System to monitor and locate water leaks using LabVIEW software

Abstract

Water pipelines are prone to critical failures due to aging, corrosion, and external factors. These failures can lead to water leaks in the pipeline, which in turn can cause property damage and environmental contamination if not detected in time. This work presents a system for monitoring and locating water leaks using LabVIEW software. The system describes the mathematical model used to locate the leak, which is implemented in a virtual instrument, obtaining the flow and pressure behavior of the system in the presence and absence of leaks in a transient state through a virtual platform coupled to a data acquisition system. With the implementation of the mathematical model in the virtual instrument, it was possible to locate the leak in real time to ensure its immediate correction, without false alarms.