Investigating components & controls
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Beyond measuring the general pressures and flows throughout your network, effective field testing often requires a closer look at the specific characteristics and operational status of key system components and control elements. These details can significantly influence your system's overall hydraulic behavior, and getting them right in your model is crucial. This section will discuss targeted testing methods designed to provide this deeper understanding. For instance, we’ll explore tank drawdown and refill tests.
By carefully observing and recording how tank water levels change over a full operational cycle (or several cycles), you can verify your model's representation of usable storage capacity and, importantly, understand the actual control logic that governs when inlet valves open or close, or when associated pumps turn on or off. This is often more reliable than relying solely on design schematics or operator recall.
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