Towards digitalization of water supply systems for sustainable smart city development—Water 4.0

KB Adedeji, AA Ponnle, AM Abu-Mahfouz, AM Kurien - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban water supply systems are complex and dynamic in nature, and as a result, can be
considered complex to manage owing to enhanced urbanization levels, climate change …

Localization, mapping, navigation, and inspection methods in in-pipe robots: A review

S Kazeminasab, N Sadeghi, V Janfaza, M Razavi… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pipelines are backbone of the transportation of gases and liquids such as oil, gasoline,
water, and sewage. However, pipelines are constantly aging and sustaining damage, which …

Low-cost, tiny-sized MEMS hydrophone sensor for water pipeline leak detection

J Xu, KTC Chai, G Wu, B Han, ELC Wai… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an experimental investigation of a water pipeline leak detection
system based on a low-cost, tiny-sized hydrophone sensor fabricated using the …

Design of a novel in-pipe reliable leak detector

D Chatzigeorgiou, K Youcef-Toumi… - IEEE/ASmE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Leakage is the major factor for unaccounted losses in every pipe network around the world
(oil, gas, or water). In most cases, the deleterious effects associated with the occurrence of …

A localization and navigation method for an in-pipe robot in water distribution system through wireless control towards long-distance inspection

S Kazeminasab, MK Banks - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose an operation procedure for our previously developed in-pipe
robotic system that is used for water quality monitoring in water distribution systems (WDS) …

Mobile sensor networks for optimal leak and backflow detection and localization in municipal water networks

W Gong, MA Suresh, L Smith, A Ostfeld… - … modelling & software, 2016 - Elsevier
Leak and backflow detections are essential aspects of Water Distribution Systems (WDSs)
monitoring and are commonly fulfilled using approaches that are based on static sensor …

Wireless communication systems for underground pipe inspection

D Wu, K Youcef-Toumi, S Mekid… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
Wireless communication system for underground pipeline inspection. The system includes a
plurality of sensor nodes moved by robots within the pipeline and each sensor node …

Channel-aware relay node placement in wireless sensor networks for pipeline inspection

D Wu, D Chatzigeorgiou… - IEEE Transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) provide an effective approach for underground pipeline
inspection. Such WSNs comprise sensor nodes (SNs) and relay nodes (RNs) for information …

Localization techniques for in-pipe robots in water distribution systems

S Kazeminasab, M Aghashahi, R Wu… - 2020 8th international …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In water distribution systems, in-line robots are designed to continuously access pipelines
for water quality monitoring, leak detection, and visual inspection. However, these robots …

Acoustic feature-based leakage event detection in near real-time for large-scale water distribution networks

AWZ Chew, R Kalfarisi, X Meng, J Pok… - Journal of …, 2023 - iwaponline.com
Acoustic sensors are widely deployed to detect hidden leakages in water distribution
networks (WDNs). However, few studies have been conducted to quantitatively understand …