Author:Adedeji, KB; Hamam, Y; Abe, BT; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Sep 2017In most water distribution systems, an appreciable volume of water is lost through leaking pipes, resulting in financial loss and environmental pollution among others. Thus, water loss constitutes a major challenge to utilities around the ...Read more
Author:Adedeji, KB; Hamam, Y; Abe, BT; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jul 2018The battle of background leakage estimate (BLE) in water supply networks has been the subject of discussion in the last years. This paper aims to investigate the effect of pipe materials with particular reference to their impact on the BLE ...Read more
Author:Adedeji, KB; Abe, BT; Hamam, Y; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Shabangu, TH; Jimoh, AADate:Feb 2017The interference effect from high voltage overhead lines on nearby metallic pipelines is a major challenge for utility owners due to the induced AC potentials on metallic pipelines. Nevertheless, numerous mitigation techniques have been ...Read more
Author:Adedeji, KB; Hamam, Y; Abe, BT; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jul 2017The analysis of water piping system has been presented by several authors in the past and in recent years proposing several solution algorithms. Among the notable methods are the Hardy cross method, linear approximation method, Newton Raphson ...Read more