Improving incomplete mixing modeling for junctions of water distribution networks.

Yousefian, Reza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0442-8816 et Duchesne, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5619-0849 (2024). Improving incomplete mixing modeling for junctions of water distribution networks. Journal of Hydroinformatics , vol. 26 , nº 2. pp. 351-367. DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2024.041.

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Most of the existing water quality models for water distribution networks assume complete mixing at junctions. Albeit few models offer the possibility to consider incomplete mixing (IM) at junctions, most of them were developed under laboratory conditions and for equal pipe size junctions. In real-world distribution networks, however, cross junctions of 150 × 100 × 150 × 100 mm or 100 × 150 × 150 × 150 mm are common, yet no model has been developed for these configurations. This paper presents a new equation to compute concentrations in cross junction outlets while considering IM for six cross junction configurations, including unequal pipe sizes and 150 mm pipes. For each cross junction configuration, mixing was studied under 25 flow scenarios in the laboratory and 40 simulated flow scenarios using OpenFOAM software. Two new flow rate ratios were selected as independent variables to compute different outlet concentrations. For two specific cross junctions with equal pipe sizes, the root-mean-squared error between the observed and simulated concentrations of the newly developed model was 0.02, while it was 0.05 and 0.07, respectively, for the AZRED IM model and the Shao et al. IM model.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	computational fluid dynamics; incomplete mixing; OpenFOAM; twoLiquidMixingFoam; water distribution networks; water quality models
Centre:	Centre Eau Terre Environnement
Date de dépôt:	01 août 2024 15:49
Dernière modification:	01 août 2024 15:49
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/15578

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