The development of the existing water supply system in towns and villages involves the use of frequency converters and specialized control algorithms that can maintain the pressure level established in the supply grid within certain limits. The implementation of the standard scheme includes the elimination of the water tower, which, on the one hand, reduces the cost of its maintenance. On the other hand, in emergency situations, the water tower can still supply water to the consumer, which increases the time of uninterrupted water supply during repairs. The article reveals a method of increasing the energy efficiency of transporting drinking water with the help of a water tower by eliminating the excessive pressure of the water rise when using frequency converters. Our research that involved more than 300 pumping stations, allowed to establish the average value of the excessive pressure of water rise, which reached 0.36 MPa. For the wells under study, optimization of the pump operation modes revealed the energy-saving potential of up to 52% due to excessive pressure reduction and up to 2.0% due to a decrease in starting power at the time of engine acceleration.

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The study presents an algorithm and a mathematical model for evaluating the parameters of the equivalent circuit of an asynchronous electric motor for intelligent monitoring systems. To identify the parameters of electric motors, a gradient descent method is used to find the minimum of a positive function. The algorithm and mathematical model were tested not only theoretically, but also in laboratory experiments. The results obtained proved that the proposed algorithm was an efficient and accurate method for estimating parameters. Computer modelling and experimental research confirmed the possibility of using the algorithm and the device for identifying parameters in the construction of control systems for a variable frequency drive with three-phase asynchronous electric motors in practice.