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Transfer

Overview

Transfers are direct water connections from a reservoir or node to another reservoir or node. Transfers are instantaneous movements of water (and its constituents and particles) without any detailed description of physics or storage. The Transfer View specifies the connectivity of the transfer. A time series must also be listed in the Transfer Time Series View to specify the flow—the default is zero.

Tables

Example

# Description:
# Sample transfer from a reservoir to a node
TRANSFER 
NAME       FROM_OBJ  FROM_IDENTIFIER TO_OBJ TO_IDENTIFIER 
transfer_1 reservoir res_1           node   6  
END

The Transfer table defines the name and connectivity of the transfer. The flow is a time series input specified in the TRANSFER_TIME_SERIES table.

Field Descriptions

  • NAME: Name of the transfer. This is the identifier of the transfer used in other GUI views.
  • FROM_OBJ: Type (node or reservoir) of the source object.
  • FROM_IDENTIFIER: Identifier (node number or reservoir name) of the source object.
  • TO_OBJ: Type (node or reservoir) of the destination object.
  • TO_IDENTIFIER: Identifier (node number or reservoir name) of the destination object.

In previous versions of DSM2, Transfers were called "obj2obj".

To complete the specification of a Transfer, a time series or constant flow must be attached to it in the Transfer Time Series table.