Pumping Station dialog

You can use this dialog to analyse the operation of a pumping station, including viewing its behaviour during a simulation.

The dialog can be displayed in one of the following ways:

On the Control Data Summary view, by right-clicking a row in the pumps grid and choosing PST operation.
On the Pumping Station grid view of the Links grid, by right-clicking a row and choosing PST operation.
On the Pump Station property sheet, by opening the Pump Data page and clicking PST Operation .
From the context menu in the System head curve report, by selecting System head curve.

Item

Description

Graph content options

Options permanently available on the dialog that allow you to control exactly what data is displayed:

Nominal Speed Curve	If checked, displays the head/ flow relationship for the pump at its nominal speed (rpm).
Actual Speed Curve	If checked, displays the head/ flow relationship at the current simulated speed if it is different from the nominal speed (rpm).
Min/Max Speed Curves	If checked, displays the two curves corresponding to the user defined minimum and maximum speeds (not necessarily achieved during the analysis).
Power Curves	If checked, displays the curves corresponding to the power used by operating the pump in the various ways described above.
Efficiency Curves	If checked, displays curves showing the derived efficiencies for the various operating conditions described above.
System Curves	Enables the display of System head curves. The drop-down menu to the right allows you to display a particular curve, or all of them. The titles of the curves are given by the date and time of the run.

Layout (button)

Changes the layout of the dialog and graph. Several layouts are available by clicking the button repeatedly.

Simulation replay options and controls

Additional options are added to the dialog if you open the report for a pumping station in a completed simulation:

Simulation Results	If checked, displays the current operating point for the pump.
Operating Points	If checked, displays all the operating points for the pump during the simulation.
Iteration delay	Because the dialog only replays data for the pump, instead of the whole network, replay at full speed is too quick for realistic analysis. You can use this slide control to set a sensible delay that allows you to see the behaviour clearly.
Replay Control Buttons	You can control the replay of the pumping station results in exactly the same way as for the main simulation replay.
Parameters Grid	Shows important values at the current timestep, along with minimum, maximum and average values.

Context menu

Print graph	Opens a Print dialog, for printing the graph.
Copy graph	Copies the graph into the clipboard.
Graph properties	Opens the Graph Properties dialog.
Export traces to CSV	Opens a Windows Save As dialog, for choosing a location and name of a CSV file to contain the graph trace data.
Print view	Opens a Print dialog, for printing the view contained within the dialog.