System and method for evaluation of fluid flow in a piping system

Abstract

A method to model a complex system of pipes. The model takes into account the physical processes in a tree-type piping system and provides for an accurate modeling of a real world tree-type piping system. In a preferred embodiment, a computer program is provided for analyzing models of dry pipe systems. The computer program includes a user interface and a computational engine. The user interface allows a model of a dry pipe system to be defined and the computational engine determines a liquid flow time through the model of the dry pipe system. The computational engine provides a verification of the liquid flow time in a model of a referential dry pipe system within 20% of an actual liquid flow time in the referential dry pipe system.

1 . A computer program for analyzing models of dry pipe systems comprising:
 a user interface to define a model of a dry pipe system; and   a computational engine that determines a liquid flow time through the model of the dry pipe system, the computational engine providing a verification of the liquid flow time in a model of a referential dry pipe system within 20% of an actual liquid flow time in the referential dry pipe system.   
     
     
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