Green Smart Technology for Water (GST4Water): Water Loss Identification at User Level by Using Smart Metering Systems

Water

Francesco Casellato¹  Marco Franchini¹  Stefano Alvisi¹  Chiara Luciani¹ 

[1] Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Ferrara 44122, Italy;

关键词: smart metering;    water consumption;    leakage;   

DOI  :  10.3390/w11030405

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

A real-time household water consumption monitoring and processing system aimed at leakage identification at user level is presented here. The system, developed within the GST4Water project, allows consumption data sent by a generic smart meter installed in a user’s house to be received and transferred to a cloud platform. Here, the consumption data are stored and processed through an empirical algorithm able to automatically identify leakage at the individual user level by looking for non-consumption in certain periods of the day. With reference to a real-life case study, the results obtained show that the algorithm enables leakages on users’ properties to be identified with an accuracy of more than 90%. Therefore, the implementation of this algorithm within a highly innovative smart metering system can represent an efficient tool for reducing water losses at user level.

【 授权许可】

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