Husband, S., Boxall, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-6895 and Sunny, I. (2023) Simulating long term discolouration behaviour in large diameter trunk mains. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 9 (3). pp. 756-771. ISSN 2053-1400
Abstract
Simulating the long term discolouration behaviour of large diameter trunk mains can aid water utilities to understand and pro-actively manage these critical assets and mitigate a key source of customer dissatisfaction. Validation of such modelling capability is presented for the Variable Condition Discolouration Model (VCDM). This is based on over a year’s field data from three similar physical and hydraulically operated trunk mains supplied from the same source that undergo different planned hydraulic maintenance regimes. In single long-term simulations, measured turbidity responses are reproduced with a general accuracy of ±0.25 NTU with comparable model parameters empirically calibrated for the range of managed and unplanned hydraulic events. Validation of long-term capability supports the concepts of continuous material mobilisation and accumulation processes and that accumulation can be modelled as occurring simultaneously for all wall-bound material shear strengths, critical for quantifying how discolouration potential changes. Benefits from understanding and having the tools to track this behaviour include informing operational risk assessment, evidencing hydraulic management strategies, resilience and scenario planning and optimising network maintenance.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2023 |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Civil and Structural Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED None Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/S023666/1 SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED None Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/N010124/1 ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL EP/N010124/1 SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED nan ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL EP/I029346/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2023 09:52 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2024 14:17 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1039/d2ew00855f |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:196005 |