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Digital twins in the water sectorLive from behind the walls, AU, April 28th 2021
Agnethe N. Pedersen
VCS Denmark
• Owned by the City Council of Odense & the Local Council of Northern Funen
• Since 1853
• 200 employees
• Drinking water & wastewater
Owned by the Municipality of Odense and Northern FunenSince 1853200 employeesService areas: Drinking water & wastewater
Odense
3th largest city in DenmarkApp. 200,000 inhabitantsBirthplace of H.C. Andersen
Nordfyn
3 bigger citiesApp. 29,000 inhabitantsMainly suburban areas
115 km2 catchment area2,600 km of sewers160 storm water overflows320 pumping stations, main sewers19 tons sludge production8 treatment plants 31 mill. m3 treated per year584,700 PE treatment plant capacity
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Water sector
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Waterwork and distribution Urban drainage system Water Resource Recovery Facility
Urban drainage system
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Rainfall
Wastewater
Infiltration
Infiltration to pipes
Terrestrial groundwater
Overflow
Separate system
Combined system
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Complex system
Stochastic input
Exchange of water with
environment
Changing behaviour of
system
Service level:Only flooding on terrain
every 5-10 years
Rarely observation!
Who am I?
• MSc in Env. Eng. From DTU in 2009
• Consultant, Rambøll (2007-2013)
• Hydraulic modelling expert, VandCenter Syd (2013-2019)
• Industrial PhD student (2019-2022):“The digital twin of urban drainage systems –dynamic models and measurements for error diagnosis”
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The need
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Definition
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(Autiosalo et al., 2020)
(Pedersen et al., 2021)
There is still a need for a common consensus, what makes a digital twin –
and which features it consist of.
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Different simulation models in the urban drainage system
Control
Operation
Plan
Design
Lo-Fi
Hi-Fi
Living Prototyping
Attributes and observations
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(Pedersen et al., 2021)
Multi-purpose digital twin
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(Pedersen et al., 2021)
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Bringing the Digital twin alive
• Lots of work to do• Trust in the models behind
• Predictive maintenance – tools – visualization
• Reactive simple planning tools – what-if analyses
• Assisted supervision
• Dealing with alarms – how to prioritize?
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• Supported by a digital ecosystem
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Open review paper with dataBellinge Area• 2.7 km2 catchment area
• Up to 10 years of data• Water level• Pumping station• Rain gauges
• Mike Urban model
• SWMM model
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This work is partly funded by the Innovation Fund Denmark (IFD) under File No. 8118-00018B
Agnethe Nedergaard Pedersen
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