TY - GEN
T1 - EPANET-C—An Umbrella Simulation Tool for Water Distribution System Quality Analysis
AU - Abhijith, Gopinathan R.
AU - Ostfeld, Avi
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © ASCE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Water distribution systems' (WDS) quality analysis is a complex exercise due to the many constraints and decision variables, the nonlinearity, the non-smoothness of the head-flow-water quality governing equations, and the inter-complexity of WDS behavior. Classically, the WDS quality models operate the time-series output of the hydraulic models, typically EPANET, as its time-series input. Apart from hydraulic input, the other inputs include contamination characteristics (location, type, and duration) and the equilibrium/kinetic relationships defining the reactions within the WDS domain. EPANET-MSX has now become a familiar tool for WDS quality modeling owing to its collaboration with EPANET. The challenging tasks in applying EPANET-MSX are conceptualizing the exchanges between WDS components and water quality parameters and evolving scientific descriptions of the water chemistry stoichiometric interactions. Besides, the EPANET-MSX application necessitates programming skills for successful implementation from a software engineering viewpoint due to its uneasy user interface. We aim to overcome these challenges of applying EPANET - EPANET-MSX for WDS quality modeling by developing EPANET-C, an umbrella simulation platform for simulating numerous accidental/intentional WDS contamination events. It employs a simple command-line interface and avoids the programming requirements almost entirely. EPANET-C synergizes EPANET and EPANET-MSX by employing the in-built and customizable directories of conceptual and mathematical models abstracting the physical, chemical, and biological reactions and designing the equilibrium/kinetic relationships corresponding to several possible WDS contamination scenarios. Due to its flexibility, EPANET-C can become a de facto standard tool in WDS quality modeling study for both the industry and academia.
AB - Water distribution systems' (WDS) quality analysis is a complex exercise due to the many constraints and decision variables, the nonlinearity, the non-smoothness of the head-flow-water quality governing equations, and the inter-complexity of WDS behavior. Classically, the WDS quality models operate the time-series output of the hydraulic models, typically EPANET, as its time-series input. Apart from hydraulic input, the other inputs include contamination characteristics (location, type, and duration) and the equilibrium/kinetic relationships defining the reactions within the WDS domain. EPANET-MSX has now become a familiar tool for WDS quality modeling owing to its collaboration with EPANET. The challenging tasks in applying EPANET-MSX are conceptualizing the exchanges between WDS components and water quality parameters and evolving scientific descriptions of the water chemistry stoichiometric interactions. Besides, the EPANET-MSX application necessitates programming skills for successful implementation from a software engineering viewpoint due to its uneasy user interface. We aim to overcome these challenges of applying EPANET - EPANET-MSX for WDS quality modeling by developing EPANET-C, an umbrella simulation platform for simulating numerous accidental/intentional WDS contamination events. It employs a simple command-line interface and avoids the programming requirements almost entirely. EPANET-C synergizes EPANET and EPANET-MSX by employing the in-built and customizable directories of conceptual and mathematical models abstracting the physical, chemical, and biological reactions and designing the equilibrium/kinetic relationships corresponding to several possible WDS contamination scenarios. Due to its flexibility, EPANET-C can become a de facto standard tool in WDS quality modeling study for both the industry and academia.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484258.092
DO - https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484258.092
M3 - منشور من مؤتمر
T3 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty - Selected Papers from the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022
SP - 981
EP - 999
BT - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022
A2 - Pierson, John
A2 - Grubert, Emily
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2022: Adaptive Planning and Design in an Age of Risk and Uncertainty
Y2 - 5 June 2022 through 8 June 2022
ER -