Linking the power and FAVAD equations for modelling the effect of pressure on leakage

Urban Water Management: Challenges and Oppurtunities - 11th International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry, CCWI 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages

  van Zyl, Jakobus ^a   Cassa, Amanda M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

FAVAD; Leakage; Leakage exponent; Mathematical models; Pressure

Indexed keywords

LEAKAGE (FLUID); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE;

CONVENTIONAL POWER; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; FAVAD; FUNCTION OF PRESSURE; LEAKAGE MODEL; SYSTEM PRESSURE; TWO EQUATION;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84906214086     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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