On 12 and 13 March, the final workshop of the BMBF funding measure ‘WaX - extreme water events’ took place in Berlin. Among the projects presented at this event was also the BMBF-funded project "ZwillE - Digital twin for AI-supported management of extreme water events in urban areas".
For the digital twin, i.e. an online simulation model of the drainage system of the city of Hanover with forecast simulations that uses radar-based precipitation information and forecasts, ifak has made several key contributions: On the one hand, the digital twin contains a simplified, real-time-capable and predictive model derived from the complex detailed hydrodynamic model using innovative methods implemented in the Simba# simulation system. On the other hand, the simulation model is connected online and the dashboard for visualising the results is provided via the open source software ifakFAST, which also has been developed by ifak.
The digital twin was presented to a number of visitors in an accompanying exhibition and met with great interest. In addition, the ZwillE team was also well represented at a panel discussion, which focussed on the application of AI methods in water management - a topic in which ifak has extensive experience. The simulation and integration modules used for the digital twin are also made available through the Simba# simulation system. The model simplification methodology developed forms the content of past and planned publications and will also be included in future versions of Simba#.
Foto: hydro&meteo, ZwillE-Projekt
20.03.2025
