Drinking Water Simulator for
Proactive Operation and Training
to disclose models
Why Waterspot?
Drinking water treatment operation changes from 24/7 shifts…
... to supervisor shifts in office hours…
Why Waterspot?
... opening opportunities for advanced process control…
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Why Waterspot?
... and virtual commissioning…
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Why Waterspot?
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... but resulting in a lack of natural training at the same time.
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Why Waterspot?
The need for well-trained supervisors will stay…
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Why Waterspot?
… or even increase in the next ten years as a consequence of ageing.
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Why Waterspot?
Why Waterspot? Summary
Offline• Training and testing of operation supervisors in company look & feel• Model-based process (control) optimisation• Open the use of process models to a wider group• Virtual commissioning of software updates
Online• Advanced process-control to delay investments in production
capacity, and to obtain a more stable water quality• Alerts on malfunctioning online measurements
Waterspot: the project
Started on the foundations of the
Promocit project (development of
Stimela water quality models)
Co-funded by Dutch Ministiry of
Economic affairs
Waterspot: the project
Nine partners of which four Dutch water supply companies
Waterspot: the product
Waterspot
Article 1. Software layout
Article 2. Hydraulic model for Harderbroek
Article 3. Integration of a hydraulic model and a process model for
Wim Mensink
Waterspot: software layout
Software layout
OPC
Emulator
OPC-DA
Virtual plant
OPC-DA
Trainee UI
Historian
OPC-HDA
Virtual
Field
Optimisationmodule
OPC-DA
PA system
Field I/O
OPC-DA
Water qualitymodel
OPC-DA OPC-DA
OPC
Trainer UI
Hydraulicmodel
Controlmodel
Simulator engine
A drinking water treatment plant simulator that connects:• Models for water quality• Models for water quantity• Control model• Object model
Waterspot: software layout
Models for water quality, Stimela
Waterspot: software layout
Models for water quantity, EPAnet
Waterspot: software layout
Control model, USE
Waterspot: software layout
Object model, USE
Waterspot: software layout
EPANET elements
Library
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
Model definition
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
Reference level
Represented by PSV
Represented by GPV
Calibration: current frequency to control effluent pumps’ speeds
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
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200
250
150 200 250
Measured flow [m³/h]
Cal
cula
ted
flo
w [
m³/
h] Min day
Average day
Max day
During f ilterbackw ash
Mean absolute error: 4.7%
100
200
300
100 200 300
Measured flow [m³/h]
Cal
cula
ted
flo
w [
m³/
h] Min day
Average day
Max day
During f ilterbackw ash
Mean absolute error: 2.6%
Validation, wells
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
0
100
200
0 100 200
Measured flow [m³/h]
Cal
cula
ted
flo
w [
m³/
h] Min day
Average day
Max day
During f ilterbackw ash
Mean absolute error: 3.6%
Validation, cascade aerators
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
200
300
400
200 300 400
Measured flow [m³/h]
Cal
cula
ted
flo
w [
m³/
h] Min day
Average day
Max day
During f ilterbackw ash
Mean absolute error: 2.4%
Validation, influent rapid sand filters
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
200
300
400
200 300 400
Measured flow [m³/h]
Cal
cula
ted
flo
w [
m³/
h] Min day
Average day
Max day
During f ilterbackw ash
Mean absolute error: 2.4%
Case: pump speeds during filter backwash
Waterspot: hydraulic model Harderbroek
Validated EPAnet model
Waterspot: hydraulic model + process model Wim Mensink
Stimela model for Mensink has been set up.
Waterspot: hydraulic model + process model Wim Mensink
Work in progress:• Calibration and validation Stimela model• Connect EPAnet and Stimela with in Waterspot• Simulate hydraulic operation of Mensink
Waterspot: hydraulic model + process model Wim Mensink
Waterspot: background information
www.waterspot.nl
Waterspot: the product
Waterspot: the product
Waterspot: the product
Waterspot: the product
Waterspot: the product
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