KYPipe can utilize Residential Meters or Metered Connections to allocate demands in potable water distribution systems. The images below illustrates the two ways to add metered demands to a network model:
- Each pipe can be assigned a number of Residential Meter connections (first set of images below): An average residential demand (per Residential Meter) is defined in a separate menu, and the total demand for all the meters within each pipe is distributed equally to the end nodes of the pipe during analysis.
- Metered Connection nodes (second set of images below) allow metered demands to be placed anywhere in the distribution system, but as nodes, not inserted into pipes as separate pipe data. Each Metered Connection can have one or more individual meters assigned to it. Data for each individual meter assigned to the metered connection includes the average demand and identifying information, including a meter name and possibly including an address. This information can be updated using meter records stored within an external Excel spreadsheet. During analysis, the demand for each Metered Connection is distributed proportionally to the pipe’s end nodes based on the meter’s distance from the end nodes of the pipe.
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