PIPE-FLO® Professional v16
Engineered Software, Inc.’s PIPE-FLO® products are the world’s leading fluid flow analysis and design modeling software tools. These versatile tools provide value across multiple disciplines, industries and during all stages in the lifetime of a fluid piping system. They provide a common basis for operators, process and design engineers and management to understand, communicate and document their fluid piping systems and processes. Equally applicable to process, support and distribution systems in commercial, industrial and public facilities, PIPE-FLO® products are an invaluable tool for the design, commissioning, operation and modification of fluid piping systems.
PIPE-FLO® Professional v16 Features:
· Over 6,000 NEW fluids
· New fluid table filter
· New PIPE-FLO® Overtime module fully integrates with PIPE-FLO® Professional v16*:
o Create curves to represent specific operational trends for devices within the PIPE-FLO® Professional Model
o Create a series of discrete events to depict program logic control
o Graph the results of the simulation
o Create multiple simulations within one PIPE-FLO® Professional Model
o Live updates as the simulation is progressing in the PIPE-FLO® Professional Model
o Playback the simulation to focus on specific time slices within the simulation
o Create printed reports of the all the simulation parameters and results
o Store the PIPE-FLO® Overtime file within the PIPE-FLO® Professional Model
o Mix-and-match multiple simulations with multiple lineups in the PIPE-FLO® Professional Model
· Define Tank Geometries to the Tank devices.
· Adjust Elevation between Lineups
· Adjust Centrifugal Pump Speed between Lineups
· Search for a specific device in a PIPE-FLO® Professional model
· Model fan/blower devices through Centrifugal Pump(s) devices
PIPE-FLO® Professional Highlights
· The elimination of complex, confusing, and outdated spreadsheets
· Communication and documentation between engineers, designers, managers, and operators
· Profitability through optimization and energy conservation
· Understanding the value of potential changes and capital investments
· Increased system uptime
· Comparing actual vs design hydraulic behavior
Ease of Use
· Includes one year of unlimited engineering/modeling support
· Personalized quick start training
· Over 6000 pre-programmed fluids
· Clearly visualize and share important piping system parameters
· Select pumps from PUMP-FLO®’s database of over 100 pump catalogues
· Model entire systems; including open, closed and branched systems with built in drawing tools
· Export and import data
Interactive
· Model updates in real-time
· Design new systems, plant expansions, and manage startups/shutdowns/variable loads
· Simulate and troubleshoot abnormal conditions
· Evaluate multiple operating and hypothetical scenarios
· Adjust pump speeds and system settings (VFD – Variable Frequency Drive)
Accuracy
· Safety is Critical; PIPE-FLO® ensures that equipment manufacturers' operating specifications are met.
· Premier application for control valves
o Utilize actual valve data and control schemes
o Valve calculator based on valve type, trim, and control
o Ability to manually position valves
o Choked flow and calculation warnings
· Calculate pressure, flow rates, choked flow, total head, NPSHa, and more on pumps
· Based on industry recognized principles and standards from ASME, HI, IEC, AWWA, ISA, and ANSI
o Crane Technical Paper 410 (TP-410)
o Control valves per IEC and ANSI/ISA standards
o Pumps per ANSI and HI standards
o Flow meters and orifices per ASME standards
o Heat exchangers per TEMA standards
o Pipelines with stock slurries per TAPPI standards
o Pipe tables from ASTM, ASME, and more
Communicate and Document
· Visualize entire systems
· Pre-populated and customizable reports
· Display only the parameters relevant to you
· Clearly communicate between engineers, clients, managers, designers, and operators
· Colorize the model with gradient colors covering 20 different design parameters
IMPROVEMENTS:
• Improved the usability and user interface of the Pump Graph • Performance improvements for PIPE-FLO® Professional, specifically with larger piping systems • System performance updates