摘要
Improving water resource management is a critical issue and is becoming increasingly relevant due to the increase in population and ageing of infrastructures. In response to this, research and development activities on new solutions supporting a more rational management are currently performed in many technological areas. Present paper addresses the energy management problem from the modeling and control perspective, considering optimal pressure management and network sectorization. This is part of the solutions under development by the European Commission (EC) funded collaborative project ICeWater, which aims to develop a flexible architecture allowing different water decision support modules to work in an integrated manner. ICeWater focuses on using a service oriented approach to connect the different systems, enabling higher flexibility to the urban water utilities. Key areas of focus are improving energy efficiency of water networks highly dependent on energy, as well as reduction of water loss via innovative leak detection mechanisms. In this paper we present the initial architecture of the ICeWater system and rationale for its selection, focusing on energy management of the water distribution network, which enables significant reduction in the pressure and the associated pumping and leakage, and the control logic to practically implement the sectorisation of the water distribution network and achieve water loss and energy consumption reduction.