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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Thomas M. Walski, Nanticoke, PA (US);
Robert F. Mankowski, Watertown, CT (US);
Shaoyu Yang, Southbury, CT (US);
Jack S. Cook, Jr., Bethlehem, CT (US);
Ronghe Wang, Watertown, CT (US);
Daniel Bishop, Springfield, MA (US);
Daniel Bowdler, Waterville, CT (US);
Zheng Yi Wu, Watertown, CT (US);
Robert A. Gurrieri, Thomaston, CT (US);
Thomas M. Walski, Nanticoke, PA (US);
Robert F. Mankowski, Watertown, CT (US);
Shaoyu Yang, Southbury, CT (US);
Jack S. Cook, Jr., Bethlehem, CT (US);
Ronghe Wang, Watertown, CT (US);
Daniel Bishop, Springfield, MA (US);
Daniel Bowdler, Waterville, CT (US);
Zheng Yi Wu, Watertown, CT (US);
Robert A. Gurrieri, Thomaston, CT (US);
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, Exton, PA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for performing a criticality analysis of a water distribution network is provided. The method and system provides for segmentation of the system which allows a user to determine the set of elements that comprise segments, which in turn are the smallest portion of a water distribution system that can be isolated by valving. Isolating valves are included as elements in the set of elements that are used by an associated hydraulic solver engine to segment the water distribution network. Once the network has been segmented, a criticality analysis is performed whereby a hydraulic simulation is run for an outage of one or more segments, and the shortfall in demand supplied to other segments is calculated. The system provides for a linking of the ability to automatically identify segments with a hydraulic analysis model to enable a user not only to identify segments, but to rank their importance based on a variety of user defined metrics.