The aim of project Neptune, is to advance knowledge and understanding about water supply systems in order to develop novel, robust, practical techniques and tools to optimize efficiency and customer service, through dynamic control or other means.
The key needs, identified by the industrial partners, to be addressed in project Neptune are:
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To deliver an optimised water distribution system
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To be able to react to an incident before the customer is effected
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To optimise the decision making process – to react to real alarms and incidents
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To develop power harvesting techniques
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To support the continued drive to reduce leakage
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To develop innovation in pressure management to deliver key leakage and energy savings
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To provide automated control and adjustment to the system
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To build an integrated management system which will monitor leakage, energy, alarms etc
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To develop online models to simulate the distribution network for the next 24 hours
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To provide options to make significant savings in energy e.g. through pump schedule optimisation
Project Neptune is a collaborative project involving two leading UK Water Service Providers - Yorkshire Water Services and United Utilities - and a major provider of automation technologies - AAB. The research work is mainly carried out through the collaboration of several UK universities, including University of Exeter.
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