Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-01-09T11:36:05Z No. of bitstreams: 1 brauliocesardeoliveira.pdf: 2150243 bytes, checksum: 62faa254539b7873aa1393d8cd8f1bf2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Diamantino Mayra (mayra.diamantino@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-01-31T11:23:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 brauliocesardeoliveira.pdf: 2150243 bytes, checksum: 62faa254539b7873aa1393d8cd8f1bf2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-01-31T11:23:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 brauliocesardeoliveira.pdf: 2150243 bytes, checksum: 62faa254539b7873aa1393d8cd8f1bf2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-08 / O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma metodologia para estimação de estados em sistemas de distribuição de energia elétrica. São utilizadas como variáveis de estado as correntes nos ramos. As medições são obtidas por meio de medições fasoriais sincronizadas(PhasorMeasurementUnits-PMUs),sendoqueostiposdemedidasadvindos desses equipamentos são as tensões nodais e as correntes nos ramos. A abordagem é trifásica, portanto representa as características próprias de um sistema de distribuição. A metodologia consiste em resolver um problema de otimização não linear cuja função objetivo associa o erro quadrático das medidas em relação aos estados estimados sujeito às restrições de carga das barras da rede que não possuem PMUs instaladas baseadas em estimativas de cargas obtidas para o instante “t-1”, partindo-se da premissa que em curtos intervalos de tempo a carga não sofre grandes variações, sendo esta em conjunto com a abordagem trifásica as principais contribuições deste trabalho. Outra contribuição do trabalho é a descentralização, com esta técnica pode-se dividir uma determinada rede em vários subsistemas que podem ser resolvidos de forma separada e independente. Isso torna o processo mais rápido do ponto de vista computacional além de permitir o uso do processamento paralelo, visto que já existe um paralelismo natural entre as tarefas que devem ser resolvidas. Outra vantagem da divisão em subsistemas reside no fato do monitoramento de áreas de interesse. Para utilizar a descentralização foi proposta uma alternativa de alocação de PMUs que consiste em posicionar duas unidades em cada ramificação do sistema, uma no começo e outra no final do trecho, procurando utilizar o menor número possível e que não comprometa a qualidade dos estados estimados. A resolução do problema de otimização é realizada através da implementação computacional do Método de Pontos Interiores com Barreira de Segurança (Safety Barrier Interior Point Method - SFTB - IPM) proposto na literatura especializada. As medidas das PMUs foram obtidas através de um Fluxo de Potência Trifásico via Injeção de Correntes (FPTIC). Foram realizadas diversas simulações variando-se o percentual da carga e os resultados obtidos foram comparados com outra metodologia existente na literatura e com os valores verdadeiros que foram obtidos através do FPTIC para as barras não monitoradas. Foram tambémcomparadosotempocomputacionalentreaexecuçãoserialeaexecuçãoutilizando o processamento paralelo. Os testes mostraram bons resultados o que torna a metodologia proposta aplicável na supervisão de sistemas de distribuição. / This work aims to present a methodology for static state estimation in electric power distribution systems. Branch currents are used as state variables. Measurements are obtained by means of Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), in which voltage and current branches measurements are used. The approach is three-phase, thus represents the distribution system characteristics. The methodology consists of solving a nonlinear optimization problem minimizing a quadratic objective function associated with the estimated measurements and states subject to load constraints for the non monitored loads based on estimated load obtained from the ‘t-1’ instant, starting from the assumption that in short time intervals the load does not have large variations, which together with the the three-phase approach are the main contributions of this work. Another contribution of this work is the descentralided approach, with this assumption the network can be divided into several subnetworks that can be solved separately and independently. This speeds up the process of being solved from a computational point of view and allows the use of parallel processing, since there is already a natural parallelism among tasks to be solved. Another advantage of the division into subsystems is the fact that the monitoring areas of interest. With the aim of allowing the decentralization was proposed PMUs allocation strategy that consists of allocating two units for each lateral feeder, one at the beginning and one at the end, trying to use as little PMUs as possible in such a way that the quality of the estimated states are not compromised. The resolution of the optimization problem is done through a computer implementation of Interior Point Method with Security Barrier (SFTB - IPM) proposed in the literature. The PMUs measurements were emulated using a Three-PhasePowerFlowusingtheCurrentInjectionmethod(FPTIC).Severalsimulations were performed varying the load percentage and the results obtained were compared with other existing methodology in literature and also the true values that were obtained from the FPTIC to non monitored loads. The computational time using serial and parallel processing were also compared. Results show good results which makes the proposed methodology applicable in monitoring distribution systems.

