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- An information systems for infrastructure asset management tailored to portuguese water utilities: platform conceptualization and a prototype demonstrationPublication . Carriço, Nelson; Ferreira, Bruno; Antunes, André; Grueau, Cédric; Barreira, Raquel; Mendes, Ana; Covas, Dídia; Monteiro, Laura; Santos, João; Brito, Isabel S.This paper presents a new information technology platform specially tailored for infrastructure asset management of urban water systems operated by water utilities of lower digital maturity level, developed in the scope of DECIdE research project. This platform aims at the integration of different data from the water utilities with several information systems and the assessment of the system performance, in terms of water losses, energy efficiency and quality of service by using developed tools (i.e., water and energy balances and key performance indicators). This platform was tested with data from five small to medium size Portuguese water utilities with different maturity levels in terms of technological and human resources. Obtained results are very promising since the platform allows to assess the systems performance periodically which constitute an important part of the infrastructure asset management for small and medium-sized water utilities
- Computational Tools for Supporting the Operation and Management of Water Distribution Systems towards Digital TransformationPublication . Carriço, Nelson; Ferreira, Bruno; Antunes, André; Caetano, João; Covas, DídiaThis paper presents a set of computational tools specially developed for supporting the operation and management of water distribution systems towards digital transformation of water services. These tools were developed in the scope of two R&D projects carried out in Portugal, DECIdE and WISDom, during 2018–2022. The DECIdE project focused on the development of tools for importing cadastral and operational data, as well as on the three operational tools for supporting the performance assessment: the first allows the calculation of different key performance indicators, both at a global and sectorial level, which is an annual requirement of the water regulator, and the other two allow the calculation of the water and the energy balances and a set of complementary indices. The WISDom project aimed at the implementation of applications that directly address specific water utility needs, namely, the flow rate data processing, the optimal location of pressure sensors, the identification of critical areas in the distribution network for pipe burst location, and the prioritization of pipes for rehabilitation. Implemented tools are useful to support water utilities in the daily operation and management of their systems, being a step forward towards digital transformation of the water sector.
- Desenvolvimento e validação de aplicação computacional para avaliar sistemas de rega sob pressãoPublication . Luz, Paulo Brito da; Felicíssimo, D; Carriço, Nelson; Antunes, AndréO setor do regadio requer práticas com sustentabilidade ambiental e competitividade socioeconómica, que envolvem o incremento do uso eficiente da água, em diferentes escalas e redes de distribuição. Muitas abordagens inovadoras para apoiar essas práticas, nomeadamente as que se relacionam com as tecnologias de informação e comunicação (TIC), são presentemente inseridas e divulgadas na designada “Agricultura 4.0”. Neste sentido, ao nível da rede terciária, as TIC têm melhorado a capacidade de se transferir e utilizar informação, facilitando ao regante a abordagem de diferentes processos relativos às instalações de rega, desde a fase de compra até avaliações de desempenho, entre outros. Na generalidade dos projetos hidroagrícolas em Portugal, a opção dos regantes por métodos sob pressão (i.e. rega por aspersão e localizada) tem crescido face a vantagens de automatização, economia de mão-de-obra e de maior eficiência no uso da água. Contudo, continuam a observar- se situações de risco na gestão dos recursos naturais e energéticos, pela falta de adequação do sistema de rega às condições pedo-climáticas específicas das parcelas. Consequentemente, um sistema de rega sob pressão pode atingir níveis de classificação de desempenho muito baixos, considerando as perdas de água excessivas, relacionadas com os escoamentos (superficiais e/ou subterrâneos), a evaporação e os desvios causados pelo vento. Estas perdas podem ser calculadas pela Eficiência de Aplicação, que é definida pela razão entre o volume médio de água disponível para as plantas e o volume médio aplicado na rega. Este indicador depende de determinadas variáveis com impacto mais significativo que se relacionam com: 1) tipo e características da rega: dotação, taxa de aplicação; 2) características do terreno: textura do solo, declive e coberto vegetal; e 3) fatores climáticos: velocidade do vento e temperatura. O presente artigo tem como objetivo a apresentação de uma aplicação computacional desenvolvida e validada para o cálculo da eficiência de aplicação de água de sistemas de rega sob pressão, ao nível da rede terciária (parcela). Esta ferramenta de AgriTech processa classificações e padrões devidamente enquadrados em informação e recomendações de normalização atualizada, capacitando o utilizador para fazer as opções mais válidas com base em critérios objetivos de boas práticas.
- Multi-objective optimization of pressure sensor location for burst detection and network calibrationPublication . Ferreira, Bruno; Antunes, André; Carriço, Nelson; Covas, DídiaThis paper proposes a methodology to determine the optimal location of pressure sensors for the simul- taneous calibration of the hydraulic network model and the detection of pipe bursts. The methodology considers a search space reduction process and aims at maximizing nodal pressure sensitivities to both pipe roughness coefficients and pipe burst sizes. A multi-objective optimization problem is formulated for a given number of sensors and multiple optimal configurations of pressure sensors are obtained. Three different optimal configurations are selected and compared: one solution that individually maximizes each objective function (two solutions) and one trade-off solution. The methodology is applied to a real water distribution network with hourly consumption data. Results demonstrate that (i) the optimal loca- tion of pressure sensors hardly changes with the perturbation values used to numerically compute the sensitivities and (ii) minor differences can be found in the performance of pipe roughness calibration and pipe burst location by using either a solution that individually maximizes each objective function or the trade-off solution considering the high number of pressure sensors (26) and the oversized pipe diameters to comply with firefighting conditions, being pressure less sensitive to friction and flow rate changes.
- NSGA-II parameterization for the optimal pressure sensor location in water distribution networksPublication . Ferreira, Bruno; Antunes, André; Carriço, Nelson; Covas, DídiaThe optimal location of pressure sensors is typicallysolved using heuristic algorithms. Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) is one of the most used algorithms in the water industry, requiring a preliminary parameter tuning process. The lack of guidelines on how to tune model parameters generally limits the use of these algorithms by researchers or practitioners and, as such, fails to be used in real-life problems. The current paper explores different NSGA-II parameterizations for the optimal location of pressure sensors by using a multi-objective optimization methodology applied to a real distribution network. Results show that (i) both the uniform and simulated binary crossover operators (depending on the internal parameters) produce the best results, being the former recommended since it does not require further parameter tuning; (ii) polynomial mutation with lower probability value should be chosen; and (iii) the distribution indices of polynomial mutation have a minor effect on NSGA-II performance.