Methods and systems for predicting water quality of a river having a varying river ecosystem

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025139326-A1
Application number	US-202418889461-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 19, 2024
Priority date	Nov 1, 2023
Publication date	May 1, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure relates generally to methods and systems for predicting water quality of a river having a varying river ecosystem. Due to multiple and diverse factors, understanding and estimating the water quality of the river stream (river itself) is extremely and technically challenging. The present disclosure discloses a development of a river digital twin model utilizing a multi-modeling approach to comprehensively model the river and its varying ecosystems. The agents encompass entities that directly or indirectly introduce effluents or withdraw water from the river. Agents and their interactions are defined using a combination of behavior rules, correlations, and physics principles, creating the digital twin model that closely mimics the real river system. Physics-based equations are also employed in the present disclosure to capture the dynamics of the river, while relationships between different agents are established.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A processor-implemented method, comprising the steps of:
receiving, via one or more hardware processors, a layout of a river whose water quality is to be predicted, wherein the layout of the river comprises one or more input sub-streams that flow into a main-stream of the river and one or more output sub-streams that withdraw from the main-stream of the river, one or more river characteristics data of the river, and one or more environmental parameters data; dividing, via the one or more hardware processors, the layout of the river to obtain one or more river segments of the river, based on the one or more input sub-streams, the one or more output sub-streams, the one or more river characteristics of the river, and the one or more environmental parameters, using a multi-criteria decision algorithm; extracting, via the one or more hardware processors, one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment of the one or more river segments, using a search algorithm and the layout of the river; classifying, via the one or more hardware processors, each of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment, with a sub-stream agent type of a plurality of sub-stream agent types, based on one or more agent properties of each of the one or more sub-stream agents, using a classification algorithm; classifying, via the one or more hardware processors, each river segment of the one or more river segments of the river, with a river segment type of a plurality of river segment types, based on (i) a number of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment, and (ii) the sub-stream agent type of each of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment; determining, via the one or more hardware processors, an agent parameter value of each of one or more agent parameters defined for each of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment, using an associated data collected from one or more data collection sources, and based on (i) an associated river segment type, (ii) the sub-stream agent type of each of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in an associated river segment, (iii) the number of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in the associated river segment, (iv) the one or more river characteristics of the associated river segment, and (v) the one or more environmental parameters of the associated river segment, wherein the one or more agent parameters for each sub-stream agent are defined based on an associated sub-stream agent type, and the agent parameter value of each of one or more agent parameters is determined for each time step of a plurality of time steps; modelling, via the one or more hardware processors, a river segment model for each river segment of the one or more river segments of the river, based on the associated river segment type, using a set of rules and a physics-based model; and developing, via the one or more hardware processors, a digital twin simulation model of the river, based on (i) the river segment model modelled for each river segment of the one or more river segments of the river, (ii) the agent parameter value of each of the one or more agent parameters defined for each of the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment, determined for each time step of the plurality of time steps, to predict one or more water quality indicators.

2 . The processor-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more river characteristics data of the river comprises a spatio-temporal river-bed elevation data, a spatio-temporal river-bed breadth data, a spatio-temporal river-bed soil type data, a spatio-temporal river-bed depth data, and a river length.

3 . The processor-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more environmental parameters data comprises a spatio-temporal rainfall data across the river, a spatio-temporal temperature data across the river, and a spatio-temporal humidity data across the river.

4 . The processor-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein dividing the layout of the river to obtain one or more river segments of the river, based on the one or more input sub-stream entities, the one or more output sub-stream entities, the one or more river characteristics of the river, and the one or more environmental parameters, using the multi-criteria decision algorithm, comprises:
calculating a number of input and output sub-streams, from the one or more input sub-streams and the one or more output sub-streams; calculating a normalized river-bed elevation using the one or more river characteristics of the river; calculating a normalized temperature difference, a normalized rainfall difference, and a normalized humidity difference, from the one or more environmental parameters; calculating a potential number of river segments, based on the number of input and output sub-streams, the normalized river-bed elevation, the normalized temperature difference, the normalized rainfall difference, and the normalized humidity difference; and obtaining the one or more river segments of the river, based on the potential number of river segments and a predefined river segment threshold.

5 . The processor-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein modelling the river segment model for each river segment of the one or more river segments of the river, based on the associated river segment type, using the set of rules and the physics-based model, comprising:
determining one or more interactions between the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in each river segment based on the associated river segment type, using the set of rules; and developing the river segment model for each river segment, based on the associated river segment type, and the one or more interactions between the one or more sub-stream agents of each of the one or more input sub-streams present in the associated river segment type, using the physics-based model.

6 . The processor-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
deciding, via the one or more hardware processors, one or more interventions required to maintain the water quality of the river, based on the one or more water quality indicators predicted and one or more target water quality indicators required; and simulating, via the one or more hardware processors, the water quality of the river based on the one or more interventions required to maintain the water quality of the river, using the digital twin simulation model of the river.

7 . A system, comprising:
a memory storing instructions; one or more input/output (I/O) interfaces; and one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory via the one or more I/O interfaces, wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured by the instructions to: receive a layout of a river whose water quality is to be predicted, wherein the layout of the river comprises one or more input sub-streams that flow into a main-stream of the river and one or more output sub-streams that withdraw from the main-stream of the river, one or more river characteristics data of the river, and one or more environmental parameters data; divide the layout of the river to obtain one or more river segments of the river, based on the one or more input sub-streams, the one or more output sub-streams, the one or more river characteristics of the river, and the one or more envi

Assignees

• Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

Inventors

• Shrivastava Surabhi
• Kausley Shankar Balajirao
• Barat Souvik
• Kulkarni Vinay
• Rai Beena

Classifications

• G06Q10/04

  Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" (market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202) · CPC title

• G06F30/20 Primary

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• G06Q50/02 Primary

  Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining · CPC title