Effects of Measurement Uncertainties on Adaptive Source Characterization in Water Distribution Networks

Li Liu, E. Downey Brill, G. Mahinthakumar,James Uber, Emily M. Zechman, S. Ranjithan

North Carolina State University

Contaminant Source Determination Rapid identification of …

Contamination source location Starting time Mass loadings at different time

When to stop the search and make final decision Necessary information for threat management in water distribution systems

Challenges of Source Identification

Inverse Problem Ill-posed/Non-uniqueness

Under dynamic environments Dynamic system Dynamically updated observations

Under noisy environments Measurement error Uncertain demands Model error

Simulation-Optimization Method

Hydraulic Simulation

Water Quality Simulation

EA-based Optimizer

Observed Data

Csim

Source characteristics t

Co

b

s

Adaptive Dynamic Optimization Technique (ADOPT) An EA-based search Solves as information becomes

available over time Multiple solutions to assess non-uniqueness

Objective Investigate the effects of sensor

errors on source characteristics obtained

using ADOPT

Assumptions Deterministic demand values Conservative contaminant Contamination occurs at any one location in the network Only sensor errors are considered

Scenarios with Sensor Error Scenario 1: Sensor with continuous malfunction Scenario 2: Sensor with intermittent malfunction Scenario 3: Sensor activates after a lag time of first detection Scenario 4: Sensor with systematic reading error

Contamination Case A

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Time Step (10 min) .

Mass L

oadin

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Mass Loading Profile

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Contamination Case A…

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Time Step (10 mins)

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Results for Case A with Perfect Data

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True source

Best solution

Best solution

Prediction Error = 0.026 mg/L

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rved C

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Time Step (10 mins)

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Case A : scenario 1Node 115

True concentration Observed concentration

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Case A : scenario 1Node 115

True concentration

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Observed concentration

Best solution

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Time Step (10 mins)

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Case A: scenario 2, 3 & 4

Best solution

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True concentration Observed concentration

Scenario 2

Scenario 3 Scenario 4

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Contamination Case B

True Source Mass Loading Profile

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Case B …

Time Step (10 mins)

Obse

rved C

onc.

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g/L

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Time Step (10 mins)

Time Step (10 mins)

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rved C

onc.

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g/L

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Mass Loading Profile

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oadin

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True Source

Solution 1

Solution 2

Solution 3

Solution 4

Results for Case B with Perfect Data

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True Solution

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Results for Case B with Perfect Data

Case B: scenario 1

Time Step (10 mins)

Obse

rved C

onc.

(m

g/L

)

Time Step (10 mins)

Time Step (10 mins)

Obse

rved C

onc.

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g/L

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1 9 17 25 33 41

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1 9 17 25 33 41

Case B: scenario 2

Time Step (10 mins)

Obse

rved C

onc.

(m

g/L

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Time Step (10 mins)

Time Step (10 mins)

Obse

rved C

onc.

(m

g/L

)

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1 9 17 25 33 41

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Case B: scenario 3 & 4Scenario 3 Scenario 4

Summary for results

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Summary for results…

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Final Remarks Source characteristics identified by ADOPT are influenced by the type of sensor errors. Investigate effects of demand uncertainty. Update ADOPT to be robust under combined noisy conditions.

Acknowledgements This work is supported by National Science

Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. CMS-0540316 under the DDDAS program.