Flownex Simulation Environment

Spearheaded by our new UK agent Athena Horizons, an editorial of Flownex Simulation Environment was conducted by Develop3D

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Flownex Reviewed by DEVELOP3D

Article introduction

When developing thermal fluid systems it’s often hard to find the balance between simplicity and power. Al Dean looks at a system that offers all the benefits of a schematic design tool but backs them up with solid engineering know-how.

Review Conclusion

In summary, Flownex is a simple, but effective tool for system CFD thermal fluid network design and optimisation. It takes the simplicity of a generic schematic design tool and backs it up with solid engineering calculations all in the same environment, integrated with controller and electrical components. Then, if the engineer wishes to increase its power and extend its reach further, it can also be integrated with actual plant controllers to bring the actual interlocks and control response into the engineering model that can be used for example to evaluate control philosophies and operator procedures.

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Due to popular demand Flownex Simulation Environment now offers monthly webinar training. The web based training sessions will be presented at specific times on the last Thursday and Friday of every month.

The training is aimed at presenting features within Flownex Simulation Environment that will enable our users to provide more efficient and powerful solutions. The training will enable both new and experienced users to fully harness the power of Flownex Simulation Environment.

To register for the training please link to Training Registration and provide us with some basic information.

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Detail of all the training sessions can be seen on the Flownex Calendar. The Training during January 2010 will be held on 28th January from 8:00 to 9:00 hours CAT and repeated on Friday 29th January from 8:00 to 9:00 hours CAT.

The January training will cover gas mixtures and the excel workbook component. The training will be based on a natural gas pipeline that supplies natural gas from two natural gas sources with different gas compositions, the aim of the simulation is to determine the new mixture composition of the natural gas. 

The natural gas consists of methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. 

The excel component will be used to convert the gas composition from mole fractions to mass fractions and transfer the data directly to the Flownex Network.

It will be illustrated how to generate a new fluid in Flownex based on data obtained from third party software.

Flownex will then calculate the natural gas supply composition taking into account both natural gas sources.

GasOil, a company (www.gasoil.sk) that deals with oil and gas processing plants recently acquired Flownex to perform their thermodynamic and hydraulic analyses. They plan to use Flownex in as much of the following applications as possible to ensure their competitive advantage:

• Hydraulic analysis of complex (looped, branched) pipeline networks, flow of compressible, incompressible, isothermal, isentropic and eventually some other heat transfer models.
• Hydraulic and thermal analysis of natural gas regulating station and specifically the calculation of thermal energy input to the natural gas before its expansion to a particular pressure and given temperature.
• Hydraulic analysis of natural gas compressor station.
• Transient hydraulic analysis of pipeline networks, e.g. compressor shutdown and surge, opening and closing of a valve scenarios.
• Transient hydraulic analysis of pressurized pipeline network in case of pressure relieve (depressurization) of the network through a throttling valve or orifice to ambient conditions.
• Design and analyses of oil and natural gas transmission and distribution networks, compressor, pumping stations as well as the simulation and analyses of power plants.
• Two phase flow analysis.
• Combined cycle power plant (CCPP) analysis including
• Multiple pressure Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) modeling
• Several gas turbines and HRSG configuration
• Off design performance of CCPP

GasOil engineering attended the standard 3 day training course in South Afric during December 2009. To ensure that they can harnes the power of Flownex when they go back to their day to day activities, another 2 days of training was presented on GasOil specific applications. During the customised training the models specific to their application was presented and discussed during work sessions.

"We strongly believe that the best return on training investments is achieved when our partners are trained on content and applications they can relate to in their day to day environment. Case specific models created in the worksessions can then be improved and refined as soon as they return to work; immediately emporing them to provide solutions." Said Jean van der Merwe who is part of the dedicated Flownex technical support team.

After the training, time was also spent on relaxing and enjoying the beautiful South African weather and nature, as can be seen from the attached pictures taken during the visit to a local game farm.

About GasOil Engineering a.s.

GasOil Engineering, a.s., a member of group PBG, was established in 1998. With the entrance of the core group of engineers, it directly continued the tradition of its predecessor back to year 1975. We are part of history in oil and gas processing in Slovakia. Services provided by GasOil comprise out of 14 categories covering studies and assessing project feasibility, supervision during the commissioning and start-up.

"Knowledge is our most precious property and we have 150 highly qualified specialists. We put the same demands on ourselves as well as on the technical outfit of the company. In each moment we work with the best software used in our field. It enables us to enter into cooperation with the top companies in the world."

Athena Horizons Limited was signed as a reseller to address the need for an alternative to the current 1D-2D system level CFD software that is currently being sold in the UK and Irish markets.

“I became aware of the really excellent Flownex solution and saw that this software was not being represented in the UK or Ireland. By reselling this software I could actually give the UK customers a real alternative to these types of simulations and thus allowing them more choice when considering which vendor to integrate in their work flow.”

“Timing could not be better since Flownex has been re-written with a new User Interface and some exciting new technology underlying the software. With my expertise in selling highly technical solutions to the CAE market I could offer the UK market place an alternative to the current local and traditional solutions being marketed.”

About Athena Horizons Limited

Athena Horizons Limited has a wealth of knowledge in the CAE market with over 20 years experience in selling and supplying technical support to customers that are solving highly complex simulations.

Athena Horizons Ltd activities include marketing, sales, installation, training and customer support. For further information please contact Bob Gilliver on +44 0845 077 2810.