Welcome to Wanda’s documentation!¶
What is WANDA 4?¶
WANDA 4 is a powerful and user-friendly program for the hydraulic design and optimization of pipeline systems. Both engineers and operators use WANDA to study the steady and dynamic behaviour of liquid, heat, and slurry flows in arbitrarily configured pipeline networks. The software can be easily linked to other applications, e.g. for operator training systems or advanced real-time control. WANDA has been extensively tested, validated and designed for engineers by engineers.
WANDA can be used throughout the lifetime of the pipeline system: from initial design, component optimization, control procedure evaluation up to commissioning and operator training. Detailed information of the flow can be viewed at any location in the system at any moment in time. WANDA’s intelligent components and standard-setting GUI enable you to carry out any hydraulics analysis in the most efficient way.
WANDA can model a rich variety of flow processes such as liquid, heat transport, cavitation and variable fluid properties. Flows from less than a few hundred litres per hour to well over 100,000 m3/h have been accounted for.
Online manual¶
An up to date version of the WANDA manual is maintainted online (see read the docs manual).
Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. User Interface
- 2.1. Overview of WANDA 4 features
- 2.1.1. MSOffice look and feel
- 2.1.2. Diagrams
- 2.1.3. Routes in diagram
- 2.1.4. Automatic name generation
- 2.1.5. Property text boxes
- 2.1.6. Property list windows
- 2.1.7. Table editor
- 2.1.8. Spreadsheet
- 2.1.9. Calculations
- 2.1.10. Chart engine
- 2.1.11. Time navigator
- 2.1.12. Unit groups
- 2.1.13. Selection builder
- 2.1.14. ‘On demand’ data loading / Smart saving
- 2.1.15. Instant window/view refresh
- 2.2. Getting Started
- 2.3. Building the diagram
- 2.3.1. Shape Library / Gallery
- 2.3.2. Adding components
- 2.3.3. Looking closer at components in the diagram
- 2.3.4. Connecting components
- 2.3.5. Rules for creating a hydraulic model
- 2.3.6. Advanced drawing a scheme
- 2.3.7. Vector based schematisation
- 2.3.8. Aligning routes
- 2.3.9. Changing the flow definition
- 2.3.10. Navigating large diagrams
- 2.3.11. Splitting a diagram
- 2.4. Property Window
- 2.5. Selection Builder
- 2.6. Using Charts
- 2.7. Time Navigator
- 2.8. Creating your own database system
- 2.9. File Management
- 2.10. Arrange Menu
- 2.11. Selection Menu
- 2.12. Compare menu
- 2.13. Units Menu
- 2.14. Model Menu
- 2.15. Reports Menu
- 2.16. Pump Energy
- 2.17. Tips for WANDA 4 users
- 2.18. Frequently asked questions
- 2.19. Important keys and shortcuts
- 2.1. Overview of WANDA 4 features
- 3. Theoretical and mathematical background
- 4. WANDA Liquid
- 4.1. Overview of Liquid components
- 4.2. Modular concept of H-component properties
- 4.3. Hydraulic nodes
- 4.4. Air Vessel
- 4.4.1. AIRVha (class)
- 4.4.2. Airvessel horizontal vented
- 4.4.3. AIRVhn (class)
- 4.4.4. Airvessel horizontal non-vented
- 4.4.5. AIRVva (class)
- 4.4.6. Airvessel vertical vented
- 4.4.7. AIRVvn (class)
- 4.4.8. Airvessel vertical non-vented
- 4.4.9. Airvessel Vertical Hybrid (class)
- 4.4.10. Airvessel vertical hybrid properties
- 4.5. Boundary Conditions
- 4.6. Channel
- 4.7. Checkvalve
- 4.8. Collector
- 4.9. Conduit
- 4.10. Control valve
- 4.11. Damper, Surge vessel
- 4.12. Dynamic air valve with water release
- 4.13. Fast filling pipe
- 4.14. Inclined Air Vessel
- 4.15. Infinite Pipe
- 4.16. Merger
- 4.17. ORIFICE
- 4.18. PIPE
- 4.19. Pressure relief valve
- 4.20. Pump
- 4.21. Pump Energy
- 4.22. PUMPSS
- 4.23. QSCHAR
- 4.24. Reservoir
- 4.25. Resistance
- 4.26. Shaft
- 4.27. Splitter
- 4.28. Surge tower, surge shaft
- 4.29. T-JUNCTION
- 4.30. TANK
- 4.31. Tap point / distribution area
- 4.32. Turbine
- 4.33. VALVE
- 4.34. Vee notch Weir
- 4.35. Vent, Air valve
- 4.36. Vent, Air valve with filling pipe section
- 4.37. Venturi
- 4.38. Weir
- 4.39. X-JUNCTION
- 4.40. Y-JUNCTION
- 5. WANDA Control
- 5.1. Modeling aspects
- 5.2. Definitions
- 5.3. Overview Control components
- 5.4. 2COND
- 5.5. ABS
- 5.6. AND
- 5.7. BIAS
- 5.8. CON
- 5.9. COND
- 5.10. COND2
- 5.11. DELAY
- 5.12. DIV
- 5.13. FUN
- 5.14. GAIN
- 5.15. INTGRT
- 5.16. LCON
- 5.17. LCS
- 5.18. LCS2
- 5.19. LDELAY
- 5.20. LTAB
- 5.21. LtoN
- 5.22. MAX
- 5.23. MAXVAL
- 5.24. MIN
- 5.25. MINVAL
- 5.26. MOD
- 5.27. MOVAVG
- 5.28. MSP
- 5.29. MUL
- 5.30. NOT
- 5.31. OR
- 5.32. PID
- 5.33. PID_N
- 5.34. PIDSS
- 5.35. PIDSS_N
- 5.36. RAMP
- 5.37. RDFILE
- 5.38. SELECT
- 5.39. SENSOR
- 5.40. SFUN
- 5.41. SIGN
- 5.42. STAB
- 5.43. SUB
- 5.44. SUM
- 5.45. TAB
- 5.46. TAB2
- 5.47. TIME
- 5.48. TRUNC
- 5.49. WAVE
- 5.50. WRFILE
- 5.51. XOR
- 5.52. Examples
- 6. WANDA Heat
- 7. Bibliography
- 8. Software License conditions
- 8.1. 1. General
- 8.2. 2. Make Program available
- 8.3. 3. Licences and intellectual property
- 8.4. 4. Maintenance and support
- 8.5. 5. Guarantees
- 8.6. 6. Liability
- 8.7. 7. Application Service Providing (ASP)
- 8.8. 8. Training
- 8.9. 9. Invoices and payment
- 8.10. 10. Rates
- 8.11. 11. Transfer of rights
- 8.12. 12. Term and termination
- 8.13. 13. Disputes and applicable law