Listing 4

Example 4. An Example of Output Generated by a Hydraulic Analysis
Program using MEL. (From the input data given in Example 1.
)

program,
   name = 'HAPN - Hydraulic Analysis of Piping Networks',
   problem_title = 'Example Problem Illustrating MEL';
message,
   text = 'Date: Thu Jul 13 09:02:11 1989';
message,
   text = 'Input filename: input';
equations,
   node = 0,
   loop = 0,
   iterations = 7;
branch,
   number = 100,
   type = 'independent_branch',
   flow_rate = 436238 (lbm/h),
   flow_change = -6.20476e-007 (%),
   flow_dp = 2.17 (psi),
   elevation_dp = 0 (psi);
component,
   branch_number = 100,
   component_number = 0,
   type = 'pipe',
   resistance = 4.95228 (Pa*s2/kg2),
   change_resistance = -1.24095e-008 (%),
   pressure_drop = 2.17 (psi);
node,
   number = 1,
   pressure = 8.67 (psi);
node,
   number = 2,
   pressure = 6.5 (psi);
next;