Open and closed loop pressure control for leakage reduction

Urban Water

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 105-114

  Ulanicki, B ^a   Bounds, P L M ^a   Rance, J P ^a   Reynolds, L ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feedback control; Leakage reduction; Optimisation; Predictive control; Pressure control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039770166     PISSN: 14620758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1462-0758(00)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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