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Wendy Lam

Principal QA Engineer

SimSci by Schneider Electric

PIPEPHASE

What is PIPEHASE?

●PIPEPHASE software is a simulation program which predicts steady-state pressure, temperature, and liquid holdup profiles in wells, flowlines, gathering systems, and other linear or network configurations of pipes, wells, pumps, compressors, separators, and other facilities. The fluid types that PIPEPHASE software can handle include liquid, gas, steam, and multiphase mixtures of gas and liquid.

●Several special capabilities have also been designed into PIPEPHASE software including well analysis with inflow performance; gas lift analysis; pipeline sphering; and sensitivity (nodal) analysis. These additions extend the range of the PIPEPHASE application so that the full range of pipeline and piping network problems can be solved.

User Experience Improvements

•Updates to Simulation Wizard•Right Mouse Click Options•UOM Conversion•Ability to add pictures to PFD•Capability to cut/copy/paste multiple devices•RAS Improvements•Improved identification of conditions for

tabular PVT data – ability to add names•Improved workflow for tuning PVT data with

the standing correlation•Improved GUI access to PRO/II thermo

methods•Excel report improvements – user defined link

reports

• Improved wellbore data input• Excel entry for pipeline profile• Case study improvements• Olga-S options available in GUI• Multiple global defaults• Fitting data entry enhancements• GUI access to petro component data• Node summary improvements• PDAMP & QDAMP UOM reporting &

conversion• Version added to title bar

PIPEPHASE 9.7 PIPEPHASE 9.8

UOM Conversion

●Easily convert units of measurement for groups of data in PIPEPHASE 9.7> When making the change, you will be

prompted with Units of measure have changed, would you like to convert all data? Select Yes or No.

���� Yes will convert all UOM in the model

���� No will change but not convert all

UOM in model (same as previous

versions of PIPEPHASE)

Right Mouse Click Options

● Right mouse click to allow> Editing of input data

> View network results

> Access to special analysis

– Nodal analysis

– Line sizing

Cut/Copy/Paste of Multiple Devices

●Capability to select multiple units within link dialog and either cut or copy, then paste

Select & Copy/Cut

Paste units

PVT Improvements

● “Adjust Standing Data” option is now called “Tune PVT with Standing”; it forces the PVT correlations for Blackoil model to the Standing Method

● Identification of conditions for tabular PVT data to be more intuitive by adding actual T/P values

User Defined Link Reports

● Improve output generation by configuring custom link reports > Choose View Output/Generate Excel Report, or

> Right-click on a link to access and generate “Excel Reports on Run”

Improved Wellbore Data Input

●Tabular profile data entry

●Define well definition in one of three ways:> MWD & TVD, calculating

inclination angle

> MWD & inclination angle calculating TVD

> TVD & inclination angle calculating MWD

●Options include:> Adjust for reference depth

> Include temperature profile

> Profile plot

> Microsoft Excel edit

Excel Pipeline Profile

• Capability to provide pipeline profile data in Excel

Case Study Set-up Upgrade

●To set-up of case study now enter starting value, increment and number of cases

●One dialog to enter a 10 step case study not 10!

Multiple Global Defaults

●Capability to define databases of global devices> Pipe, tubing annulus,

compressor, multi-stage compressor, DPDT, ESP & pump

Device Data Entry Upgrade

●Option to “Use Previous Device Diameter”> By default unchecked

> When checked a device when dropped will take diameter of previous device dropped

GUI Access to Petro Component Data

●Access more petro component data in the graphical user interface, including:> Critical pressure, temperature, volume & compressibility

> Acentric factor

●Any user modifications to calculated data are flagged

Node Summary Improvements

●Use improved node reporting of volumetric rates> Node summary in text report, can be reported at standard,

actual or both conditions

> Microsoft Excel report default is to report at both standard & actual flow conditions

