Energy Production in Water Distribution Networks: A PAT Design Strategy

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3947-3959

  Carravetta, Armando ^a   Del Giudice, Giuseppe ^a   Fecarotta, Oreste ^a   Ramos, Helena M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Leak reduction; Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV); Pump as Turbine (PAT); Water Distribution Networks (WDNs)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN PROCEDURE; DESIGN STRATEGIES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; EQUIPMENT COSTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HEAD DROP; HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS; PERFORMANCE CURVE; PLANT EFFICIENCY; POOR INFORMATION; PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE; PUMP AS TURBINE; PUMP SELECTION; SMALL HYDRO-POWER PLANTS; VARIABLE OPERATING CONDITION; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; PUMPS; TURBINES;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LEAKAGE; TURBINE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84866072965     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0114-1     Document Type: Article

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