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INTRODUCTION
raining in the
wrong places
SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND STATE GOVERNMENT
Waterwise
Leak Detection
BOLDLY GO!!!
WHAT TO DO?
fire fighting at high pressure
leak example at high pressure
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Simulating fire flow at critical
hydrants
Investigating and identifying
customers with possible impact
Discussions with QFRS
Using models
planning engineers
are able to identify
Boundary configurations
Cost effective upgrades
Ensure hydraulic
performance of the
network
DESIGN FOR SMART CONTROL
60
100.0
Pressure continues to 55
downstream increase, as flow rate
pressure increases
80.0
50
Flow (litres/second)
Pressure (m)
60.0
45
40.0
40
20.0 flow 35
0.0 30
4:10:00 AM
8:20:00 AM
1:00:00 AM
5:10:00 AM
9:20:00 AM
2:00:00 AM
6:10:00 AM
12:00:00 AM
4:40:00 PM
8:50:00 PM
1:30:00 PM
5:40:00 PM
9:50:00 PM
12:30:00 PM
pressure
Max Flow Rate - 342 m3/hr (95 litres/sec)
250.00
Flow (m3/hr)
04:05 flow 82m3/hr pressure - 43m
30 200.00
150.00
20 04:10 flow 150m3/hr pressure - 49m
100.00
10
50.00 04:45 flow 203m3/hr pressure - 53m
0 0.00
pressure - 55m +
05:30 flow 299m3/hr
4:00
4:05
4:10
4:45
5:30
7:20
demand
Time
pressure - 56m +
07:20 flow 342m3/hr
demand
flow
Proving the operation of flow
modulation with the QFRS
0.0
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
00:00:00
01:35:00
03:10:00
04:45:00
06:20:00
07:55:00
09:30:00
flow
11:05:00
12:40:00
14:15:00
15:50:00
17:25:00
19:00:00
20:35:00
QFRS - Test
22:10:00
23:45:00
pressure
01:20:00
02:55:00
04:30:00
06:05:00
07:40:00
09:15:00
10:50:00
12:25:00
14:00:00
Flow (l/sec)
10.0
20.0
30.0
40.0
50.0
60.0
0.0
08:00:00
08:10:00
08:20:00
08:30:00
08:40:00
08:50:00
09:00:00
09:20:00
09:30:00
09:40:00
09:50:00
10:00:00
QFRS - Test
10:10:00
10:20:00
10:30:00
QFRS 30l/sec
10:40:00
10:50:00
11:00:00
11:10:00
11:20:00
11:30:00
11:40:00
Pressure Increase to 55m with Increased Flow
11:50:00
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MINIMISE IMPACT
PLANNING, PLANNING, PLANNING!!!
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PLANNING, PLANNING, PLANNING!!!
Prior
Preparation and
Planning
Prevents
Poor
Performance
PLANNING, PLANNING, PLANNING!!!
WELL ALMOST!!!
Whos Who of Utilities with
Pressure Management
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