Presentation for the Suez World Technical Congress held in Paris 4/3/2014, showing how ASTOSAM managed to implement a sectorisation project in less time and with less cost by using dynamic microsectorisation, water pressure powered valves to close sectores and modulate pressure, as well as wireless flow meters designed by Aqualogy
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Overview and context
69.389 inhabitants (up to 250,000 during summer)
30.043 customers and 8.995 connections
201 km long water network
Maximum pressure 8 bar, average 4 bar
System input volume: 9,3 · 106 m3/year, 100%
groundwater
Non-Revenue Water: 2,9 · 106 m3/year
Network Efficiency: 69 %
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Torremolinos BU
requirements
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Torremolinos BU requirements
Making sure that:
• No water quality or pressure problems occur
• Normal distribution conditions are respected
• The existing infrastructure is taken advantage
of to install actuators
• CAPEX are minimized
• The implementation is quickly achieved,
without modeling the complexity of the loops
and meshes in the network
• Absolutely robust and reliable, with minimum
maintenance costs
Improve the efficiency by means of providing minimum night flows for each sector on a daily basis
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Torremolinos BU requirements
Making sure that:
• No water quality or pressure problems occur
• Normal distribution conditions are respected
• The existing infrastructure is taken advantage
of to install actuators
• CAPEX are minimized
• The implementation is quickly achieved,
without modeling the complexity of the loops
and meshes in the network
• Absolutely robust and reliable, with minimum
maintenance costs
Improve the efficiency by means of providing minimum night flows for each sector on a daily basis
Valves closing
Water
Input
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Torremolinos BU requirements
Making sure that:
• No water quality or pressure problems occur
• Normal distribution conditions are respected
• The existing infrastructure is taken advantage
of to install actuators
• CAPEX are minimized
• The implementation is quickly achieved,
without modeling the complexity of the loops
and meshes in the network
• Absolutely robust and reliable, with minimum
maintenance costs
Improve the efficiency by means of providing minimum night flows for each sector on a daily basis
Valve
Valve
Valve
Flow Meter
Valves closing
Water
Input
05:00 a.m.
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Torremolinos BU requirements
Making sure that:
• No water quality or pressure problems occur
• Normal distribution conditions are respected
• The existing infrastructure is taken advantage
of to install actuators
• CAPEX are minimized
• The implementation is quickly achieved,
without modeling the complexity of the loops
and meshes in the network
• Absolutely robust and reliable, with minimum
maintenance costs
Improve the efficiency by means of providing minimum night flows for each sector on a daily basis
Valve
Valve
Valve
Flow Meter
Valves closing
01:00 a.m.Water
Input
MNF data sent to NESS
Valves opening
05:00 a.m.
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Torremolinos BU requirements
Making sure that:
• No water quality or pressure problems occur
• Normal distribution conditions are respected
• The existing infrastructure is taken advantage
of to install actuators
• CAPEX are minimized
• The implementation is quickly achieved,
without modeling the complexity of the loops
and meshes in the network
• Absolutely robust and reliable, with minimum
maintenance costs
Improve the efficiency by means of providing minimum night flows for each sector on a daily basis
Valve
Valve
Valve
Flow Meter
Valves closing
01:00 a.m.Water
Input
MNF data sent to NESS
Valves opening
05:00 a.m.
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Stages
Actions performed on the Torremolinos Water Network:
• Network Assessment
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Stages
Actions performed on the Torremolinos Water Network:
• Pressure Regulation
• Network Assessment
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Stages
Actions performed on the Torremolinos Water Network:
• Pressure Regulation
• Microsectoring
• Network Assessment
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Stages
Actions performed on the Torremolinos Water Network:
• Pressure Regulation
• Microsectoring
• NESS (Network Efficiency Sectoring Software)
• Network Assessment
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Pressure regulation
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Pressure Regulation
• Previous pressure analysis
• Definition of new pressure areas
• Locate regulation actuators
• Design and build the actuators
• Civil works
3 existing manholes used (5 new)
2 existing butterfly valves used (6 new)
• Installation of actuators in 4 days
8 regulation actuators installed
Previous situation
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Pressure Regulation
• Previous pressure analysis
• Definition of new pressure areas
• Locate regulation actuators
• Design and build the actuators
• Civil works
3 existing manholes used (5 new)
2 existing butterfly valves used (6 new)
• Installation of actuators in 4 days
8 regulation actuators installed
Previous situation
2ud Ø150 4ud Ø200 2ud Ø500
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Pressure Regulation
• Previous pressure analysis
• Definition of new pressure areas
• Locate regulation actuators
• Design and build the actuators
• Civil works
3 existing manholes used (5 new)
2 existing butterfly valves used (6 new)
• Installation of actuators in 4 days
8 regulation actuators installed
Previous situationAfter Pressure Regulation
2ud Ø150 4ud Ø200 2ud Ø500
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Dynamic
Microsectoring
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Dynamic Microsectoring
8 km/microsector
in average
• Definition of 18 microsectors
11 dynamic
7 static
• Analysis of the frontier valves
• Define location of microsectors entrance
• Design of flowmeters
• Design and build open/close actuators
• Civil works
32 butterfly valves installed
6 existing manholes used (26 new)
• Installation flowmeters, iMETER and
actuators
32 open/close actuators installed
18 flowmeters and iMETER installed
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Dynamic Microsectoring
8 km/microsector
in average
• Definition of 18 microsectors
11 dynamic
7 static
• Analysis of the frontier valves
• Define location of microsectors entrance
• Design of flowmeters
• Design and build open/close actuators
• Civil works
32 butterfly valves installed
6 existing manholes used (26 new)
• Installation flowmeters, iMETER and
actuators
32 open/close actuators installed
18 flowmeters and iMETER installed
13 ud
Ø80 to
Ø125
15 ud
Ø150 to
Ø300
4 ud
Ø400 to
Ø600
flowmeter
Ø100
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Dynamic Microsectoring
8 km/microsector
in average
• Definition of 18 microsectors
11 dynamic
7 static
• Analysis of the frontier valves
• Define location of microsectors entrance
• Design of flowmeters
• Design and build open/close actuators
• Civil works
32 butterfly valves installed
6 existing manholes used (26 new)
• Installation flowmeters, iMETER and
actuators
32 open/close actuators installed
18 flowmeters and iMETER installed
13 ud
Ø80 to
Ø125
DAY TIME
NIGHT TIME
15 ud
Ø150 to
Ø300
4 ud
Ø400 to
Ø600
flowmeter
Ø100
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NESS outputs
Minimum Night Flows variation
Quick detection of fresh leaks
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NESS outputs
Minimum Night Flows Evolution
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Summary
• Turn-key projects developed by operators to be used by operators
• In one year expecting 10% of network efficiency improvement
• Implementation did not affect service conditions
• No reports of water quality or pressure problems
• Maximum leverage of the existing infrastructure
• Minimum civil work involved