Systems and methods for subnetwork hydraulic modeling
US10663933B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2017 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/06
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for managing a distribution network, the system including a network hydraulic model and an automated meter infrastructure (AMI) providing AMI data from consumption meters. The system includes subnetworks within the distribution network, nodes interconnecting the subnetworks, and boundary devices connected to the nodes. Each boundary device includes a flow meter and a pressure sensor that sense a flow and a pressure of the distribution network at the nodes at a given time step. A subnetwork hydraulic model is generated for each subnetwork from the network hydraulic model. A processing module determines a first comparison for the given time interval between the AMI data from the consumption meters within a given subnetwork, the flow and the pressure at the nodes bordering the given subnetwork, and the subnetwork hydraulic model for the given subnetwork. The distribution network is managed based at least in part on the first comparison.
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