State Estimation in Water Distribution Networks through a New Successive Linear Approximation

2019/09/07 by Wang, Shen, Taha, Ahmad F., Sela, Lina +2
#FOS: Electrical engineering #FOS: Mathematics #Optimization and Control (math.OC) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1909.03182

Abstract

State estimation (SE) of water distribution networks (WDNs) is difficult to solve due to nonlinearity/nonconvexity of water flow models, uncertainties from parameters and demands, lack of redundancy of measurements, and inaccurate flow and pressure measurements. This paper proposes a new, scalable successive linear approximation to solve the SE problem in WDNs. The approach amounts to solving either a sequence of linear or quadratic programs---depending on the operators' objectives. The proposed successive linear approximation offers a seamless way of dealing with valve/pump model nonconvexities, is different than a first order Taylor series linearization, and can incorporate with robust uncertainty modeling. Two simple testcases are adopted to illustrate the effectiveness of proposed approach using head measurements at select nodes.

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