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When modeling a pump in WaterGEMS, is there a way to have the pump turnoff, but still allow flow through the pump.Problem ID#: 84859
When the pump is off, the pump is assumed to be closed and no flow isallowed through the pump in either direction. If you want to simulate acase where flow will still move through the pump, you can try setting upa bypass pipe around the pump.
When the pump is off, the bypass pipe can then have a status of Open. If the pump is on, the status of the pipe can be Closed (though pumped flow may be large enough in some cases where the extra flow through the bypass will not impact the model results). The status changes are made with the use of controls. For setting up the controls see this wiki.
An example of the controls for this would be:
IF PMP-1 Status = On THEN P-6 Pipe Status = Closed
IF PMP-1 Status = Off THEN P-6 Pipe Status = Open