Water distribution network analysis accounting for different background leakage models

This contribution analyzes the implementation of two widely used literature leakage models within an advanced pressure-driven hydraulic simulation model (WDNetXL system [1]). The used leakage modelling approaches are that introduced by Germanopoulos [2] and that proposed by Van Zyl and Cassa [3] based on experimental evidences under the assumption of linear elastic behavior of pipes. The modelling approaches are discussed from different perspective and tested on the hydraulic analysis of a literature network.