S Balakrishnan, NY Aydin… - Resilient Cities and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhancing the resilience of critical infrastructure systems requires substantial investment
and entails trade-offs between environmental and economic benefits. To this aim, we …

Leakages in Water Distribution Networks: Estimation Methods, Influential Factors, and Mitigation Strategies—A Comprehensive Review

AV Serafeim, NT Fourniotis, R Deidda, G Kokosalakis… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
While only a minimal fraction of global water resources is accessible for drinking water
production, their uneven distribution combined with the climate crisis impacts leads to …

Optimization of pressure management in water distribution systems based on pressure-reducing valve control: evaluation and case study

Y Tian, J Gao, J Chen, J Xie, Q Que, RM Munthali… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Leakage in water distribution systems (WDS) is a major problem that results in substantial
resource wastage. Pressure management, which is based on optimized control strategies …

Optimal placement and settings of valves for leakage reduction in real life water distribution networks

T Huzsvár, R Wéber, M Szabó, C Hős - Water Resources Management, 2023 - Springer
Nowadays, the rapid growth of operational costs and human resource shortages increase
the importance of the leakage reduction, and the pressure management. This paper …

Optimal pressure management in water distribution systems: efficiency indexes for volumetric cost performance, consumption and linear leakage measurements

RP Mathye, M Scholz, S Nyende-Byakika - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Water is a finite resource and should be given the attention it deserves to reduce its
depletion through leakages in pipe systems. The authors implemented pressure …

Modelling and incorporating the variable demand patterns to the calibration of water distribution system hydraulic model

S Hossain, GA Hewa, CWK Chow, D Cook - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Calibration of a water distribution system (WDS) hydraulic model requires adjusting several
parameters including hourly or sub-hourly demand multipliers, pipe roughness and settings …

Alternative water supply systems to achieve the net zero water use goal in high-density mixed-use buildings

N Naserisafavi, E Yaghoubi, AK Sharma - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
The water crisis in urban areas has manifested concerns for sustainable water supply
practices in buildings. Although efforts have been taken to reduce freshwater consumption …

A machine vision—Based pipe leakage detection system for automated power plant maintenance

N Bao, Y Fan, Z Ye, A Simeone - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Industrial pipework maintenance inspection can be automated through machine vision-
based effusion monitoring. However, colorless effusions such as water can be difficult to …