In most of the urban cities of developing countries piped water supply is intermittent and they receive water on alternate days for about few hours. The Unaccounted For Water (UFW) in these cities is very high due to aged infrastructure, poor management and operation of the system. In the cities of developing countries, supplied water is not able to meet the demand and there is huge gap between supply and demand of water. To meet the water demand people are depending on other sources of water like groundwater, rain water harvesting, waste water treatment, desalination etc. Huge quantity of groundwater is extracted without any account for the quantity of water used. The main challenge for water authorities is to meet the consumer demands at varying loading conditions. However, the present execution of decisions in the operational management of WDS is through manual control. The manual control of valve throttling and control of pump speed, reduces the efficiency and operation of WDS. In such cases, system modeling coupled with automated control can play a significant role in the appropriate execution and operation of the system. In the past few decades, there has been a major development in the field of modeling and analysing water distribution systems. Most of the people in Indian mega cities are facing water problems as they are not able to receive safe reliable drinking water. In rapidly growing cities, the water resources management has been a major concern for the Government. There is always a need to optimize the available water resources when the rate of demand constantly beats the rate of replenishments. Mathematical modeling of WDS has become an indispensible tool since the ages to model any type of WDS. Development of mathematical models of WDS is necessary to analyse the system behavior for a wide range of operating conditions. Using models, problems can be anticipated in proposed or existing systems, and solutions can be evaluated before time, money, and materials are invested in a real-world project. In the present study, we have developed a model of WDS of a typical city like Bangalore, India and analysed them for several scenarios and operating conditions. Bangalore WDS is modeled using EPANET. Before a network model is used for analysis purpose, it must be ensured that the model is predicting the behavior of the system with reasonable accuracy. The process of matching the parameters of the developed model and the field observed data is known as calibration. All WDS require calibration for effective modeling and simulation of the system. Demand and roughness are the most uncertain parameters and they are adjusted repeatedly to get the required head at nodes and flow in the pipes. The calibration parameters usually include pipe roughness, valve settings, pipe diameter and demand. Pipe roughness, valve settings and pipe diameter are associated with the flow conditions and the demands relate to the boundary conditions. For Bangalore WDS, the values of roughness coefficient and demand are available; and the values of valve settings are not available. Hence, this value is estimated during calibration process. Dynamic Inversion (DI) nonlinear controller with Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) features (DI-PID) is used for calibrating WDS for valve settings on the basis of observed flow and roughness coefficient. From the obtained results it is observed that, controllers are capable of achieving the target flow to all the GLRs with acceptable difference between the flow meter readings and the simulated flow. After calibrating any real WDS to the field observed data, it will be useful for water authorities if the consumer demands are met up to certain extent. This can be achieved by using the concept of equitable distribution of water to different consumers. In the urban cities of developing countries, often large quantities of water are supplied to only a few consumers, leading to inequitable water supply. It is a well known fact that quantity of water supplied from the source is not distributed equitably among the consumers. Aged pipelines pump failures, improper management of water resources are some of the main reasons for it. Equitable water to different consumers can be provided by operating the system in an efficient manner. Most of the urban cities receive water from the source to intermediate reservoirs and from these reservoirs water is supplied to consumers. Therefore, to achieve equitable water supply, these two supply levels have to be controlled using different concepts/ techniques. The water requirement of each of the reservoirs has to be calculated, which may depend on the number of consumers and consumer category. Each reservoir should receive its share of water to satisfy its consumer demand and also there must be provision to accommodate shortages, if any. The calibrated model of Bangalore WDS is used to achieve equitable water supply quantity to different zones of Bangalore city. The city has large undulating terrain among different zones which leads to unequal distribution of water. Dynamic Inversion (DI) nonlinear controller with Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) features (DI-PID) is used for valve throttling to achieve the target flows to different zones/reservoirs of the city at different levels. Equitable water distribution to different reservoirs, when a part of the source fails to supply water is also discussed in this thesis. From the obtained results it is observed that, controllers were responding in all the cases in different levels of targets for such a huge network. When there is change in supply pattern to achieve the equitable supply of water to different zones, the hydraulics of the WDS will