PIPENET VISION 1.6 New Features

PIPENET Transient Module

Dry Pipe Modelling

• Modelling of pipes which start dry, and then fill up.
• Also models pipes that start full and then empty.
• Transient effects in these cases now have a significant increase in realism.

Nozzle Modelling

•  Nozzles can now be directly modelled.
•  Two behaviours corresponding to Spray versus Standard options.
• “Nozzle priming” sequence.

Tank Type definition

• Tanks Type components (receiving vessels, accumulators, simple tanks, and surge tanks) can be defined by a table of x-section area versus height.

Graph Viewer

• Graph viewer can display pressure envelope.

PIPENET Spray/Sprinkler Module

New Autolayout shapes

•  Horizontal cylindrical tank.
•  Spherical tank.
•  Design conforms to chosen standards and design rules.

New Autolayout user interface

•  Dynamic inspection of the 3D model.
•  Draw curved pipes.

Spray Diagrams

•  Unwrap autolayout shape to show spray patterns.
•  Use colours to distinguish amount of water at each location.
•  Results can be printed or included in reports.

PIPENET Standard and Spray/Sprinkler Modules

Pump on/off

•  Flow-rate is now guaranteed zero when the pump is off.

Variable Speed Pump

•  Change the performance curve by specifying the pump setting as a fraction of the maximum speed.

PIPENET Standard, Spray/Sprinkler and Transient Modules

New Report Generator

•  Design the report layouts you want, as Word templates.
•  New PIPENET feature to generate results in XML format.
•  New Word plug-in, allowing you to insert required PIPENET quantities and tables into your report.

•  Combine results from multiple models/calculations.
•  Enhance the inserted content (fonts, totals, headings ).
•  Insert other content (text, images, etc) as required.
•  Automatic update when the calculation is re-run.
•  Works with all three PIPENET modules.
•  Pre-1.6 report mechanism is still supported.

Units and precision

•  Override number of decimal places displayed on schematics.
•  Overwrite user-defined units with a standard unit.
•  Limit decimal places for “dimensionless” values.

Miscellaneous Enhancements

•  The “Delete” key now can be used to delete selected components, and text.
•  New output fields in Spray and Standard reports (static head loss, friction factor).
•  We have standardised reported version numbers as per the PIPENET release

(so in this case, 1.6 which implies the calculator used)
•  Two node caisson type 2 modelling - transfer functions and liquid surge relief valve algorithms have been improved..
•  Messages for orifice plate warnings in Standard and Spray modules have been
improved.
•  REStoCSV.exe is a new program to convert Transient RES files into CSV
(comma separated variable) format, from which they can be displayed in the tabular format of your choice.
•  Only important messages are displayed during installation
•  And much more!