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Transcript
00:04
In info works.
00:05
WS pro the flushing schedule object is used for development
00:08
of flushing schedules and for carrying out a flushing simulation.
00:13
The flushing schedule contains a sequence of actions to be used for cleaning a
00:17
water distribution network by flushing the pipes
00:19
with water one pipe section at a time
00:23
to begin from the model group window.
00:26
Expand the Bridgetown flushing model group,
00:28
then click and drag network and control to the workspace to open them in the GEO plan
00:33
before continuing.
00:35
Make sure you have a normal or base run available to
00:37
use as this is critical when performing a flushing simulation.
00:42
Note that if you created one previously, you do not need to make a new one.
00:46
If you need to create a new one from the model group window, right?
00:50
Click run group and select new run.
00:54
The schedule. Hydraulic run dialogue appears
00:58
click and drag, flushing network,
00:60
flushing control and Newtown DDG from the model group window
01:04
to the network control and demand diagram boxes in the dialog
01:10
type in the name base and then enable experimental
01:15
click save, then run.
01:18
Once you have created a base run,
01:20
you can create a flushing object
01:22
right click, Bridgetown flushing and select new flushing schedule group
01:28
in the new name, flushing schedule group,
01:30
pop up type in a new name or accept the default
01:34
and then click ok.
01:37
In the model group window, right,
01:38
click the new flushing schedule group and select new flushing schedule
01:43
again, you can enter a custom name or accept the default name.
01:48
Next
01:49
double click the new flushing schedule you created
01:51
to open it in the flushing scheduler.
01:54
The flushing scheduler dialogue has three tabs schedule
01:58
criteria and hydrants
01:60
and simulations.
02:02
Start by opening the simulations tab
02:05
in the model group window.
02:07
Find the base flushing control run you created earlier,
02:10
then drag and drop it into the base simulation box.
02:14
Then click the create flushing simulation button.
02:17
This automatically opens the flushing network in the GEO plan.
02:22
Note that the flushing scheduler you created now appears in the model group window.
02:28
Now click the criteria and hydrance tab
02:32
or this example, leave the values in the criteria group box unchanged
02:37
because this model does not contain hydrants at every node.
02:40
You need to pick a default hydrant.
02:43
First click and drag the pipes for flushing selection list
02:46
into the GEO plan to highlight the branch of pipes.
02:49
You will be flushing
02:51
zoom to the branch.
02:52
Then in the flushing schedule or dialogue hydrant's group box,
02:56
click the pick hydrant button.
02:59
Note that the cursor updates with an H
03:02
in the GEO plan. Click a hydrant
03:05
the grid in the hydrance group box updates with that hydrant properties.
03:09
If you accidentally pick the wrong hydrant, you can right,
03:12
click in the left margin and click delete row.
03:15
Keep in mind that when performing a flushing simulation,
03:18
you can use hydrants or nodes.
03:21
However, if you use nodes, you must assign them the properties of a hydrant.
03:27
If you have no hydrants in your network,
03:29
you must enter the properties in the hydrants grid manually.
03:33
Now click the schedule tab to open it.
03:36
The actions group box is where you'll create
03:39
a list and timeline of flushing actions.
03:42
Click the add button.
03:44
This automatically populates values for number and minimum
03:47
interval in the first row of the grid
03:51
in the name column, enter the name action one,
03:54
expand the date time dropdown and pick a date and time that falls within the base run.
04:00
You can also type in the values for day, month and year. If you prefer.
04:06
If you need to,
04:07
you can double click the base run to open the schedule,
04:09
hydraulic run dialogue and verify the start and end dates and times.
04:14
In this example, the chosen date and time is may 2nd 2022 at 0 800 hours,
04:21
then click the box in the fixed time column.
04:25
Click the left margin of the row to highlight it as the selected action.
04:30
Ensure that the name of the group box below changes from selected action.