change. Therefore, it is necessary to understand whether the system is able to handle these changes. The concept of reliability can be used to analyse the performance of WDS for wide range of operating conditions. Reliability analysis of a WDS for both normal and likely to occur situations will give a better quality of service to its consumers. Calculating both hydraulic and mechanical reliability is important as the chances of occurrence of both the failure scenarios are equal in a WDS. In the present study, a methodology is presented to model the nodal, system and total reliability for water supply networks by considering the hydraulic and mechanical failure scenarios. These two reliability measures together give the total reliability of the system. Analysing a real and complex WDS for the probable chances of occurrence of the failure scenarios; and then to anlyse the total reliability of the system is not reported in the literature and this analysis is carried out in the present study for Bangalore city WDS. The hydraulics of the system for all the operating conditions is analysed using EPANET. Hydraulic reliability is calculated by varying the uncertain independent parameters (demand, roughness and source water) and mechanical reliability is calculated by assuming system component failures. The system is analysed for both the reliability scenarios by considering different chances of failure that may occur in a real WDS; and hence the total reliability is calculated by making different combinations of hydraulic and mechanical failure scenarios. Sensitivity analysis for all the zones is also carried out to understand the behavior of different demand points for large fluctuation in hydraulics of the system. From the study, it is observed that, Hydraulic reliability decreases as the demand variation increases. But, as the roughness variation increases, there is no much change in the nodal or system reliability. Consumer demand or reliability of the WDS can be increased by saving the water lost in the system. This can be achieved by tracking the water parcel from the source till the consumer end, which will give an idea about the performance of different stages and zones in achieving the target flows. Huge quantity of water is lost in WDS and hence it is necessary to account for the water lost at different levels, hence the system can be managed in a better way. In most of the intermittent water supply systems demand is controlled by supply side; there is also a need to understand the demand variation at the consumer end which in turn affects the supply. Matching this varied supply-demand gap at various levels is challenging task. To get a better control of such problem, water balance (WB) equations need to be derived at various levels. When we derive these WB equations it should be emphasized that UFW is one of the major component of this equation. Given this back ground of the complex problem, for a typical city like Bangalore, an attempt is made to derive WB equations at various levels. In the present study, stage-wise and zone-wise WB is analysed for different months based on the flow meter readings. The conceptual model developed is calibrated, validated and also the performance of the model is analysed by giving a chance of error in the flow measurement. Based on all the above observations, stage-wise and zone-wise water supply weights are also calculated. From the study it is found that, there is no much loss of water in all the four stages of supply. Water loss is minimal of about 3 % till water reaches from source to GLRs. Water is transferred between the stages during some days of the month, may be due to shortage of water or due to unexpected demand. Huge quantity of water is lost in the distribution main which is of about 40 to 45% for all the moths which is analysed. This type of model will be extremely useful for water supply managers to manage their resources more efficiently and this study is discussed in detail as a part of this thesis. As mentioned above, huge quantity of groundwater is used in urban cities and the quantity of water extracted is not accounted. In the present study, zone wise and sub zone-wise piped water and ground water used in different parts of the cities is analysed with the help of available data. From the study it is observed that, the quantity of piped water supply and UFW is consistent for the time period analysed and the quantity of water withdrawn from the borewells are varying considerably depending on the yield of the borewlls in different zones. The main components of urban water supply are piped water, ground water, rainfall and runoff generated, UFW, waste water produced and other water quantities which may be minute. In future, to manage the water resources properly, integrated water management is necessary in city scale which will give an idea about the total water produced and the water utilized at the consumer end. Therefore, integrated water management concept is carried out in Hebbal region, (a small part of Bangalore) using the available data. From the analysis we noticed that, domestic water supplied to North sub zones are better when comparing to East sub zones. This type of total water balance can be studied in other parts of Bangalore, to understand the behavior of different water components and to make better decisions. The developed model, analysis and operating conditions of this study can be applied to other similar cities like Bangalore. This type of study may be useful to water authorities for better control of the resources, or in making better decisions and these types of models will act as decision support systems.

MENVM / Department of Geography and Geo-Information Science / See the attached abstract below