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RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM

ON27NOVEMBER2014.POSTEDINSISTEMPENUAIANAIRHUJAN

Introduction

SizingTheTank

SystemDesign

WaterQualityAspects

WaterUsage

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Forthosewhoareinterestedininstallingasimilarrainwaterharvestingsystemfortheirhomes(KualaLumpurareaonly).Tangki
NAHRIMisavailablefordownloadtosizetherainwaterstoragetankbasedondailywaterusageanddailyrainfall.

User'sGuide:
StepbystepguideforusingTangkiNAHRIM
1.Thesoftwaremayberunfromthedisketteorharddisk.Whereverthesoftwareisrunfrom,thecommandlineis"drivename:
TangkiNAHRIM1.0.exe".File"vbrun100.dll"isneededtorunTangkiNAHRIM1.0.exeandbothfileshouldbeinonefolder.
2.Thestartingscreen(Figure1)iswheretheuserneedstospecifythefollowingparameters:
1.Theroofcharacteristicssuchasthelengthandwidthofroof,therunoffcoefficientwhichdependsonthematerialoftheroofand

thefirstflushvolumewhichaccountsfortheamountofwaterneededtowashtheroofwitheachrainfallbeforetheremainingrain
watercanbeused.
2.Thewaterusagecharacteristicswhichincludethenumberofpersonsusingthewater,thevolumeusedperpersonandthesizeof
storagetankusedfortherainwater.
3.Rainfall areas: at present, the software only includes data of rainfall for the Kuala Lumpur area as recorded at the DID Ampang
station.Rainfalldataforotherselectedareaswillbeincludedinfuture.

3.Inthestartingscreen,theuserhavethefollowingoptions:
1.For simulating with the monthly data, the user may proceed directly to the simulation menu by clicking the "Continue" button or

maychoosetolookattherainfalldata("ViewR.F.Data").Therainfalldataisgiveninatabulatedformfortheyears19831997.

2.For simulating with the daily data, the "Simulate Daily" button will bring the user to the screen which displays the daily rainfall

data. The "Show Data" button will display the data for each month in the table. Repetitively clicking this button will display the
dataforthefollowingmonths.Alternatively,theusermayspecifytheparticularyear,thenthedataforthatyearwillbedisplayed
inaconsecutivemanner.Choosing"Continue"willbringtheusertotheSimulationMenu.
3.The"DisplayUpdates"buttonisfordisplayingthelatestvaluesspecifiedbytheuserforeachparameterwhenreturningfromthe
SimulationMenuafterchangesaremadetothesevalueswhicharedifferenttothedefaultvalues.
4.The"Return"buttonisfortheusertogodirectlytotheSimulationMenuaftermakingchangestothevaluesoftheparameters.
5.The"PrintForm"buttonwillprintthisformusingthedefaultprinterandthe"End"buttonwillendtheprogram.
4.IntheSimulationMenu(Figure2),theuserhavethefollowingoptions:

1.Torunthesoftwarewiththemonthlydata,eitherchoose"FastSimulation"or"SlowSimulation".Fastsimulationisforgettingthe

resultsquicklywhileslowsimulationisforobservingthesimulationprogressataslowerphase.Whilethesimulationisrun,the
userisshowntheconditionsofwaterinthestoragetankplusthefollowinginformation:
1.Totalrainwatervolumedelivered.
2.Numberofdaysthedemandorusagevolumenotfullymet.
3.Numberofdayswithnorainatall.
4.Numberofdayswhenthereisnorainandthestoragetankempty.

FIGURE2:THESIMULATIONSCREEN

Attheendofeachsimulationrun,thefollowinginformationareprovided:

1.
1.Thereliabilityratio.
2.Thepercentageofthetotaltimethatthestoragetankbecameempty.
3.Thetotalvolumeofrainwatercollectedanddeliveredtotheuser.
4.Theaveragevolumeofrainwaterdeliveredperday.

Theuserisalsoprovidedwiththefollowinganalysisresultsbyclickingtherespectivebuttons:
1.The"AnalysisResults"buttonwillshowthetotalrainwatercapturedbythesystem,thecoefficientofrainwaterutilization

andthestorageefficiency.

2.The"MonthlyResults"buttonwilldisplaythereliabilityvaluesforeverymonthfromJanuarytoDecember.
3.The"TankCondition"buttonwillshowthepercentageofthetimethatthewaterlevelinthetankatthedifferentlevelsi.e.

full,threequarters,half,onequarterandempty.

1.Torunthesoftwarewiththedailydata,theusershouldchoose"FastSimulation"or"SlowSimulation"buttoninthe"Daily

Simulation"frame.Again,fastsimulationisforgettingtheresultsquicklywhileslowsimulationisforobservingthesimulation
progressataslowermode.
2.The"PrintResults"buttonisforprintingthedailyoutputfortherainwatervolumedelivered,waterlevelinthetankandratioof
waterdemandmetinamonth.Forthis,theuserneedstospecifythemonthandyearforwhichtheresultsarerequired.
5.Whenthe"GraphicDisplay"buttonischosen,theuserisshowntheGraphicDisplayScreen.Inthisscreen,theusercanobservethe
dailyfluctuationsofthewaterlevelinthestoragetankforonemonthatatimeforthe15yearsperiod.Thefollowingoptionsare
available:
1."FastSimulation"isforgettingquickresultswiththemonthlydata.
2."Slowsimulation"isforobservingthesimulationataslowerphase.
3."DailyData"simulationwillrunthemodelusingthedailyrainfalldata.
4."SpecificMonth"enablestheusertospecifytoviewwhichparticularmonth.
5."StepSimulation"displaystheresultsforthefollowingmonth.

6.The"ChangeParameter"buttonisforgoingbacktotheStartingscreenwheretheusermaychangethevaluesoftheparametersfor
subsequentsimulations.

7.Everyforminthesoftwareisprovidedwiththe"Print"or"PrintForm"buttonsthatenableprintingofindividualformstobedone.
Also,"End"buttonsareprovidedforquickexitfromtheprogram.

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