Improving pipe failure predictions: Factors affecting pipe failure in drinking water networks

NA Barton, TS Farewell, SH Hallett, TF Acland - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
To reduce leakage and improve service levels, water companies are increasingly using
statistical models of pipe failure using infrastructure, weather and environmental data …

Reliability modelling and analysis of water distribution network based on backpropagation recursive processes with real field data

D Vališ, K Hasilová, M Forbelská, Z Vintr - Measurement, 2020 - Elsevier
Any water distribution network (WDN) is a key element in critical infrastructure. As time
series data mining and modelling are developing apace, these provide promising tools for …

Approaches to failure risk analysis of the water distribution network with regard to the safety of consumers

K Pietrucha-Urbanik, B Tchórzewska-Cieślak - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Contemporary risk assessment makes reference to current world trends, whereby there is
increased emphasis on safety. This paper has thus sought mainly to present new …

The Impact of Climate Change on the Failure of Water Supply Infrastructure: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Current State of Knowledge

J Żywiec, D Szpak, K Wartalska, M Grzegorzek - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
With ongoing climate change, new threats appear to the operation of water supply systems
(WSSs), which are related to the amount of available drinking water resources, its quality …

Experiments and numerical analysis of the dynamic flow characteristics of a pump− pipeline system with entrapped air during start-up

H Li, C Bai, J Wang - Engineering Applications of Computational …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
A pump− pipeline experiment platform is designed and built for exploring the dynamic flows
in a pipe-conveying fluid with entrapped air, and a corresponding CFD simulation is …

A New Method of Obtaining Water from Water Storage Tanks in a Crisis Situation Using Renewable Energy

D Szpak, B Tchórzewska-Cieślak, M Stręk - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: During a crisis situation, water supply systems stop functioning properly. It is
necessary to obtain water from sources other than basic ones (reserve water intakes, water …

A hazard assessment method for waterworks systems operating in self-government units

JR Rak, B Tchórzewska-Cieślak… - International Journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Informing users of waterworks systems about the quality of tap water is an obligatory trend. It
should be accompanied by studies on the influence of the risk of threats on public health …

Implementation and validation of a free open source 1d water hammer code

R Kjerrumgaard Jensen, J Kær Larsen… - Fluids, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a free code for calculating 1D hydraulic transients in liquid-filled piping.
The transient of focus is the Water Hammer phenomenon which may arise due to eg …

Investigation of failure mechanisms and remaining life prediction of firewater pipelines used in industrial applications

B Piri, R Amini, E Asadinia, S Vardak… - Engineering Failure …, 2021 - Elsevier
Firewater (FW) pipelines network maintenance and monitoring are of utmost importance
since they are not easily accessible for inspection. Failure and corrosion of carbon steel FW …

Identification of water hammering for centrifugal pump drive systems

N Dutta, K Palanisamy, U Subramaniam… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Water hammering is a significant problem in pumping systems. It damages the pipelines of
the pump drastically and needs to identify with an intelligent method. Various conventional …