CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
4 January 2011
Product News
MWH Soft Surge Product Line Revs Up Modeling Performance; Breaks Size Barrier for Analyzing All-Pipe Water Networks
MWH Soft announced the worldwide release of the unlimited link version of its surge product line. The release brings a new level of software and computational power to the simulation of all-pipe water distribution network models. Available for InfoSurge, H2OSURGE, H2OMAP Surge, and InfoWorks TS, the release is ideal for comprehensive water quality applications that require simulation of very large network models under a wide range of hydraulic transient conditions, from routine operation to emergency states. It has power to help users establish proper system-wide coverage, assesses their susceptibility to low or negative pressures, estimate potential intrusion volumes and risk to public health, control pressure surges, and minimize the impact of pressure transients should they occur. The enhanced suite reflects MWH Soft’s vanguard position in the water industry and its continuing commitment to delivering pioneering technology for enhancing the safety and reliability of the world’s water supply.
Anticipating and controlling transient response is critical to ensuring the protection, integrity, and effective/efficient operation of water distribution systems. Transient responses can introduce pressures of sufficient magnitude (upsurge) to burst pipes and damage equipment. The resulting repercussions can include extended service outages and loss of property and life. Transient responses can also produce sub-atmospheric pressures (downsurge) that can force contaminated groundwater into the distribution system at a leaky joint, crack or break, leading to grave health consequences when carried out downstream the pipe system. Sustained sub-atmospheric pressures may also lead to cavitation and water column separation, resulting in severe “water hammer” effects as the vapor cavity collapses.
The MWH Soft transient flow simulation technology suite addresses every facet of pressure surge analysis and its role in utility infrastructure management and protection, delivering the highest rate of return in the industry. It provides the engineer-friendly simulation framework water utilities need to identify characteristics that can make their water supply and distribution systems more susceptible to transient pressure events. Users can quickly and efficiently assess the effects of power outages and pump shutdowns, pump startups, valve closures, rapid demand and pump speed changes, and the efficacy of any combination of surge protection devices. The product suite also accurately simulates cavitation and water column separation and evaluates their intensity. Its blazing simulation speed makes transient analysis an easier and more enjoyable task.
Armed with these mission-critical network modeling capabilities, water utilities can more accurately assess their susceptibility to low or negative pressures caused by transient surges, identify vulnerable areas and risks, evaluate and design sound control and mitigation measures, and determine improved operational plans and security upgrades.
“The ability to confidently assess the vulnerability of distribution systems to pressure transients is becoming more critical every day,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D, Hon.D.WRE, F.ASCE, President and Chief Operating Officer of MWH Soft. “Based on close interactions with our customers, we have enhanced our surge product suite to address their most pressing needs for fast and powerful unsteady network simulation capabilities that make it even easier, faster and more cost-effective to apply advanced network simulation technology to manage and operate better, safer water supply and distribution systems.”
Pricing and Availability
The unlimited link version of InfoSurge, H2OSURGE, H2OMAP Surge, and InfoWorks TS, is now available worldwide by subscription. For the latest information on the MWH Soft Subscription Program, including availability and purchase requirements, visit www.mwhsoft.com or contact your local MWH Soft Channel Partner.
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