Capabilities
- Experiment with operating conditions and scenarios
- Easily change system input data, including valve positions, pump operation, control set points, pressures, temperatures and more
- Model a wide range of system components from handbook empirical sources, or input manufacturer data
- Vary your system line-up: open / close pipes and valves, turn pumps on or off, set control valves to fail position
- Specify alerts that automatically highlight output values that are out of range for pipe flow, pressure, velocity, pump best efficiency point and more
- Find pump data from online manufacturer catalogs
- Compile libraries of custom components, pipe materials, and fluids to save time, share common data among your team, and avoid input error
- Address viscosity and frictional effects associated with pumping non-settling slurries and non-Newtonian fluids
- Evaluate codes and industry standards applied in the model
- Calculate the cost of system pipes and components as well as energy cost
Benefits
- Understand the hydraulic behavior of your system and predict how pipes, valves, pumps and other components interact with each other
- Evaluate the performance of new designs and assure all design requirements are met
- Identify and correct operational problems in installed systems
- Produce less costly, more efficient, and more reliable piping systems
Applications
- Pipe sizing
- Pump sizing and selection
- Control valve sizing and selection
- Simulate system operation and component interaction
- Evaluate heat transfer in pipes and heat exchangers
- Troubleshoot existing systems to determine the cause of operational problems
Features
- 2D flow diagram or isometric view interface
- Detailed modeling for centrifugal and positive displacement pumps
- Scenario Manager to track all design variants and operational possibilities in a single model file
- Pump vs. system curve generation including individual and composite head curves and efficiency
- Thermal analysis including piping heat transfer and heat exchanger modeling
- Supports Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, including non-settling slurries
- Optional ChempakTM database provides a thermophysical database of nearly 700 fluids
Data Integration
- Import piping layouts and dimensional data from GIS Shapefiles, CAESAR II® Neutral Files, and PCF files from a wide range of sources
- Import and export files in EPANET format
- Robust Excel integration to import and export data
Add-On Modules
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Goal Seek and Control (GSC)
Identifies input parameters that yield desired output values and simulates control functions
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Extended Time Simulation (XTS)
Models dynamic system behavior and how critical system parameters vary over time
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Settling Slurry (SSL)
Models the effects of pumping fluids containing settling solids using the Wilson/GIW method
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Automated Network Sizing (ANS)
Automatically size your network to meet design requirements and minimize system cost
How Does It Work?
AFT Fathom’s hydraulic solution engine uses the Newton-Raphson matrix iteration method plus proprietary methods developed by AFT to solve pipe flow and duct flow applications. AFT Fathom uses the Bernoulli Equation and Reynolds Number-based relationships for pipe friction calculation.
Formation
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