Sizing is only the beginning. ORCANET packs five optimization engines at the cutting edge — from chlorination to the real-time digital twin — that few software tools in the world bring together in one place.
In short — Beyond simulation, ORCANET optimises: least-cost pipe diameters, pump scheduling, pump selection from catalogues, chlorination, automatic calibration against measurements and a SCADA-connected digital twin. These heavy calculations run on dedicated servers and keep going after you close the tab.
Connect your SCADA / IoT live — REST, WebSocket, MQTT — and let the model recalibrate itself continuously. Full state estimation of the network and leak detection (acoustic + hydraulic), all on a full-screen supervision desk.
Find the ideal pump for your Q / head duty points, at the best efficiency. Clear breakdown of the head — static lift, head losses, residual pressure — plus H-Q and η-Q curves.
Optimize operation over 24 h (fixed or variable speed) against three simultaneous objectives — energy, tariffed cost (peak / off-peak hours) and starts — on a multi-objective Pareto front.
Set the chlorine dosing at the injection points for uniform disinfection everywhere, with no overdosing. Residual chlorine, water age, source tracing and multi-species (MSX) reactions.
Recalibrate the network on your field measurements — roughness (hydraulics) and wall Kw (quality). Optimal sensor placement (D-optimal), Tikhonov regularization and a full statistical report.
By entering your constraints — minimum pressure at each node, maximum velocity, catalogue of diameters and unit prices — and running the optimisation. The engine explores thousands of combinations, checks the chosen candidate with a full 24-hour simulation, tank levels included, and returns the cheapest compliant network it found.
Calibrating a model means adjusting its uncertain parameters — pipe roughness, demands, set points — so that computed pressures and flows match those measured in the field. ORCANET does it automatically from your field readings: it adjusts the parameters, quantifies the remaining error sensor by sensor and produces a calibration report.
It is a hydraulic model connected to the network's real measurements (SCADA, MQTT). It is continuously compared with the sensors, checks the computed state against the measured state and flags discrepancies: a likely leak, a valve in the wrong position, a faulty sensor. The model stops ageing in a folder: it follows the network.
By scheduling pump running hours according to the electricity tariff and tank levels. ORCANET's energy scheduler looks for the cheapest schedule that keeps tanks within their levels and pressure above the minimum everywhere, then turns it into operational control rules.