AI & digital twins |
Doubling up
Digital twin technology is being embraced by the water resource management, hydropower and tailings dams segments of the industry
CLIMATE CHANGE AND EXTREME rainfall conditions are adding to the complexity of dam and downstream river operations, prompting greater interest in more scientific and intelligent data-driven watershed management. And within this current era of digital transformation, there is increasing curiosity about whether efficiency and productivity can be increased by digitalising traditional knowledge-based watershed and water infrastructure management. DongSoon Park and Hojun You from the K-Water
Research Institute in the Republic of Korea say that like many other sectors, the water management one is experiencing a wave of significant digital innovations. Although various endeavours have utilised cutting-edge digital technologies and explored more efficient and intelligent platforms for water resource management, the researchers claim to the best of their knowledge, there have been few attempts to apply digital twin technology across an entire dam and river basin, for comprehensive digitalised smart water resource management and data-driven decision-making.
14 | January 2025 |
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A virtual digital model of an asset, process, or service in the real world, digital twin technology is described as being an interaction between the physical and digital worlds. “This connection and communication between
reality and digitalised features,” Park and You explain, “allows for real-time monitoring, intuitive understanding of situations, the possibility to identify any issue before it occurs, and various simulations and prediction modelling, facilitating optimal decision-making.” By enabling the simulation and testing of different scenarios in a virtual environment, the technology therefore reduces the need for costly physical testing and experimentation. It can also be a useful tool to improve the efficiency of the operation and maintenance of water infrastructure such as dams and rivers. In their research published in the journal Water, Park
and You present an innovative digital twin dam and watershed management platform called K-Twin SJ.
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