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Hydraulics

03/31/2008 10:23 PM

I am looking for a software package that performs pipeline hydraulics for slurry pipelines.

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Re: Hydraulics

04/02/2008 5:40 AM

that performs pipeline hydraulics

What do you need to do?

a) Flow modeling?

b) System design?

c) Cicuit diagram?

d) etc, etc?

If you do happen to find a software package that "perfoms hydraulics", please let me know!

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04/02/2008 7:07 AM

Most people use a surry pump!

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04/02/2008 8:22 AM

I believe that Wallingford Software (www.wallingfordsoftware.com) or DHI (www.dhigroup.com) may have a package for treatment plant design that would do those sorts of calculations. This may be a bit pricey depending on your needs. You may be better off using a free software package like EPANET ( http://www.epa.gov/ord/NRMRL/wswrd/epanet.html) and trying to adjust the parameters to meet your needs. I am assuming the slurry is pressurized.

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04/02/2008 8:55 AM

What about Solidworks/Cosmos?

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04/02/2008 9:49 AM

The design of a slurry pipeline is much to specialized and technically difficult for you to use a 'software package.' The experts in design and construction of these systems is Bechtel Pipelines group, Headquartered in San Francisco. There are many many factors that have to be considered in the analysis for the system to function reliably.

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04/02/2008 9:57 AM

Keith do you have suggested readings?

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04/02/2008 3:53 PM

Please refer to the following site for software package "PIPENET":

Sunrise Systems Ltd - PIPENET - LEADING THE WAY IN FLUID FLOW ANALYSIS

Fluid flow analysis software with transient or steady state, schematic drawing capability, fire protection systems (NFPA), pipe sizing, surge analysis and ...

Note. For more information about design, fabrication and inspection of slurry piping, please refer to: ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems.

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Re: Hydraulics of slurry pipelines

04/20/2008 9:28 AM

I must reiterate my previous answer. Slurry pipelines are extremely difficult to design and much too complicated for simple off-the-shelf answers. Many factors have to be considered that are not incorporated in software packages. Particle size and size distribution, specific gravity shape and shape variations, slope of the line, changes in slope, diameter changes, changes in direction, flow rate variations, start-up conditions, re-start from sudden shutdown--these are only SOME of the factors to be evaluated.

Attempts at short-cut designs have been made. Very few succeed.

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04/20/2008 4:41 PM

Must admit that our software (Flow-Master) wouldn't compute all the factors that you have mentioned but, isn't that exactly why you would have to use software?

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