Biography
Interests
- Water Distribution Networks
- Evolutionary Algorithms
- Optimization
- Remote Sensing
- Systems Engineering
Education
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PhD in Water Resources Engineering, 2021
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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MTech in Water Resources Engineering, 2015
Visvesvaraya National Institute Of Technology
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BE in Civil Engineering, 2013
Bhilai Institute of Technology Durg
Skills
Matlab
90%
C++
90%
EPANET
90%
WaterGems
90%
ArcGIS
100%
ERDAS Imagine
100%
Research Experience
Multi-Objective Design of Water Distribution Networks considering Mechanical, Hydraulic Failures and Future Water Demands (PhD Research Project)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Objectives include:
- Application of single and multi-objective self-adaptive Differential Evolution (SADE) algorithms for design of Water Distribution Networks (WDNs)
- Determination of optimal location of isolation valves using SADE algorithm
- Evaluation of Reliability Surrogate Measures (RSMs) as substitutes for hydraulic and mechanical reliabilities of WDNs and development of a new RSM to overcome the drawbacks of existing RSMs
- Development of a Combined Dynamic Programming – Differential Evolution Approach for phased expansion of WDNs considering future demands and Life Cycle Cost (LCC)
Development of a decentralized water management plan for Raipur City using Spatial Analysis (M.Tech Research Project)
Visvesvaraya National Institute Of Technology
Objectives include:
- Generation of thematic maps for factors that affect reservoir location such as land use/land cover, topography and proximity to drainages in GIS environment
- Overlay analysis using thematic maps generated for land use/land cover, topography and proximity to drainages to determine the suitable reservoir locations
- Estimating the water demand for the area by digitizing the built-up area to generate the population count
- Determining the water availability using discharge available from rivers using G&D data, runoff from the watersheds using SCS-CN method, and water available from roof-top rainwater harvesting by digitizing the roof tops using ArcGIS software
- Determination of the reservoir capacity knowing the water demand and availability of the area
Featured Publications
Optimal Design of Pipe Networks Accounting for Future Demands and Phased Expansion using Integrated Dynamic Programming and Differential Evolution Approach
The water distribution network (WDN) design comprises determining optimal pipe sizes to achieve minimum cost pipe network to meet the required demands and performance levels. However, with time, the water demand for any region changes due to population, migration, and lifestyles, so interventions need to be made to the existing WDNs.
Assessing the Performance of Surrogate Measures for Water Distribution Network Reliability
This paper investigates the use of surrogate measures as potential substitutes for reliability in multiobjective design of water distribution networks (WDNs). Assessing WDN reliability with conventional hydraulic and mechanical reliability metrics may require substantial computational time and resources, which becomes more critical as the network size increases.
SaDE algorithm for reliability-based design of water distribution networks
Design of Water Distribution Networks (WDNs) is an NP hard problem, which is typically an optimization problem consisting of a large search space even for a small sized WDN. Design of a robust WDN requires consideration of aspects such as reliability, resiliency etc.
Reliability-based design of water distribution networks using self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm
This paper presents the application of Self-Adaptive Differential Evolution (SADE) algorithm for reliability-based design of Water Distribution Networks (WDNs). The algorithm is first applied and tested for deterministic design of various benchmark WDNs.
Reliability-based design of water distribution networks considering mechanical failures
For effective design of Water Distribution Networks (WDNs), it is necessary to consider the reliability of the system subject to mechanical and hydraulic failures. In this paper, a reliability based framework is presented for design of WDNs using self-adaptive differential evolution (SaDE) algorithm.
Recent Publications