Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater (상하수도학회지)

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Search Method for Optimal Valve Setting and Location to Reduce Leakage in Water Distribution Networks

배수관망시스템 누수저감을 위한 최적 밸브제어 및 위치탐색 모델 개발

  • Received : 2007.12.03
  • Accepted : 2008.02.13
  • Published : 2008.02.15
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Abstract

The reduction of leakage is a major issue of the South Korea water industry. The inclusion of pressure dependent leakage terms in network analysis allows the application of optimization techniques to identify the most effective means of reducing water leakage in distribution networks. This paper proposes a method to find optimal setting and location of control valve for reducing leakage efficiently. The proposed search method differs from previous methods for addressing optimal valve location problem and improves the GA simulation time with guaranteeing for getting the global optimal solution. The strength of this method has been demonstrated by means of case studies. This allows the procedure of optimization to be more robust and computational efficient.

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