Optimizing the Potential Impact of Energy Recovery and Pipe Replacement on Leakage Reduction in a Medium Sized District Metered Area
| Autor: | Giovanna Cavazzini, Gideon Johannes Bonthuys, Marco Van Dijk |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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energy recovery
Geography Planning and Development Water supply TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Renewable energy sources Reduction (complexity) Water balance hydropower water distribution network optimization processes Coupling (piping) GE1-350 Hydropower Leakage (electronics) Potential impact Energy recovery Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Environmental engineering Optimization processes Water distribution network Environmental sciences Environmental science business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12929, p 12929 (2021) Sustainability; Volume 13; Issue 22; Pages: 12929 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | The drive for sustainable societies with more resilient infrastructure networks has catalyzed interest in leakage reduction as a subsequent benefit to energy recovery in water distribution systems. Several researchers have conducted studies and piloted successful energy recovery installations in water distribution systems globally. Challenges remain in the determination of the number, location, and optimal control setting of energy recovery devices. The PERRL 2.0 procedure was developed, employing a genetic algorithm through extended period simulations, to identify and optimize the location and size of hydro-turbine installations for energy recovery. This procedure was applied to the water supply system of the town of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Several suitable locations for pressure reduction, with energy recovery installations between 600 and 800 kWh/day were identified, with the potential to also reduce leakage in the system by 2 to 4%. Coupling the energy recovery installations with a pipe replacement model showed a further reduction in leakage up to a total of above 6% when replacing 10% of the aged pipes within the network. Several solutions were identified on the main supply line and the addition of a basic water balance, to the analysis, was found valuable in preliminarily evaluation and identification of the more sustainable solutions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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