Print Email Facebook Twitter Development and validation of a drinking water temperature model in domestic drinking water supply systems Title Development and validation of a drinking water temperature model in domestic drinking water supply systems Author Zlatanovic, L. (TU Delft Sanitary Engineering) Moerman, A. (KWR Water Research Institute) van der Hoek, J.P. (TU Delft Sanitary Engineering) Vreeburg, J.H.G. (KWR Water Research Institute; Wageningen University & Research) Blokker, M (KWR Water Research Institute; University of Sheffield) Date 2017 Abstract Domestic drinking water supply systems (DDWSs) are the final step in the delivery of drinking water to consumers. Temperature is one of the rate-controlling parameters for many chemical and microbiological processes and is, therefore, considered as a surrogate parameter for water quality processes. In this study, a mathematical model is presented that predicts temperature dynamics of the drinking water in DDWSs. A full-scale DDWS resembling a conventional system was built and run according to one year of stochastic demands with a time step of 10 s. The drinking water temperature was measured at each point-of-use in the systems and the data-set was used for model validation. The temperature model adequately reproduced the temperature profiles, both in cold and hot water lines, in the full-scale DDWS. The model showed that inlet water temperature and ambient temperature have a large effect on the water temperature in the DDWSs. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:14df2397-82c6-4763-9517-8622116098ef DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2017.1325501 ISSN 1573-062X Source Urban Water Journal, 14 (10), 1031-1037 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 L. Zlatanovic, A. Moerman, J.P. van der Hoek, J.H.G. Vreeburg, M Blokker Files PDF 2017_TempModel_LZ_UWJ_iss ... _14_10.pdf 1.34 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:14df2397-82c6-4763-9517-8622116098ef/datastream/OBJ/view