Demand Components in Water Distribution Network Analysis
Publication: Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 138, Issue 4
Abstract
Solving water distribution network hydraulics depends to a great extent on demand representation in the related simulation models. The classical approach of simulation models for water distribution networks (WDNs) is described as demand-driven. The demands are fixed a priori in the model as an assumption or from field observations. Recently a more realist approach to predict the hydraulic system behavior, described as head/pressure-driven, better accounts for the fact that the demands depend in some ways on head status of the network. Thus, this paper presents a comprehensive view of demands in the enhanced WDN simulation models, including considerations of human-based, volume-based, uncontrolled orifice-based, and leakage-based demands as distinct types of network outflows. The paper proposes and discusses the representation of each type of demand in a comprehensive framework that is consistent with the hydraulic principles and the specific working condition.
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Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
Volume 138 • Issue 4 • July 2012
Pages: 356 - 367
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© 2012. American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Dec 17, 2010
Accepted: Aug 11, 2011
Published online: Aug 13, 2011
Published in print: Jul 1, 2012
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