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Experimental Investigation for Local Tank Inflow Model

M. De MarchisChiara Maria FontanazzaGabriele FreniValeria PuleoBarbara Milici

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Laboratory testEngineeringFloat (project management)business.industryLaboratory testsGeneral MedicineInflowfloat valvePolyethylenelocal tank modelling.Civil engineeringchemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryBall valvelocal tank modellingMetreHigh-density polyethylenebusinessRoofEngineering(all)Common emitterMarine engineering

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In the present paper the effect of private roof tanks and of the float valve characteristics on apparent losses due to water meter errors was investigated via an experimental study. The tests were carried out at the Environmental Hydraulic Laboratory of the University of Enna (Italy), on a high-density polyethylene (HDPE 100 PN16) looped distribution network. The experimental results showed that network pressure plays an important role in the characterisation of the floating ball valve emitter law, but the tank operating condition is the most relevant aspect to be considered mainly for water meter error evaluation. (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01Procedia Engineering
10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.491http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.491