Rain Water Utilizing System Combing Artificial Wetland and Urban Drainage System

The method of utilizing rain water has been well developed in foreign countries to realize the sustainable development of water recourse while the method is still at the initial level in China. When considering the increasing of water shortage and urban flood, the awareness of utilizing rain water, as an inevitable trend, has been applied to various engineering technologies. This article has analyzed the principle of conventional road drainage system and the application of artificial wetland technology, also proposed to combine the road drainage system and artificial wetland, as a complex drainage system, to utilize the urban rain water, decrease urban flood pressure, and improve urban micro environment. The calculation principle and method for the complex drainage system are included as well.

Substance flow analysis for an urban drainage system of a representative hypothetical city in China

This paper discusses the use of substance flow analysis （SFA） as a tool to support quantified research on urban drainage systems. Based on the principle of mass balance, a static substance flow model is established to describe and examine the routes and intensities of water, chemical oxygen demand （COD）, total nitrogen （TN） and total phosphorus （TP） for a representative hypothetical city （RH city） in China, which is a devised and scaled city using statistical characteristics of urban circumstances at the national level. It is estimated that the annual flux of water, COD, TN and TP through the urban drainage system in 2010 was 55.1 million m3, 16037.3 t, 1649.5 t and 209.7 t, respectively. The effluent of wastewater treatment plant （WWTP） was identified as the most important pathway for pollutant emissions, which con- tributed approximately 60% of COD, 65% of TN and 50% of TP to receiving water. During the wastewater treatment process, 1.0 million m3, 7042.5 t, 584.2 t and 161.4 t of the four studied substances had been transmitted into sludge, meanwhile 3813.0 t of COD and 394.0 t of TN were converted and emitted to the atmosphere. Compared with the representative hypothetical city of 2000, urban population and the area of urban built districts had expanded by approximately 90% and 80% respectively during the decade, resulting in a more than threefold increase in the input of substances into the urban drainage system. Thanks to the development of urban drainage systems, the total loads of the city were maintained at a similar level.

Network Structure Optimization Method for Urban Drainage Systems Considering Pipeline Redundancies

Redundancy is an important attribute of a resilient urban drainage system.While there is a lack of knowledge on where to increase redundancy and its contribution to resilience,this study developed a framework for the optimal network structure of urban drainage systems that considers pipeline redundancies.Graph theory and adaptive genetic algorithms were used to obtain the initial layout and design of the urban drainage system.The introduction of additional water paths(in loop)/redundancies is suggested by the results of complex network analysis to increase resilience.The drainage performances of the urban drainage system with pipeline redundancies,and without redundancies,were compared.The proposed method was applied to the study area in Dongying City,Shandong Province,China.The results show that the total overflow volume of the urban drainage system with pipeline redundancies under rainfall exceeding the design standard(5 years) is reduced by 20-30%,which is substantially better than the network without pipeline redundancies.

An integrated assessment method of urban drainage system:A case study in Shenzhen City,China

In recent years,the urban drainage system in China is facing the dual pressure of renovation and construction.This requires that the integrated assessment for the planning and operation of the urban drainage system is obligatory.To evaluate the urban drainage system,an integrated assessment methodology based on the analytic hierarchy process(AHP),integrated simulation,and fuzzy assessment is established.This method is a multi-criteria decision adding app roach to the assessment of the urban drainage system comprehensively.Through the integration of the Storm Water Management Model(SWMM),a simple wastewater treatment plant model,and a surface water quality model,an integrated modelling system for the urban drainage system is developed and applied as a key tool for assessment.Using the established method,a case study in Shenzhen City has been implemented to evaluate and compare two urban drainage system reno vation plans,the distributed plan and the centralized plan.Because of the particularity of this case study,the established method is not applied entirely.Considering the water environ mental impact,ecological impact,technological feasibility,and economic cost,the integrated performance of the distri buted plan is better.As shown in this case study,the proposed method is found to be both effective and practical.

Urban Drainage Network Scheduling Strategy Based on Dynamic Regulation: Optimization Model and Theoretical Research

With the acceleration of urbanization in China,the discharge of domestic sewage and industrial wastewater is increasing,and accidents of sewage spilling out and polluting the environment occur from time to time.Problems such as imperfect facilities and backward control methods are com-mon in the urban drainage network systems in China.Efficient drainage not only strengthens infrastructure such as rain and sewage diversion,pollution source monitoring,transportation,drainage and storage but also urgently needs technical means to monitor and optimize production and operation.Aiming at the optimal control of single-stage pumping stations and the coordinated control between two-stage pumping stations,this paper studies the modelling and optimal control of drainage network systems.Based on the Long Short Term Memory(LSTM)water level prediction model of the sewage pumping stations,and then based on the mechanism analysis of drainage pipe network,the factors that may cause the water level change of pumping station are obtained.Grey correlation analysis is carried out on these influencing factors,and the prediction model is established by taking the factors with a high correlation degree as input.The research results show that compared with the traditional prediction model,the LSTM model not only has higher prediction accuracy but also has better inflection point tracking ability.