04:34
None to selected action. One
04:37
next you will select the pipes to be flushed and the flushing points
04:42
in the selected action, one group box click the pipes flushed tab,
04:47
click pick pipe
04:49
note that the cursor now has an f next to it
04:51
indicating it is ready to pick the pipes to be flushed
04:55
in the GEO plan. Pick the two pipes with the ID numbers ST 28368605 point
05:03
ST 28368602.1
05:08
and
05:09
ST 28367601 point ST 28367703.1.
05:19
Then
05:19
in the flushing schedule or dialogue, click fill gaps
05:23
and all the pipes that run between the two selected pipes highlight
05:26
and become part of the pipe selection.
05:29
You also have the option to click all three
05:31
pipes individually including pipe ST 28368602 point ST 28367601.1.
05:43
Now in the selected action group box, click the flushing points tab,
05:48
click pick node,
05:50
select hydrant ST 28367703.
05:55
Before you can successfully run a flushing simulation,
05:58
you need to close some neighboring pipes,
06:01
click the closed tab and check the box next to include pipes
06:06
and then click pick link
06:09
in the GEO plan. Select ST 28368605 point ST 28367602.1.
06:19
Note that the pipe's properties are automatically entered into the grid
06:23
from the schedule tab actions group box, click add again to open the add
06:28
action dialogue
06:31
in the position group box. Toggle on after action one
06:35
disable the option, copy flushing points and links to close from preceding action.
06:41
Click. OK.
06:42
The second row of the actions grid is now active
06:46
in the name column type action two,
06:49
adjust the date time to May 2nd 2022 at 08 30.
06:54
Click the box in the fixed time column,
06:58
make sure to click the left margin of the second row to highlight action two.
07:02
Before you select additional pipes to flush
07:05
from the selected action group box. Open the pipes flushed tab again,
07:10
click pick pipe, then choose ST 28368605 point ST 28367602.1
07:20
and ST 28368605 point ST 28367602.1
07:29
as the pipes to flush
07:31
and then click fill gaps.
07:34
Then open the flushing points tab in pick hydrant T
07:42
from the closed tab. Select pick link in pick pipe ST 28368605 point ST 28368602.1
07:56
in the flushing scheduler. Click save
07:59
note that in this example, nothing appears in the warnings and errors window
08:04
in the selected action group box, click update.
08:09
A grid appears listing details of the
08:11
action one flushing action including velocity flush,
08:14
volume and duration.
08:18
Click start run
08:22
once the run is complete in the model group window,
08:25
right? Click flushing schedule and click open as in the shortcut menu
08:30
in the select format dialog, click workbook and then OK,
08:35
this opens a spreadsheet with details of each action in the flushing schedule.
08:40
You can use the arrow buttons in the workbook
08:42
window to review the details of each action,
08:45
close the workbook window,
08:48
double click flushing scheduler to open it
08:51
in the selected action group box, click update
08:54
the grid listing details of the flushing
08:57
action including velocity flush volume and duration
09:01
is updated to account for the hydraulic
09:03
conditions obtained from the flushing simulation.
09:06
This provides a more accurate representation of the flushing conditions.
Video transcript
00:04
In info works.
00:05
WS pro the flushing schedule object is used for development
00:08
of flushing schedules and for carrying out a flushing simulation.
00:13
The flushing schedule contains a sequence of actions to be used for cleaning a
00:17
water distribution network by flushing the pipes
00:19
with water one pipe section at a time
00:23
to begin from the model group window.
00:26
Expand the Bridgetown flushing model group,
00:28
then click and drag network and control to the workspace to open them in the GEO plan
00:33
before continuing.
00:35
Make sure you have a normal or base run available to
00:37
use as this is critical when performing a flushing simulation.
00:42
Note that if you created one previously, you do not need to make a new one.
00:46
If you need to create a new one from the model group window, right?
00:50
Click run group and select new run.
