This paper presents a new model for so-called water hammer equations based on a collocation method. This model is shown to fairly represent possible leak effects in a pipeline and thus to be useful in the purpose of leak detection. This is illustrated in simulation by an example of observer-based leak detector relying on this model.
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Decision and Control, 2008. CDC 2008. 47th IEEE Conference on
Date of Conference: 9-11 Dec. 2008