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Dynamic Centrality Measures for Water Distribution Network Hydraulics
MirSaleh Bahavarnia, Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha
Water distribution networks (WDNs) are susceptible to various failures, including but not limited to human errors, cyber-attacks, and network modifications, necessitating the vulne…
Climate Science and Control Engineering: Insights, Parallels, and Connections
Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha
Climate science is the multidisciplinary field that studies the Earth's climate and its evolution. At the very core of climate science are indispensable climate models that predict…
Observability and Generalized Sensor Placement for Nonlinear Quality Models in Drinking Water Networks
Mohamad H. Kazma, Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha
This paper studies the problem of optimal placement of water quality (WQ) sensors in water distribution networks (WDNs), with a focus on chlorine transport, decay, and reaction mod…
Control Node Placement and Structural Controllability of Water Quality Dynamics in Drinking Networks
Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha
Chlorine, the most widely used disinfectant, needs to be adequately distributed in water distribution networks (WDNs) to maintain consistent residual levels and ensure safe water.…
Disinfectant Control in Drinking Water Networks: Integrating Advection-Dispersion-Reaction Models and Byproduct Constraints
Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha, Ahmed A. Abokifa
Effective disinfection is essential for maintaining water quality standards in distribution networks. Chlorination, as the most used technique, ensures safe water by maintaining su…
Modeling and Design Optimization of Looped Water Distribution Networks using MS Excel: Developing the Open-Source X-WHAT Model
Marcus Nóbrega Gomes, Igor Matheus Benites, Salma M. Elsherif +2
Cost-effective water distribution network (WDN) design with acceptable pressure performance is crucial for the management of drinking water in cities. This paper presents a Microso…
Quality-Aware Hydraulic Control in Drinking Water Networks via Controllability Proxies
Salma M. Elsherif, Mohamad H. Kazma, Ahmad F. Taha
The operation of water distribution networks simply aims at efficiently delivering consumers adequate water while maintaining safe water quality (WQ). However, this process entails…
Comprehensive Framework for Controlling Nonlinear Multi-Species Water Quality Dynamics
Salma M. Elsherif, Ahmad F. Taha, Ahmed A. Abokifa +1
Tracing disinfectant (e.g., chlorine) and contaminants evolution in water networks requires the solution of 1- D advection-reaction (AR) partial differential equations (PDEs). With…
Control-Theoretic Modeling of Multi-Species Water Quality Dynamics in Drinking Water Networks: Survey, Methods, and Test Cases
Salma M. Elsherif, Shen Wang, Ahmad F. Taha +3
Chlorine is a widely used disinfectant and proxy for water quality (WQ) monitoring in water distribution networks (WDN). Chlorine-based WQ regulation and control aims to maintain p…