Product category:
Plant Design and Construction
News Release from: Invensys SimSci Esscor | Subject: Visual Flow + PhastFX
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 November 2006
Improved flare modeling analysis for
plant safety
A link has been developed between the SimSci-Esscor Visual Flow safety system design software and the DNV Software PhastFX flammable effects software module, to help plant design studies
The SimSci-Esscor unit of Invensys and DNV Software have developed a link between the SimSci-Esscor Visual Flow safety system design software and the DNV Software PhastFX flammable effects software module The link allows engineers in process plants to quickly and easily estimate a wide range of flammable effects during design work
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 30 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Visual Flow provides engineers with a state-of-the-art tool for designing, documenting, and modeling safety systems, pressure relief networks, and general plant fluid-flow systems.
Applications include relief networks, systems containing any configuration of multiple flares, relief valves, knock-out drums, and loops.
PhastFX is a subset of Phast and contains the major flammable and explosion models, including jet flame, pool fire, and Bleve (boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion).
Regulatory agencies are challenging the process industries to verify the safety of plant operations.
A standard requirement is often a comprehensive model of flare relief systems of the plant with full documentation of network structure, control systems/strategy, and maximum relief rates capacity.
Visual Flow is designed to address this need and improves the productivity of teams assigned to complete this task either as part of a new design, a plant revamp, or an on-going operation.
With the link between PhastFX and Visual Flow v5.2, users can pass stream information at the base of the flare to PhastFX for initialising one of the PhastFX jet flame routines.
Additionally, users can make estimations for other flammable scenarios including pool fire or Bleve, or a calculation of various vapour cloud explosion scenarios.
The key benefit for Visual Flow users is that they can now quickly and accurately consider key process safety issues earlier in the design phase.
Visual Flow users will also tap into the collective process safety experience of thousands of Phast users worldwide.
By combining the expertise of SimSci-Esscor and DNV Software, process engineers will achieve:.
* Safer designs and operation.
* Faster regulatory documentation and compliance.
* More efficient flare network modeling.
* Reduced capital cost.
* Reduced operating cost.
For more information on Visual Flow, Phast FX, or the link between Visual Flow and PhastFX, please visit the website or request a brochure.
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