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Spatial diversity of chlorine residual in a drinking water distribution system: application of an integrated fuzzy logic technique
Donatella TerminiGaspare Vivianisubject
Atmospheric Sciencecalibration clustering fuzzy logic networks reactions water qualityEnvironmental engineeringSampling (statistics)chemistry.chemical_elementGeotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyAntenna diversityFuzzy logicSettore ICAR/01 - IdraulicaReduction (complexity)chemistryChlorineCalibrationEnvironmental scienceWater qualityCluster analysisBiological systemCivil and Structural EngineeringWater Science and Technologydescription
A reduction in the concentration of chlorine, which is used as a chemical disinfectant for water in drinking water distribution systems, can be considered to be an index of the progressive deterioration of water quality. In this work, attention is given to the spatial distribution of the residual chlorine in drinking water distribution systems. The criterion for grouping the water-quality parameters normally used is highly subjective and often based on data that are not correctly identified. In this paper, a cluster analysis based on fuzzy logic is applied. The advantage of the proposed procedure is that it allows a user to identify (in an automatic way and without any specific assumption) the zonation of the network and easily calibrate the unknown parameters. An analysis of the correlation between the sampling sites for the residual chlorine has been used to assess the applicability of the procedure.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-06 | Journal of Hydroinformatics |