State-of-the-art review on the transient flow modeling and utilization for urban water supply system (UWSS) management

HF Duan, B Pan, M Wang, L Chen… - Journal of Water …, 2020 - iwaponline.com
In the context of smart city development and rapid urbanization worldwide, urban water
supply system (UWSS) has been of vital importance to this process. This paper presents a …

Pipeline in-line inspection method, instrumentation and data management

Q Ma, G Tian, Y Zeng, R Li, H Song, Z Wang, B Gao… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pipelines play an important role in the national/international transportation of natural gas,
petroleum products, and other energy resources. Pipelines are set up in different …

Pipeline leak localization using matched-field processing incorporating prior information of modeling error

X Wang, M Waqar, HC Yan, M Louati… - … Systems and Signal …, 2020 - Elsevier
To date, the use of matched-field processing (MFP) for leak detection in pipes has been
limited to cases where the mismatch between data and model is assumed to be random and …

Factorized wave propagation model in tree-type pipe networks and its application to leak localization

X Wang, GA Camino, TC Che, MS Ghidaoui - Mechanical Systems and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In a leaky tree-structured pipe network, transient head and discharge at a measurement
location arise from a superposition of the waves along the set of pipes linking the …

Usage and effect of multiple transient tests for pipeline leak detection

X Wang, J Lin, MS Ghidaoui - Journal of Water Resources Planning …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
The value of multiple transient tests under the same experimental conditions for the purpose
of leakage detection is assessed. The gain in signal-to-noise ratio and leakage detection …

Leveraging machine learning for pipeline condition assessment

H Lu, ZD Xu, X Zang, D Xi, T Iseley… - Journal of Pipeline …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Pipeline condition assessment is a cost-effective method to determine the status of pipeline
structure and predict failure probability. Although 100% inspection may not be feasible for …

Fast computation of inverse transient analysis for pipeline condition assessment via surrogate modeling with sparse sampling strategy

X Wang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Inverse transient analysis (ITA) is a powerful tool for pipeline condition assessment, where
the concerned parameters are decided by matching the measured transient signal with its …

Pipeline leakage alarm via bootstrap-based hypothesis testing

X Wang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
To date, the research of transient-based pipeline leakage detection has been focused on the
estimation of leak location and size, assuming at least one leak exists in the pipe system …

Uniformly optimal multi-sensor design in pipe networks for transient-based leakage localization

X Wang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
The design of sensor placement in water supply pipe networks for the purpose of transient-
based leakage localization is investigated. Each sensor is placed at where the Fisher …

Extremely sensitive anomaly detection in pipe networks using a higher-order paired-impulse response function with a correlator

W Zeng, AC Zecchin, BS Cazzolato… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
Detection of anomalies in pipe networks (leaks, blockages, and wall deterioration) is critical
for targeted pipe section replacement and maintenance in water distribution systems. A …