00:54
The schedule. Hydraulic run dialogue appears
00:58
click and drag, flushing network,
00:60
flushing control and Newtown DDG from the model group window
01:04
to the network control and demand diagram boxes in the dialog
01:10
type in the name base and then enable experimental
01:15
click save, then run.
01:18
Once you have created a base run,
01:20
you can create a flushing object
01:22
right click, Bridgetown flushing and select new flushing schedule group
01:28
in the new name, flushing schedule group,
01:30
pop up type in a new name or accept the default
01:34
and then click ok.
01:37
In the model group window, right,
01:38
click the new flushing schedule group and select new flushing schedule
01:43
again, you can enter a custom name or accept the default name.
01:48
Next
01:49
double click the new flushing schedule you created
01:51
to open it in the flushing scheduler.
01:54
The flushing scheduler dialogue has three tabs schedule
01:58
criteria and hydrants
01:60
and simulations.
02:02
Start by opening the simulations tab
02:05
in the model group window.
02:07
Find the base flushing control run you created earlier,
02:10
then drag and drop it into the base simulation box.
02:14
Then click the create flushing simulation button.
02:17
This automatically opens the flushing network in the GEO plan.
02:22
Note that the flushing scheduler you created now appears in the model group window.
02:28
Now click the criteria and hydrance tab
02:32
or this example, leave the values in the criteria group box unchanged
02:37
because this model does not contain hydrants at every node.
02:40
You need to pick a default hydrant.
02:43
First click and drag the pipes for flushing selection list
02:46
into the GEO plan to highlight the branch of pipes.
02:49
You will be flushing
02:51
zoom to the branch.
02:52
Then in the flushing schedule or dialogue hydrant's group box,
02:56
click the pick hydrant button.
02:59
Note that the cursor updates with an H
03:02
in the GEO plan. Click a hydrant
03:05
the grid in the hydrance group box updates with that hydrant properties.
03:09
If you accidentally pick the wrong hydrant, you can right,
03:12
click in the left margin and click delete row.
03:15
Keep in mind that when performing a flushing simulation,
03:18
you can use hydrants or nodes.
03:21
However, if you use nodes, you must assign them the properties of a hydrant.
03:27
If you have no hydrants in your network,
03:29
you must enter the properties in the hydrants grid manually.
03:33
Now click the schedule tab to open it.
03:36
The actions group box is where you'll create
03:39
a list and timeline of flushing actions.
03:42
Click the add button.
03:44
This automatically populates values for number and minimum
03:47
interval in the first row of the grid
03:51
in the name column, enter the name action one,
03:54
expand the date time dropdown and pick a date and time that falls within the base run.
04:00
You can also type in the values for day, month and year. If you prefer.
04:06
If you need to,
04:07
you can double click the base run to open the schedule,
04:09
hydraulic run dialogue and verify the start and end dates and times.
04:14
In this example, the chosen date and time is may 2nd 2022 at 0 800 hours,
04:21
then click the box in the fixed time column.
04:25
Click the left margin of the row to highlight it as the selected action.
04:30
Ensure that the name of the group box below changes from selected action.
04:34
None to selected action. One
04:37
next you will select the pipes to be flushed and the flushing points
04:42
in the selected action, one group box click the pipes flushed tab,
04:47
click pick pipe
04:49
note that the cursor now has an f next to it
04:51
indicating it is ready to pick the pipes to be flushed
04:55
in the GEO plan. Pick the two pipes with the ID numbers ST 28368605 point
05:03
ST 28368602.1
05:08
and
05:09
ST 28367601 point ST 28367703.1.
05:19
Then
05:19
in the flushing schedule or dialogue, click fill gaps
05:23
and all the pipes that run between the two selected pipes highlight
05:26
and become part of the pipe selection.
05:29
You also have the option to click all three
05:31
pipes individually including pipe ST 28368602 point ST 28367601.1.
05:43
Now in the selected action group box, click the flushing points tab,
05:48
click pick node,
05:50
select hydrant ST 28367703.
