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InfoSurge Pro

Pressure surges (waterhammer) in water distribution systems can cause many problems, including failure of pumps, pipe ruptures, and even pathogen intrusion into the distribution system. When InfoSurge Pro is added to InfoWater Pro, you can simulate transient events. Learn how InfoSurge lets you quickly view the response of your water distribution system to pump station power failures, valve closures, and pump speed changes. Also learn how to identify special protection measures to reduce pipe leaks, avoid breaks, investigate control actions and strategies, and improve water quality in a water distribution system.


Course outline

33 min.

Getting started with InfoSurge Pro

Get to know InfoSurge Pro, a powerful simulation engine for analyzing pressure surges in a water distribution system. Learn the many causes of these distrubances, how they can be simulated, and how they can be mitigated.

Get to know InfoSurge Pro, a powerful simulation engine for analyzing pressure surges in a water distribution system. Learn the many causes of these distrubances, how they can be simulated, and how they can be mitigated.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Describe the purpose and capabilities of InfoSurge Pro.
  • Describe the importance of surge analysis when designing a water distribution system.
  • Identify the various causes of surge events in a system.


8 min.

Hydraulic models in InfoSurge Pro projects

Learn how to set up a hydraulic model in preparation for running a hydraulic network simulation. Create an InfoSurge Pro model in ArcGIS Pro, then set the model options. Once the project is set up, youcan digitize the water network components and then run a steady state analysis.

Learn how to set up a hydraulic model in preparation for running a hydraulic network simulation. Create an InfoSurge Pro model in ArcGIS Pro, then set the model options. Once the project is set up, youcan digitize the water network components and then run a steady state analysis.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Create a new InfoSurge Pro project in ArcGIS Pro.
  • Understand model options you can set before running a simulation.
  • Digitize components to create a water distribution network.
  • Run a steady state analysis in InfoSurge Pro.


7 min.

Setting global surge options for surge analysis

How to set the global surge options before running a hydraulic simullation, as well as assign wave speeds to the pipes in the network.

How to set the global surge options before running a hydraulic simullation, as well as assign wave speeds to the pipes in the network.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Set global surge options before running a simulation.
  • Edit the wave speed of individual pipes and groups of pipes.


24 min.

Creating hydraulic transients and reviewing simulation results

InfoSurge Pro allows you to create hydraulic transients by providing a curve, which will alter pump and valve operations, as well as junction demand changes. You can then compare the simulation results from different operational conditions. 

 

InfoSurge Pro allows you to create hydraulic transients by providing a curve, which will alter pump and valve operations, as well as junction demand changes. You can then compare the simulation results from different operational conditions. 

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Create transients from pump shutdown and startup events.
  • Perform a pump trip analysis using the Pump File option.
  • Create transients from valves or junction demand changes.


17 min.

Surge protection devices in InfoSurge Pro

Learn how InfoSurge Pro can accommodate many commonly used surge protection devices (SPDs), including open surge tanks, closed surge tanks, and several types of valves. If you know what a specific device does, you can generally find a specific model SPD to match and simulate its behavior.

 

Learn how InfoSurge Pro can accommodate many commonly used surge protection devices (SPDs), including open surge tanks, closed surge tanks, and several types of valves. If you know what a specific device does, you can generally find a specific model SPD to match and simulate its behavior.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Describe the installation and output fields of surge protection devices in InfoSurge Pro.
  • Run a surge analysis both with and without a surge protection device to compare the results. 
  • Add equipment to affect surge results in your pipe network.


21 min.

Additional surge issues and components

When running a surge analysis in InfoSurge Pro, learning to take several surge issues into consideration is important. Defining pipe wave speeds in a network, optimizing valve closure procedures, and editing various network components are just a few of the changes you can make that affect surge analysis results. 

 

When running a surge analysis in InfoSurge Pro, learning to take several surge issues into consideration is important. Defining pipe wave speeds in a network, optimizing valve closure procedures, and editing various network components are just a few of the changes you can make that affect surge analysis results. 

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Describe the factors to consider for surge analysis.
  • Optimize valve closure procedures to handle a surge.
  • Edit various network components and observe how those changes impact surge analysis results.


15 min.

InfoSurge Pro calculation tools

When working within a domain in a surge model, users can identify surge elements, use several calculator tools to compute their operational characteristics, and explore how changes in wave speed can impact pressure profile.

 

When working within a domain in a surge model, users can identify surge elements, use several calculator tools to compute their operational characteristics, and explore how changes in wave speed can impact pressure profile.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Identify surge elements in the domain within a model.
  • Describe the functions of various calculators within InfoSurge Pro.
  • Describe how changes in wave speed can impact pressure profile. 


9 min.

Reviewing surge simulation results

Use the Model Explorer and Report Manager to set up surge simulations, run them and view their results as customized reports or animations.

Use the Model Explorer and Report Manager to set up surge simulations, run them and view their results as customized reports or animations.

After completing this module, you'll be able to:

  • Run a surge analysis and then find the maximum and minimum pressures in the system.
  • Create a surge head profile for multiple nodes.
  • Animate surge analysis results.