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Simulate a broken pipeline in the network to determine the affected facilities and closable valves to isolate the broken pipe.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Tutorial resources
These downloadable resources will be used to complete this tutorial:
The Breakdown module of the Protector allows for determining which pipes in a hydraulic network need to be closed during the event of a pipe break. A Breakdown simulation accurately identifies pipes that can and should be closed in order to isolate a pipe element from the rest of the water system.
This example simulated a broken pipeline in the network to determine the affected facilities and closable valves, to isolate the broken pipe.
Start by running a simulation for the current scenario:
To access the Protector:
Pipe 2852 was previously identified by the Protector Isolation module.
Next, search for closable pipes on a selection or a domain:
The CLOSABLE_PIPES selection set contains all pipes with closable valves.
Affected facilities are all isolated pipelines due to the broken pipe.
This selection set was previously created by a Protector Isolation run.
The Breakdown simulation is now ready to be run:
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