05:55
Before you can successfully run a flushing simulation,
05:58
you need to close some neighboring pipes,
06:01
click the closed tab and check the box next to include pipes
06:06
and then click pick link
06:09
in the GEO plan. Select ST 28368605 point ST 28367602.1.
06:19
Note that the pipe's properties are automatically entered into the grid
06:23
from the schedule tab actions group box, click add again to open the add
06:28
action dialogue
06:31
in the position group box. Toggle on after action one
06:35
disable the option, copy flushing points and links to close from preceding action.
06:41
Click. OK.
06:42
The second row of the actions grid is now active
06:46
in the name column type action two,
06:49
adjust the date time to May 2nd 2022 at 08 30.
06:54
Click the box in the fixed time column,
06:58
make sure to click the left margin of the second row to highlight action two.
07:02
Before you select additional pipes to flush
07:05
from the selected action group box. Open the pipes flushed tab again,
07:10
click pick pipe, then choose ST 28368605 point ST 28367602.1
07:20
and ST 28368605 point ST 28367602.1
07:29
as the pipes to flush
07:31
and then click fill gaps.
07:34
Then open the flushing points tab in pick hydrant T
07:42
from the closed tab. Select pick link in pick pipe ST 28368605 point ST 28368602.1
07:56
in the flushing scheduler. Click save
07:59
note that in this example, nothing appears in the warnings and errors window
08:04
in the selected action group box, click update.
08:09
A grid appears listing details of the
08:11
action one flushing action including velocity flush,
08:14
volume and duration.
08:18
Click start run
08:22
once the run is complete in the model group window,
08:25
right? Click flushing schedule and click open as in the shortcut menu
08:30
in the select format dialog, click workbook and then OK,
08:35
this opens a spreadsheet with details of each action in the flushing schedule.
08:40
You can use the arrow buttons in the workbook
08:42
window to review the details of each action,
08:45
close the workbook window,
08:48
double click flushing scheduler to open it
08:51
in the selected action group box, click update
08:54
the grid listing details of the flushing
08:57
action including velocity flush volume and duration
09:01
is updated to account for the hydraulic
09:03
conditions obtained from the flushing simulation.
09:06
This provides a more accurate representation of the flushing conditions.
In InfoWorks WS Pro, the Flushing Schedule object is used to develop flushing schedules and to carry out flushing simulations. A Flushing Schedule contains a sequence of actions for cleaning a water distribution network, flushing the pipes with water one section at a time.
A flushing simulation requires the use of a normal or "base" run. If you have one, skip to Step 10. Otherwise, to create a base run:
To create a flushing object:
The flushing network opens in the GeoPlan, and the flushing scheduler now appears in the Model Group.
Because this model does not contain hydrants at every node, a default hydrant must be selected:
In the Hydrants group box, the grid updates with the properties of the selected hydrant.
To change the selected hydrant:
Important: A flushing simulation is performed using hydrants or nodes. However, if nodes are used, you must assign them the properties of a hydrant. If there are no hydrants in the network, you must enter properties into the Hydrants grid manually.
To create a list and timeline of flushing actions:
If needed, double-click the base run to open the Schedule Hydraulic Run dialog box and verify the Start and End dates and times.
Ensure that the name of the group box below the grid changes from Selected Action [none] to Selected Action [1].
To select the pipes to be flushed and the flushing points:
All pipes between the two selected pipes highlight and become part of the pipe selection.
To run a successful flushing simulation, first, some neighboring pipes must be closed:
In the Actions grid, the second row now appears active, with values for number and minimum interval.
To select additional pipes to flush:
Notice that in this example, nothing appears in the Warnings and Errors window.
A grid appears, listing details of the Action 1 flushing action, including velocity, flush volume, and duration.
To view the details in spreadsheet format:
A spreadsheet opens with details of each action in the flushing schedule.
The grid of flushing action details, including velocity, flush volume, and duration, updates to account for the hydraulic conditions obtained from the flushing simulation. This provides a more accurate representation of the flushing conditions.
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