Identification of high oxygen-consuming substances in stormwater drainage systems illicitly connected with sewage system

The dissolved oxygen content in water is an important indicator for assessing the quality of the water environment,and maintaining a certain amount of dissolved oxygen is essential for the healthy development of the ecological environment.When a water body is anoxic,the activity of anaerobic microorganisms increases and organic matter is decomposed to produce a large number of blackening and odorizing substances,resulting in black and odorous water bodies,which is a very common and typical phenomenon in China.Presently,there is still a relatively universal occurrence of illicitly connected stormwater and sewage pipes in the urban drainage pipe network in China,which makes oxygen-consuming substances be directly discharged into rivers through stormwater pipes and consume the dissolved oxygen in the water bodies,resulting in an oxygen deficiency of the water.This induces seasonal or year-round black and stink phenomena in urban rivers.Hence,identifying high oxygen-consuming substances,which lays the foundation for the subsequent removal of oxygen-consuming substances,is essential.Through a series of comparisons of water quality indicators and analysis of organic characteristics,it was found that the oxygen consumption capacity of domestic sewage was higher than that of industrial wastewater in the selected area of this study,and the oxygen-consuming substances of domestic sewage were small molecular amino acids.By comparing 20 conventional free amino acids,it was found that seven of them consumed oxygen easily,and compared with chemical oxygen consumption,biological oxygen consumption was in a leading position.

Effectiveness of urban distributed runoff model for discharge and water depth calculation in urban drainage pipe networks

Effective urban land-use re-planning and the strategic arrangement of drainage pipe networks can significantly enhance urban flood defense capacity.Aimed at reducing the potential risks of urban flooding,this paper presents a straightforward and efficient approach to an urban distributed runoff model(UDRM).The model is developed to quantify the discharge and water depth within urban drainage pipe networks under varying rainfall intensities and land-use scenarios.The Nash efficiency coefficient of UDRM exceeds 0.9,which indicates its high computational efficiency and potential benefit in predicting urban flooding.The prediction of drainage conditions under both current and re-planned land-use types is achieved by adopting different flood recurrence intervals.The findings reveal that the re-planned land-use strategies could effectively diminish flood risk upstream of the drainage pipe network across 20-year and 50-year flood recurrence intervals.However,in the case of extreme rainfall events(a 100-year flood recurrence),the re-planned land-use approach fell short of fulfilling the requirements necessary for flood disaster mitigation.In these instances,the adoption of larger-diameter drainage pipes becomes an essential requisite to satisfy drainage needs.Accordingly,the proposed UDRM effectively combines land-use information with pipeline data to give practical suggestions for pipeline modification and land-use optimization to combat urban floods.Therefore,this methodology warrants further promotion in the field of urban re-planning.

Modelling of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for Urban Water Management—Investment and Outscaling Implications at Basin and Regional Levels

This manuscript is an attempt to demonstrate effectiveness of nature-based solutions (NBS) and measures to reduce risk of flooding and environmental impact in urban settings. The nature-based solutions (NBS) were assessed as scenarios from experience of urban storm drainage and sewerage systems based on practices that improve urban water management through modelling using urban stormwater management model (SWMM). The model has been applied in a typical urban environment in the second city in Botswana, the City of Francistown, which has a population of more than one hundred thousand. By considering the 2-yr and 10-year storm events in a calibrated SWMM, NBS scenarios from a mix of low impact and drainage measures were considered. The considered NBS scenarios were used to determine their effectiveness in terms of reducing and controlling peak runoff, flood volumes, infiltration and evapotranspiration in the study area, which are vital in assessing the opportunity and challenge for sustainable management of water resources and associated tradeoff of investments in the urban contexts. The study demonstrates the usefulness of implementing effective measures for achieving NBS in urban context and possibility of outscaling at basin and regional levels.

Design and evaluation of control strategies in urban drainage systems in Kunming city

Real time control （RTC） of urban drainage systems （UDSs） is an important measure to reduce combined sewer overflow （CSO） and urban flooding, helping achieve the aims of ＂Sponge City＇. Application of RTC requires three main steps： strategy design, simulation-based evaluation and field test. But many of published RTC studies are system-specific, lacking discussions on how to design a strategy step by step. In addition, the existing studies are prone to use hydrologic model to evaluated strategics, but a more precise and dynamic insight into strategy performance is needed. To fill these knowledge gaps, based on a case UDS in Kunming city, a studio on RTC strategy design and Management Model （SWMM） - uncier four typical rainfall events characterized by different return periods （1-year or 0.5 year） and different spatial distributions （uniform or uneven）. The equal filling strategy outperformss other two strategies and it can achieve 10% more CSO reduction and 5% more flooding reduction relative to the no-tank case.

