Domestic hot water consumption pattern: Relation with total water consumption and air temperature

I Meireles, V Sousa, B Bleys, B Poncelet - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
From a sustainable development perspective, reducing hot water consumption poses the
opportunity for increasing water and energy efficiency simultaneously. Comparing with the …

Towards development of an optimization model to identify contamination source in a water distribution network

OS Adedoja, Y Hamam, B Khalaf, R Sadiku - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Protection of the water system is paramount due to the negative consequences of
contaminated water on the public health. Water resources are one of the critical …

Smart meters data for modeling and forecasting water demand at the user-level

JE Pesantez, EZ Berglund, N Kaza - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2020 - Elsevier
Smart meters installed at the user-level provide a new data source for managing water
infrastructure. This research explores the use of machine learning methods, including …

Impact of fixture purging on water age and excess water usage, considering stochastic water demands

E Clements, C Irwin, A Taflanidis, K Bibby… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Higher water ages are linked with water quality decline as chlorine dissipates, temperatures
become more favorable for microbial growth, and metals and organic matter leach from the …

[HTML][HTML] Poisson rectangular pulse (PRP) model establishment based on uncertainty analysis of urban residential water consumption patterns

J Zhang, D Savic, Q Xu, K Liu, Z Qiang - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The commonly used Poisson rectangular pulse (PRP) model, employed for simulating high-
resolution residential water consumption patterns (RWCPs), relies on calibration via medium …

Stochastic approach for the analysis of demand induced transients in real water distribution systems

V Marsili, S Meniconi, S Alvisi, B Brunone… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
A stochastic approach for modeling and analysing the transients due to the users' water
consumptions in a real water distribution system is presented. The analysis is based on field …

Unsteady flow modeling of pressure real-time control in water distribution networks

E Creaco, A Campisano, M Franchini… - Journal of Water …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
This paper investigates the potential of unsteady flow modelling for the simulation of remote
real-time control (RTC) of pressure in water distribution networks. The developed model …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic simulation of the energy consumption and carbon emissions for domestic hot water production in a touristic region

V Sousa, I Meireles - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
At a buildings' level, domestic hot water consumption is amongst the most relevant examples
of the water-energy nexus. As such, understanding its drivers and forecasting domestic hot …

Reducing water age in residential premise plumbing systems

S Schück, S Díaz, K Lansey - Journal of Water Resources Planning …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Water quality degrades with time as water travels to users through pipes. Water age (as a
surrogate quality indicator) is not limited to distribution networks but carries through the …

A methodology for synthetic household water consumption data generation

DT Kofinas, A Spyropoulou, CS Laspidou - Environmental modelling & …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the smart cities context, real-time knowledge of residential water consumption has
become increasingly important, especially given the fast evolution of sensors, ICT and the …