Browsing Institutt for bygg- og miljøteknikk by Author "Ugarelli, Rita Maria"
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Classification of wastewater manholes, procedures and opportunities by applying machine learning
Malvik, Sigurd (Master thesis, 2018)Wastewater manholes are not subject to proper condition assessments in the same manner as pipes. Although manholes have a significant impact on the performance of the wastewater system, no official procedures for how to ... -
Condition Assessment for Wastewater Pipes: Method for Assessing Cracking and Surface Damage of Concrete Pipes
Hauge, Petter (Master thesis, 2013)The objective of the Master Thesis has been to provide an improved method for condition assessment, which will give a better correlation between Condition class and actual Condition of concrete pipes with cracking and/or ... -
Consolidated Proceedings of the Second ECSCI Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience
Abie, Habtamu; Gkotsis, Ilias; Athanatos, Manos; Ugarelli, Rita Maria; Čaleta, Denis; Lodi, Lorenzo; Di Peppo, Fabrizio; Jovanović, Aleksandar (Book, 2023)Modern critical infrastructures (or “critical entities” as now defined in the new EU-CER Directive) are becoming increasingly complex, turning into distributed, large-scale cyber-physical systems. Cyberphysical attacks are ... -
Development of methods to combine social network analysis and institutional logics applied to research projects in the urban water sector
Klingbeil, Artur (Master thesis, 2018)Nowadays, a paradigm shift in the urban water sector is observable: while hierarchical governance structures were present in the past, many currently relevant challenges are characterized by a higher complexity, requiring ... -
Dynamic metabolism modeling as a decision-support tool for urban water utilities applied to the upstream of the water system in Oslo, Norway
Govindarajan, Venkatesh; Ugarelli, Rita Maria; Sægrov, Sveinung; Brattebø, Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The paper presents, first, the ‘Dynamic Metabolism Model’ (DMM), developed by the authors, followed by an application to the city of Oslo, capital city of Norway. The time period considered for the analysis is 2013-2043. ... -
Energy potentiality assessment by mean of intelligent pressure management in the hydraulic network of Trondheim
Magenta, Lorenzo (Master thesis, 2018)The aim of the thesis was to study the electrical producibility of the trondheim water network after having adequately modeled the losses. PAts (Pump As Turbines) have been considered as an alternative to the classic turbines. -
Environmental and economic analysis of the urban water systems and the evolution towards a sustainable model. - Case study in the Vall de Boí, Spain
Munoz Liesa, Joan (Master thesis, 2016)The upcoming challenges such as the increasing urban needs or the impact of climate change in the urban water systems are driving management and planning focus towards sustainability. In response, many European directives ... -
Framework for the documentation of nature-based solutions for stormwater management
Raspati, Gema Sakti; Bruaset, Stian; Azrague, Kamal; Ugarelli, Rita Maria; Muthanna, Tone Merete; Time, Berit; Sivertsen, Edvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Nature-based solutions (NBSs) are widely implemented for stormwater management; as such they have become important assets that require proper asset management at different stages of their service life. Hence, there is a ... -
A framework to explain the role of boundary objects in sustainability transitions
Franco-Torres, Manuel; Rogers, Briony; Ugarelli, Rita Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Our modern society is characterized by increasing diversity and complexity, leading to over-whelming challenges like climate change or environmental degradation. These problems areposing impracticable ethical dilemmas and ... -
GIS Basert Planleggingsverktøy For Fornyelse av VA-Ledninger - Prioritering av VA Ledninger For Fornyelse
Nasseri, Homayon (Master thesis, 2017)Oppgaven tar for seg en gjennomgang og utprøving av et verktøy utviklet av Powel As for planlegging og analyse av vannledninger for fornyelse, samt vurdering av kriterier inkludert i modellen, forslag for revisjon av ... -
Image recognition applied to condition assessment of wastewater manholes
Makuszewska, Kamila (Bachelor thesis, 2019)Kummer er viktige komponenter i avløpssystemet. De gir tilgang til inspeksjon og vedlikehold av avløpsrør, imøtekommer alle geometriske endinger i systemet, og sørger for en praktisk utforming av ledningene. Sammenlignet ... -
Implications of the EU Taxonomy for the Norwegian Water Sector
Dahl, Mads Kandola (Master thesis, 2024)EU har satt ambisiøse klimamål for tiden fremover og samfunnet skal bevege seg mot nullutslipp innen 2050. I tillegg til utslippsmål skal også fokuset økes på andre klimarelaterte områder, som klimatilpasning og å ivareta ... -
Infrastructure asset management for nature-based solutions (NBS): a guidance for collecting asset information and data for NBS maintenance management Application at Trondheim district (Norway)
Hidalgo Martínez, Carlos (Master thesis, 2016)Nature based solutions (NBS) are called to be the future solution in the stormwater management. The current systems are not enough to manage the changes that are happening; the adaptability of traditional solutions is not ... -
Infrastructure Asset Management: Historic and Future Perspective for Tools, Risk Assessment, and Digitalization for Competence Building
Ugarelli, Rita Maria; Sægrov, Sveinung (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
Long-term sustainable management of the urban water and wastewater pipe networks
Bruaset, Stian (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:101, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Water utilities around the world are facing challenges related to the delivery of safe and secure water and environmental friendly collection and handling of wastewater. One of the main components in handling of these tasks ... -
Maintaining Sustainable Water Services: Embedding infrastructure asset management in a medium Norwegian water utility - a demo case study approach
Reichborn, Gard Nikolai (Master thesis, 2013)The urban water infrastructure assets embodies a large portion of the total value of all public infrastructures, and is fundamental for good living conditions. The replacement value of the infrastructure in Norway alone ... -
Modeling Water Distribution Systems - Integration Between SCADA Systems and Hydraulic Network Simulation Models
Riis, Thomas Sjømoen (Master thesis, 2016)The water distribution system conveys water from the water treatment plant (WTP) to the user. A significant amount of the water is lost in the transit. The International Water Supply Association (IWSA) claims that the ... -
Performance based modelling of long-term deterioration to support rehabilitation and investment decisions in drinking water distribution systems
Bruaset, Stian; Sægrov, Sveinung; Ugarelli, Rita Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Managing the urban drinking water system in the long term in order to maintain system performance can be challenging due to the difficulty of modelling future deterioration of the networks. This paper establishes a methodology ... -
A Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the Long-Term Hydraulic Reliability of Norwegian Water Distribution Network - A Case Study
Simonsen, Andreas Bakken (Master thesis, 2016)Abstract Today, the water utilities in Norway experience ageing and deterioration of assets in their water supply systems. The rehabilitation rate needs to increase in order to avoid a possible lag in renewal. Trends of ... -
Rehabilitation Planning of Water Distribution Network through a Reliability – Based Risk Assessment
D'Ercole, Marianna; Righetti, Maurizio; Raspati, Gema Sakti; Bertola, Paolo; Ugarelli, Rita Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The efficient and effective management of existing water distribution systems (WDSs) faces challenges related to aging of infrastructure, population growth, extended urbanization, climate change impacts and environmental ...