Impacts of large-demand customer on water distribution system |
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학술지명 IWA
저자 최두용,김도환,배철호,김주환
발표일 2014-07-17
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Reasonable level of water supply service can be defined in many ways, but it generally include provisions for adequate pressure, safe water quality, and reliability of supply. An unpredicted customer consumption induced by large-demand customers can be an obstacle to meet the adequacy of flow to the other customers. Unlike other individual customers, these customers, known as high-density dwellings and buildings have their own elevated and/or tanks and reservoirs to consistently supply water to residents. While filling up the tanks and reservoirs from distribution mains, they tend to take large amount of water within a short time. In water utilities’ practical applications, this high demand in one place induces low pressures and sometimes service interruptions into adjacent area. Moreover, the resulting high velocity causes disturbance of the material deposited in the distribution main. In this study, real-time flow data in combination with pressure and turbidity was observed in NS City of Korea. The experimental results showed that the intensive water use of large-demand customer influences on pressure drop by the magnitude of 0.5 kg/cm2 and on instantaneous values of turbidity reaching 15 times of average turbidity. |