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Hydropower Potential in Water Distribution Networks: Pressure Control by PATs

Fecarotta, Oreste; Aricò, Costanza; Carravetta, Armando; … - In: Water Resources Management 29 (2015) 3, pp. 699-714

Pressure control is one of the main techniques to control leakages in Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) and to prevent …

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HydroGen: an Artificial Water Distribution Network Generator

Corte, Annelies De; Sörensen, Kenneth - In: Water Resources Management 28 (2014) 2, pp. 333-350

Many (metaheuristic) techniques for water distribution network (WDN) design optimisation already have been developed. Despite of the aforementioned scientific attention, only few, high-quality benchmark networks are available for algorithm testing, which, in turn, hinders profound algorithm...

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Water Distribution System Reliability Based on Minimum Cut – Set Approach and the Hydraulic Availability

Yannopoulos, Stavros; Spiliotis, Mike - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 6, pp. 1821-1836

Reliability analysis of water distribution systems is a complex task, as it requires both definition and calculation of several reliability measures. In this paper, a methodology for evaluating water distribution system reliability is developed and demonstrated on a simple water distribution...

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Reliability Assessment of Urban Water Distribution Networks Under Seismic Loads

Fragiadakis, Michalis; Christodoulou, Symeon; … - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 10, pp. 3739-3764

Presented herein is a methodology for the seismic assessment of the reliability of urban water distribution networks …

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Entropy-Based Sensor Placement Optimization for Waterloss Detection in Water Distribution Networks

Christodoulou, Symeon; Gagatsis, Anastasis; Xanthos, Savvas - In: Water Resources Management 27 (2013) 13, pp. 4443-4468

The work presented herein addresses the problem of sensor placement optimization in urban water distribution networks …

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A Prioritization Model for Rehabilitation of Water Distribution Networks Using GIS

Tabesh, M.; Saber, H. - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 1, pp. 225-241

Decision-making for the rehabilitation of water distribution networks in the traditional procedure is based on some …

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Energy Production in Water Distribution Networks: A PAT Design Strategy

Carravetta, Armando; Giudice, Giuseppe Del; Fecarotta, … - In: Water Resources Management 26 (2012) 13, pp. 3947-3959

. Additional implementation difficulties arise under variable operating conditions, characteristic of water distribution networks …

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Water Network Assessment and Reliability Analysis by Use of Survival Analysis

Christodoulou, Symeon - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 4, pp. 1229-1238

A holistic and sustainable strategy for the management of urban water distribution networks should be composed of two … proactive risk-based integrity-monitoring strategy for the management of urban water distribution networks. The framework …

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GA-ILP Method for Optimization of Water Distribution Networks

Haghighi, Ali; Samani, Hossein; Samani, Zeinab - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 7, pp. 1791-1808

Optimization of water distribution networks has been of central importance for recent decades. Genetic Algorithms (GA …

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Effect of Breakage Level One in Design of Water Distribution Networks

Soltanjalili, Mohammadjafar; Bozorg-Haddad, Omid; … - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 1, pp. 311-337

Design of water distribution networks (WDNs) that do not consider performance criteria would possibly lead to less cost …

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