Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems

Effective disinfection planning and management in large, complex water distribution systems requires an accurate network water quality model. This model should be based on reaction kinetics, which describes disinfectant loss from bulk water over time, within experimental error. Models in the literat...

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Main Authors: Fisher, I., Kastl, G., Sathasivan, Arumugam, Jegatheesan, V.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14807
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author Fisher, I.
Kastl, G.
Sathasivan, Arumugam
Jegatheesan, V.
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Sathasivan, Arumugam
Jegatheesan, V.
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description Effective disinfection planning and management in large, complex water distribution systems requires an accurate network water quality model. This model should be based on reaction kinetics, which describes disinfectant loss from bulk water over time, within experimental error. Models in the literature were reviewed for their ability to meet this requirement in real networks. Essential features were identified as accuracy, simplicity, computational efficiency, and ability to describe consistently the effects of initial chlorine dose, temperature variation, and successive rechlorinations. A reaction scheme of two organic constituents reacting with free chlorine was found to be necessary and sufficient to provide the required features. Recent release of the multispecies extension (MSX) to EPANET and MWH Soft's H2OMap Water MSX network software enables users to implement this and other multiple-reactant bulk decay models in real system simulations
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-148072017-09-13T16:05:05Z Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems Fisher, I. Kastl, G. Sathasivan, Arumugam Jegatheesan, V. distribution system kinetic model chlorine decay network bulk water Effective disinfection planning and management in large, complex water distribution systems requires an accurate network water quality model. This model should be based on reaction kinetics, which describes disinfectant loss from bulk water over time, within experimental error. Models in the literature were reviewed for their ability to meet this requirement in real networks. Essential features were identified as accuracy, simplicity, computational efficiency, and ability to describe consistently the effects of initial chlorine dose, temperature variation, and successive rechlorinations. A reaction scheme of two organic constituents reacting with free chlorine was found to be necessary and sufficient to provide the required features. Recent release of the multispecies extension (MSX) to EPANET and MWH Soft's H2OMap Water MSX network software enables users to implement this and other multiple-reactant bulk decay models in real system simulations 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14807 10.1080/10643389.2010.495639 Taylor & Francis Group restricted
spellingShingle distribution system
kinetic model
chlorine decay
network
bulk water
Fisher, I.
Kastl, G.
Sathasivan, Arumugam
Jegatheesan, V.
Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems
title Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems
title_full Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems
title_fullStr Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems
title_full_unstemmed Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems
title_short Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems
title_sort suitability of chlorine bulk decay models for planning and management of water distribution systems
topic distribution system
kinetic model
chlorine decay
network
bulk water
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14807