The Water Infrastructure Pressure Surges Analysis Tool (WIPSAT) allows for the successive, automated transient analysis of hydrants, valves and pumps in large models which may contain hundreds or thousands of these types of devices. WIPSAT includes a screening routine which analyzes these devices using global physical data and average operating times; the tool performs an automated Surge analysis on each of these types of devices in the model successively: At the end of this procedure, a report is created listing which hydrants, valves or pumps may be problematic.
The next step is to perform a Detailed Analysis, which incorporates site-specific physical characteristics and site-specific operating data for the flagged devices to see if operational changes or other surge protection measures are required to maintain safe firefighting operation in the case of hydrants, or safe operation in general in the case of valves and pumps.
If there are no hydrants or valves in the model, WIPSAT can analyze pipes as if they contain hydrants or valves. WIPSAT is available as two different products: WIPSAT Add-On, which works with Surge (.p2k files), and WIPSAT Standalone, which works with EPANET .INP files.
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Click here for our model comparisons and limitations page. Refer to the Surge model entry on this page.