Node Summary Improvements

●View output options to toggle between standard and actual conditions

●Check to display junction rates> If selected, it will display junction outlet

flows, summed for multiple exit links

> Default display option is no junction flow

Updates

• Nodal Analysis upgrade

• API 14E erosional velocity method implementation

• Upgrade of fitting devices to allow Cvspecification

• Phase envelope updates

• Import component & thermodynamic data from PRO/II keyword files

• Major equipment disable

• Multiple pump curves

PIPEPHASE 9.7

• TDM integration

• Bahadori temperature drop model for control devices

• Updates to pipe schedule database

• NACE corrosion risk

• Ability to select PVT set at junction

• Added devices for STEAM fluid model

• Kartoatmodjo heavy oil correlation for blackoil

• CMG Stars, GEM & Olga-S upgrades

• Ability to specify different inversion points for different PVT sets

PIPEPHASE 9.8

Nodal Analysis Upgrade

●Define Nodal Analysis quicker and more easily using v9.7 updates:

> Use API to change data which allows access to more variables

> Allow a greater number of parameter changes (20), flow rates and values to be specified

> Grid views improvements and automatic selection of inflow and outflow parameters based on the solution node

> Excel reports

> Case study

> Detailed Pressure and Temperature reports allow you to validate link calculations and parameter changes are operating as intended

> Right click menu allows you to edit data or view network results regardless of the PFD view mode; perform special analysis, such as, edit data, run simulation, view results and generate Excel reports for nodal analysis

Nodal Analysis Upgrade

Input data

Run analysis

View pressure vs flow plot

View temperature vs flow plot

View report

Include Case Study

Excel Reports on Run

Use Calculated Pressure

●Nodal Analysis can be accessed via the right click menu

●Standardize component data options between PRO/II and PIPEPHASE

> Most important PRO/II component data options are available in v9.7

> Assay methods align with PRO/II

Access to PRO/II Components

> Import component and thermodynamic data from PRO/II keyword files when creating a new simulation

Access to PRO/II Components

●More accurately model the effect of entrained solids on erosion using the API14E erosional velocity correlation

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S = geometric dependent constant

W = sand flow rate in kg/day

ρm = fluid mixture density in kg/m3

= (ρlVl + ρgVg)/Vm

D = pipe internal diameter in mm

API14E Erosional Velocity

Major Equipment Disable

●Capability to disable equipment in GUI

> Ability to disable equipment via API or from the SIM4ME Portal

> In keyword file, disabled equipment will be flagged OFF

> Devices include: pump, ESP pump, compressor, multi-stage compressor, heater, cooler, DPDT, & IPR

TDM Integration

●PIPEPHASE now integrated to TDM

> Access user to launch TDM from PIPEPHASE

> Access registered databanks (including user databanks) in PIPEPHASE

> Select Databank Hierarchy within component dialog box

Bahadori Temperature Drop Method

Globally Local device

●Apply Bahadori-Vuthalaru temperature drop option available for control devices (choke, regulator) with non-compositional models

Pipe Schedule Database Updates

●Pipe schedule database updated with pipe data that includes nominal diameter, ID, OD, and wall thickness

NACE Corrosion

●With NACE corrosion (NACE SP0206-2006 No. 21112) for normally dry natural gas (DG-ICDA), PIPEPHASE:˃ Performs multiphase flow calculations to determine the critical inclination

angle of liquid holdup in the direction of flow

˃ Produces a pipeline inclination profile

˃ Identifies pipes where the actual inclination angle is greater than the critical inclination angle of liquid holdup

˃ Applies only to surface piping; not applicable to wells

Blackoil PVT Set Selection

●Select the blackoil property set to be used at a junction

Miscellaneous

●More devices supported by STEAM fluid model

●Heater, cooler, separator & injector

●Olga-S upgrade

●Olga-S from 7.2.2 to 7.3.1 - both 2 and 3 phase

●Updates to CMG Stars and GEM interfaces

●Ability to specify different inversion points for different PVT sets

●Kartoatmodjo heavy oil correlation available for blackoil

●GOR, Oil FVF, and oil viscosity

Infrastructure

• Flexera licensing

• Microsoft Windows 8 support

• Microsoft Office 2013 support

• SIM4ME Portal 2.3 upgrade

• PRO/II 9.2 thermo upgrade

• Compiler upgrade

PIPEPHASE 9.7

• XVT GUI Toolkit Upgrade

• PRO/II 9.3 thermo upgrade

• SIM4ME Portal 2.4 upgrade

PIPEPHASE 9.8

Supporting SIM4ME

●Upgrade to SIM4ME Portal 2.4

˃ Continues the bug fixes theme.

˃ Reported crashes fixed!!!!