B&B UNICON

HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS USING PIPENET SOFTWARE

- APPLICATION AND ADVANTAGES
 CONTENTS

Who use PIPENET?

Why use PIPENET?

B&B’s capability & Credentials

 Who use PIPENET?
which
by companies standardise on
Across the large and PIPENET and
globe for over small including specify that it
40 years many must be used
multinationals by
subcontractors
Why use PIPENET?

➢ PIPENET sets the standard- leads the way in automation of flow analysis
➢ PIPENET starts at the design phase
➢ PIPENET performs pipe sizing and pump / compressor selection calculations
➢ PIPENET carries out dynamic analysis to computing hydraulic loads for pipe
stress analysis and support design
➢ PIPENET can be used in hydraulic analysis of
✓ FF, CW, SW, PW, Make-up Water, Clarified Water
✓ Service Air, Any Gas distribution network
✓ PWDS, DFDS, CFDS
✓ Steam Piping, Feed Water, Ventilation System
✓ Loading Unloading System, Subsea and Cross-country pipeline
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HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS USING PIPENET SOFTWARE

- CAPABILITIES AND FEW CREDENTIALS

Hydraulic Analysis of
Fire Water Network
 • 2 x 500 MW NNTPP FGD Plant A/C LnT, Energy-Power Division
• Checking suitability of input pressure available at tapping point of FW network
Project • Pipe Sizing
• Actual availability of Pressure at MVW Spray Nozzles against design limits
Objective

• MVW Spray System in FGD Plant Cable Cellar Room

• Same analysis can be done for any type of pressurised water distribution
Application application
• Optimum design of Water Pump and Pipe sizing
Usage
Advantage
Hydraulic
Analysis of Fire • Fluid- Water, Temp- 20 Deg C
Water Network • Pipe type- GI ERW as per IS:1239 Medium Gr.
• Max Velocity- 10 M/Sec
Salient • No. of Pipe Segments- 439. Input Node- 1, Output Nodes-201
Features • No. of Iterations - 2
PIPENET Output –
Sample Page
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PIPENET Output- Pressure Vs. Pipe Bore Diagram

Hydraulic Analysis of
Service Water
Distribution Network
 • Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata, Berth-2 A/C. ADANI
• Capacity Selection of DS Water Pump
Project • Pipe Sizing
• Actual availability of Pressure at Output Points against desired Water Flow
Objective

• Dry Fog Dust Suppression System in Coal Handling Plant

• Same analysis can be done for any type of pressurised water distribution
Application application
• Optimum design of Water Pump and Pipe sizing
Usage
Advantage
Hydraulic Analysis
of Service Water • Fluid- Water, Temp- 20 Deg C
Distribution • Pipe type- GI ERW as per IS:1239 Heavy Gr.
Network • Max Velocity- 2 M/Sec up to 65 NB; 2.5 M/Sec for 80 NB and above.
Salient • No. of Pipe Segments- 54, Input Node- 1, Output Nodes-18
Features • No. of Iterations - 3
PIPENET Output –
Sample Page
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PIPENET Output- Pressure Vs. Pipe Bore Diagram

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PIPENET Output - Pressure Vs. Pipe Flow Diagram

Hydraulic Analysis of
Service Air
Distribution Network
 • Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata, Berth-2 A/C. ADANI
• Capacity Selection of Air Compressor
Project • Pipe Sizing
• Actual availability of Pressure at Output Points against desired Air Flow
Objective

• Dry Fog Dust Suppression System in Coal Handling Plant

• This kind of analysis can be done for any type of service air application
Application • Optimum design of Air Compressor and Pipe sizing
Usage
Advantage
Hydraulic Analysis
of Service Air • Fluid- Air, Temp- 30 Deg C
Distribution • Pipe type- GI ERW as per IS:1239 Heavy Gr.
Network • Max Velocity- 12 M/Sec
Salient • No. of Pipe Segments- 66, Input Node- 1, Output Nodes-12
Features • No. of Iterations - 6
PIPENET Output –
Sample Page
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PIPENET Output- Pressure Vs. Pipe Bore Diagram

