Hydropower Potential in Water Distribution Networks: Pressure Control by PATs

Water Resources Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 699-714

  Fecarotta, Oreste ^a   Aricò, Costanza ^b   Carravetta, Armando ^a   Martino, Riccardo ^a   Ramos, Helena M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energy recovery; PATs; Variable operating strategy (VOS); Water distribution networks

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY;

ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HYDRO-POWER INSTALLATION; OPERATING STRATEGY; PATS; PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES; SMALL HYDRO-POWER PLANTS; WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84925483804     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: 15731650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-014-0836-3     Document Type: Article

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