Online Burst Detection and Location of Water Distribution Systems and Its Practical Applications
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 142, Issue 1
Abstract
A novel methodology is proposed to detect and locate bursts in water pipe networks. Conventional detection methods include a cumulative sum (CUSUM) and a wavelet transform (WT). However, the CUSUM has a problem of slow response and the WT is sensitive to signal transitions. In this work, two algorithms are integrated to effectively detect sudden pressure changes of water pipe networks. A network node matrix is also proposed to systematically represent the candidate locations of bursts. The developed burst detection and location system is validated with real field data obtained from simulated bursts by opening hydrant valves for simple and complex pipe networks and the result shows better performance than previous works.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Korea Ministry of Environment as a Project for Developing Eco-Innovation Technologies (GT-11-G-02-001-5) and Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (Grant No. 2012011022).
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Received: Mar 17, 2014
Accepted: Mar 19, 2015
Published online: Jun 10, 2015
Discussion open until: Nov 10, 2015
Published in print: Jan 1, 2016
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