Introduction
The Urban Developer Plugin to Source allows the Source user to build add an Urban Developer scenario.
Figure 1. Create an Urban Developer scenario
This section of the documentation will describe how to set up the node components of an Urban Developer scenario (Figure 2.) and how to configure the interactions between these nodes.
Figure 2. Overview of the node components of an Urban Developer scenario
The urban demand is represented by a Water Use node (Figure 3.). Urban Developer offers two methods for simulating the water use at a water use node, either as:
- an Average daily model, or
- a Behavioural model
If relevant, supply can be supplemented by water from a Tank attached to a Roof, represented as two further nodes (Figure 3.) which can be configured.
Figure 3. Urban scenario water use nodes
Urban Developer represents urban demand at the node by simulating individual end-uses at the household level. The Currently represented end-use categories included in Urban Developer areuses include:
- outdoor/variable;
- shower;
- washing machine;
- toilets and
- indoor hand taps and dishwashers
These five end-uses typically comprise 93-98 percent of household water use (Thyer et al., 2008). End-uses such as baths and leaks are not modelled explicitly, but can be lumped with the outdoor/variable end-use. Separating demand into its individual users end-uses provides the user with the flexibility to use apply different supply sources for each of the types of end-use.
The urban demand is represented by a Water Use node (Figure 1). Urban Developer offers two methods for simulating the water use at a water use node, either:
- an Average daily model, or
- a Behavioural model, with three possible configurations:
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Figure 1 Urban scenario water use nodes
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References
Thyer, M. A., Duncan, H., Coombes, P., Kuczera, G., & Micevski, T. (2009). A probabilistic behavioural approach for the dynamic modelling of indoor household water use. In H2009: 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium: Adapting to Change, 30 November - 3 December 2009, Newcastle, Australia (p. 1059).
Acknowledgements
This material has been adapted from:
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