Utilisation of Geothermal Heat Pumps within Permeable Pavements for Sustainable Energy and Water Practices

Geothermal heat pumps （GHPs） are an attractive proposition for renewable energy worldwide as it uses energy naturally stored in the earth. The Earth is a very resourceful form of energy, using the natural solar energy collection and heat storage capabilities as an infinite heat source/heat sink at the base of permeable pavements, which can provide excellent temperature gradients for GHP＇s. Experimental rigs were setup up at The University of Edinbttrgh for a combined permeable pavement and GHP system. At the base of a pavement structure （approximately 1 meter） below the ground＇s surface, temperatures are constant of 10℃ in the U.K all year round. The GHP performance efficiency was analysed by the coefficient of performance （COP） in a heating cycle and the energy efficiency ratio （EER） in a cooling cycle. The mean COP and EER for both systems averaged between 2-4.5 and 3-5 respectively. The combined GHP and pavement structure operated at an optimum efficiency for both heating and cooling cycles and has shown to be unaffected by higher summer or lower winter temperatures. This hybrid system is an attractive renewable energy technology and has additional environmental benefits such as urban runoff reuse and recycling.

BASIC THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF URBAN RAINSTORM WATER LOGGING

In this paper, a mathematical model for the urban rainstorm water logging wasestablished on the basis of one- and two-dimensional unsteady flow theory and the technique ofnon-structural irregular grid division. The continuity equation was discretized with the finitevolume method. And the momentum equations were differently simplified and discretized for differentcases. A method of ''special passage'' was proposed to deal with small-scale rivers and open channels.The urban drainage system was simplified and simulated in the model. The method of ''open slot'' wasapplied to coordinate the alternate calculation of open channel flow and pressure flow in drainagepipes. The model has been applied in Tianjin City and the verification is quite satisfactory.

Comparison of two-and three-dimensional modeling of invert trap for sewer solid management

In the present study, five different invert trap configurations （rectangular with and without lids on both sides; trapezoidal, trapezoidal with rectangular base and rectangular with trapezoidal base with lids on both sides） were simulated for both two-dimensional （2D） and three-dimensional （3D） flow conditions for three sediment types （sand, styrocell and plastic beads） at six flow rates （0.35, 0.70, 1.05, 1.35, 4.55 and 9.95 L/s） for each trap. Computational fluid dynamics （CFD）-based modeling using FLUENT software with Renormalization Group （RNG） k-e model along with discrete phase model （DPM） were used in the simulations. A hexagonal/tetrahedral and map-type non-uniform grid was chosen to discretize the entire computational domain and a control volume finite difference method was used to solve the governing equations. The flow rates selected in the present study cover the entire range of flow rate expected for dry weather and monsoon. The simulation is capable of differentiating between 2D and 3D modeling of particle trajectories, the effects of flow rate and trap geometry on flow patterns developed in the trap. The sediment retention ratio for 2D is higher than that for 3D modeling for all flow conditions, particle types and model geometry due to inclusion of lateral effects in 3D modeling. The invert trap having rectangular shape with trapezoidal base is found to be the most efficient configuration in both 2D and 3D modeling.

Collector efficiency for hydrosol deep-bed filtration of non-Brownian particles at low and finite Reynolds numbers

Aqueous filtration systems with granular media are increasingly implemented as a unit operation for the treatment of urban waters.Many of these aqueous filtration systems are designed with coarse granular media and are therefore subject to finite granular Reynolds numbers(Reg).In contrast to the Reg conditions generated by such designs,current hydrosol filtration models,such as the Yao and RT models,rely on a flow solution that is derived within the Stokes limit at low Reg.In systems that are subject to these finite and higher Reg regimes,the collector efficiency has not been examined.Therefore,in this study,we develop a 3D periodic porosity-compensated face-centered cubic sphere(PCFCC)computational fluid dynamics(CFD)model,with the surface interactions incorporated,to investigate the collector efficiency for Reg ranging from 0.01 to 20.Particle filtration induced by interception and sedimentation is examined for non-Brownian particlesfanging from 1 to 100 μm under favorable surface interactions for particle adhesion.The results from the CFD-based PCFCC model agreed well with those of the classical RT and Yao models for Reg<1.Based on 3150 simulations from the PCFCC model,we developed a new correlation for vertical aqueous filtration based on a modified gravitation number,NG^*,for the initial deep-bed filtration efficiency at lower yet finite(0.01 to 20)Reg.The proposed PCFCC model has low computational cost and is extensibile from vertical to horizontal filtration at low and finite Reg.