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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2006
James E. Golinveaux, N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Vitaly Kabashnikov, Minsk, BY;
Michael Mahomet, Hatfield, PA (US);
Valeri Mourachko, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Leonid Nikolaychik, Mequon, WI (US);
Alexander Nikolayev, Newtown, PA (US);
Thomas Prymak, Doylestown, PA (US);
Valery Popov, Minsk, BY;
Andrey Bril, Minsk, BY;
Valery Babenko, Minsk, BY;
James E. Golinveaux, N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Vitaly Kabashnikov, Minsk, BY;
Michael Mahomet, Hatfield, PA (US);
Valeri Mourachko, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Leonid Nikolaychik, Mequon, WI (US);
Alexander Nikolayev, Newtown, PA (US);
Thomas Prymak, Doylestown, PA (US);
Valery Popov, Minsk, BY;
Andrey Bril, Minsk, BY;
Valery Babenko, Minsk, BY;
Tyco Fire Products LP, Lansdale, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of and a computer program for analyzing models of dry pipe systems. The computer program includes a user interface and a model generator in communication with the user interface. The method and computer program provide for modeling a referential dry pipe system as a plurality of interconnected nodes, the nodes corresponding to a pipe connector, the interconnection between the nodes corresponding to a pipe device. The plurality of nodes can define a dry portion and a wet portion with the wet portion including a liquid source and the dry portion including a plurality of interconnected pipes to define a volume of gas. The nodes in the dry portion can define a set of nodal devices open to ambient. The method and computer program can provide for computing fluid time based parameters to simulate the liquid flowing from the wet portion to determine at least flow time of the liquid from the wet portion to the open devices. The method and computer program can provide for verification of the liquid flow time in the model within 20% of an actual liquid flow time in the referential dry pipe system.