Publication

A fully data-driven approach for leak localization in water distribution networks

Conference Article

Conference

European Control Conference (ECC)

Edition

20th

Pages

1851-1856

Doc link

https://doi.org/10.23919/ECC54610.2021.9654928

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Abstract

This paper presents a data-driven technique for the localization of leaks in water distribution networks (WDN). The methodology requires hydraulic data, i.e., pressure measurements from a set of sensors installed throughout the network and topological information. Therefore, the hydraulic model of the WDN is not necessary for its operation. The hydraulic state of the complete set of nodes of the network is approximated by means of a graph-based interpolation technique. Then, a set of candidates where the leak can be located is achieved by comparing the computed states for both the leaky and nominal cases. The methodology is applied to a case study based on a real network, providing and discussing several graphical results and key performance indicators.

Categories

control theory, mathematical programming, optimisation.

Author keywords

data-driven, leak localization, water distribution network, graph theory, key performance indicators

Scientific reference

L. Romero, V. Puig, G. Cembrano, J. Blesa and J. Meseguer. A fully data-driven approach for leak localization in water distribution networks, 20th European Control Conference, 2021, Rotterdam, Netherlands, pp. 1851-1856.