Husband, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-2771-1166, Walkington-Mayo, N. and Boxall, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-4681-6895 (2024) Raw water main flow conditioning to manage material load and treatment capacity. In: Alvisi, S., Franchini, M., Marsili, V. and Mazzoni, F., (eds.) Engineering Proceedings. The 3rd International Joint Conference on Water Distribution Systems Analysis & Computing and Control for the Water Industry (WDSA/CCWI 2024), 01-04 Jul 2024, Ferrara, Italy. MDPI
Abstract
A water treatment works in the UK endured elevated inlet turbidity and iron concentrations following increased demands in the raw water supply main, reducing its capacity by blocking filters that required costly extra cleaning. Adding flow and turbidity monitoring allowed novel raw water main variable condition discolouration model (VCDM) simulations to track the accumulation and mobilisation behaviour, showing the full 18.7 km contributing material and risk returning in only 2 months, helping explain the multiple annual events. The utility is now applying operational efficient flow conditioning, developed here using the VCDM, to manage risks and capacity.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | discolouration; raw water; cohesive layers; flow conditioning; VCDM |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Nov 2024 14:29 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2024 14:49 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/engproc2024069193 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:219498 |