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PIPENET Output - Pressure Vs. Pipe Flow Diagram

Hydraulic Analysis of
Feed Water System
Network
 • 600 MW Supercritical Unit – A sample case study
• Temperature Output at all Nodes
Project • Pressure Output at all Nodes
Objective

• Feed Water System in Thermal Power Plant

• This kind of analysis can be done for any type of steam pipe application
Application • This analysis can be used for Optimum design of Pumps, Heat Exchanger,
Pipe sizing, Orifice Plates etc.
Usage
Advantage
Hydraulic
Analysis of Feed
Water System • Fluid- Water, Variable Temperature Option
• Temperature – 180 Deg C before Heat Exchanger; Ambient- 20 Deg C
Network • No. of Pumps - 6, Heat Exchanger - 3
Salient
• No. of Iterations - 5
Features
PIPENET Output – Temperature Result
Hydraulic Analysis of
Closed-Loop Cooling
Water System
In this case study of a sample closed-loop colling water system the network is a closed loop with a single
opening to the atmosphere , where a riser to an expansion tank connects to the loop. The pressure at that
point is 25 psi A. The network consists of four heat exchangers, two pumps and a piping network with varying
fluid temperature. Here the fluid, the coolant, is a glycol-water mixture at 2 Deg C. Default system temperature
is 2 Deg C . However, temperature varies in different pipe segments.
Pipenet is run to analyse the network for Pressure Vs. Pipe mass flow with variable fluid temperature in the
network.
 • Closed-Loop Cooling Water System – A sample case study
• To determine Pressure Output at all Nodes vis-à-vis pipe mass flow with
Project variable fluid temperature in the network.
Objective

• Closed-Loop Cooling Water System in any kind of plant

• This kind of analysis can be done for any type of coolant application
Application • This analysis can be used for Optimum design of Pumps, Heat Exchanger,
Pipe sizing etc.
Usage
Advantage
Hydraulic Analysis
of Closed-Loop
Cooling Water • Fluid- Glycol-water mixture at 2 Deg C with Variable Temperature Option
System • Temperature – System Default 2 Deg C. Temperature in Pipe LINE1/2 is
20°C, and the temperature in Pipes LINE1/3, LINE2/2 and LINE3/1 is 40°C.
Salient
• No. of Iterations - 7
Features
PIPENET Output –
Sample Page
PIPENET Output – Pressure Vs. Pipe Mass Flow
 A picture of a tanker being loaded
Surge and Transient
Force-Time Analysis of
Tanker Loading System

The Network with Surge Relief Valve

 • Tanker Loading System – A sample case study
• To establish whether the pressure surges experienced by the existing
Project valves (due to valve closures) are below the allowable limit.
• To study hydraulic transient forces
Objective

• Any kind of pipeline in any kind of plant where frequent valve closure is
part of the operation.
• This analysis can be used for Optimum design of Accumulator sizing, Surge
Application Relief Valve and to calculate the force-time history in a form that can be
read by pipe stress analysis programs
Advantage
Surge and Transient
Force-Time Analysis
of Tanker Loading • Fluid- Lube Oil having density-867 Kg/M3, Viscosity- 33.8 cP, Bulk
System Modulus- 1.230025 GPa
• Case study will be for planned shutdown as well as emergency shutdown
Salient
• Simulation Time – 120 Sec, Time step – 0.068 Sec
Features
 Surge Analysis: Base Case – No Protection

Pressure upstream of valve

Valve Position

Surge Analysis: Surge Relief Valve with Cv=200 (m3/h, bar)

Pressure at Surge Relief Valve

Surge Relief Valve Position

Surge Analysis: Surge Relief Valve with Cv=50 (m3/h, bar)

Pressure at Surge Relief valve

Surge Relief Valve Position

Surge Analysis: Surge Relief Valve with Cv=10 (m3/h, bar)

Pressure at Surge Relief Valve

Surge Relief Valve Position

Unbalanced Dynamic Forces on Sections of Straight Pipe

Emergency Shutdown Valve

Planned Shutdown Valve

Simple pipe force FP/101: Planned shutdown, two-stage

Simple pipe force FP/101: Emergency shutdown