Modeling and simulation of CEERI's water distribution network to detect leakage using HLR approach

This paper incorporates water distribution network (WDN) design of CSIR-CEERI, Pilani and then detecting the presence of leakage in it. For design purpose, EPANET computer software is used to execute elongated duration hydraulics and water quality simulation. The analysis results depict possibly generated pressure and flow values at respective nodes and pipes. For leak detection, emitter coefficient is introduced and then, designed network is loaded in MATLAB to apply Head Loss Ratio (HLR) algorithm, a ratio of two differences in nodal pressure values. The plot so generated reveals that pressure value reduces drastically, showing the existence of leakage in the network.