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Table of Contents
Technical Support.................................................... iii
Online Technical Support Center ............................iv
Phone and E-mail ................................................. v
1

Introduction ......................................................... 1-1

1.1

Welcome to PIPESYS ........................................ 1-2

1.2

Using this Guide............................................... 1-4

1.3

Disclaimer ....................................................... 1-5

1.4

Warranty ........................................................ 1-5

PIPESYS View....................................................... 2-1

2.1

Introduction .................................................... 2-2

2.2

Adding a PIPESYS Extension to a HYSYS Case ...... 2-3

2.3

PIPESYS User Interface ..................................... 2-8

2.4

Main PIPESYS View..........................................2-10

Pipe Unit View ...................................................... 3-1

3.1

Introduction .................................................... 3-2

3.2

Connections Tab .............................................. 3-2

3.3

Dimensions Tab ............................................... 3-3

3.4

Heat Transfer Tab ............................................ 3-5

3.5

Pipe Coatings Tab ............................................ 3-8

3.6

Adding a Pipe Unit............................................ 3-9

Global Change Feature ......................................... 4-1

4.1

Introduction .................................................... 4-2

4.2

Global Change View.......................................... 4-4

4.3

Making a Global Change.................................... 4-7

4.4

Global Change - Example .................................4-10

Inline Compressor ................................................ 5-1

5.1

Introduction .................................................... 5-2

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5.2

Compressor View ............................................. 5-2

5.3

Adding a Compressor.......................................5-13

Inline Pump.......................................................... 6-1

6.1

Introduction .................................................... 6-2

6.2

Inline Pump View ............................................. 6-2

Inline Facility Options .......................................... 7-1

7.1

Inline Heater ................................................... 7-3

7.2

Inline Cooler.................................................... 7-4

7.3

Unit-X ............................................................ 7-6

7.4

Inline Regulator ............................................... 7-8

7.5

Inline Fittings .................................................. 7-9

7.6

Pigging Slug Check ..........................................7-12

7.7

Severe Slugging Check ....................................7-16

7.8

Erosion Velocity Check .....................................7-18

7.9

Side Stream ...................................................7-22

References ...........................................................A-1

Glossary ............................................................... B-1

Methods & Correlations ........................................ C-1

C.1

Horizontal & Inclined Flow ................................. C-2

C.2

Vertical & Near Vertical Upflow/Downflow ............ C-4

Index.................................................................... I-1

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1 Introduction

1.1 Welcome to PIPESYS ..................................................................... 2

1.2 Using this Guide............................................................................. 4
1.3 Disclaimer...................................................................................... 5
1.4 Warranty........................................................................................ 5

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Welcome to PIPESYS

1.1 Welcome to PIPESYS

A pipeline must transport fluids over diverse topography and
under varied conditions. Ideally this would be done efficiently
with a correctly sized pipeline that adequately accounts for
pressure drop, heat losses and includes the properly specified
and sized inline facilities, such as compressors, heaters or
fittings. Due to the complexity of pipeline network calculations,
this often proves a difficult task. It is not uncommon that during
the design phase an over-sized pipe is chosen to compensate for
inaccuracies in the pressure loss calculations. With multi-phase
flow, this can lead to greater pressure and temperature losses,
increased requirements for liquid handling and increased pipe
corrosion. Accurate fluid modelling helps to avoid these and
other complications and results in a more economic pipeline
system. To accomplish this requires single and multi-phase flow
technology that is capable of accurately and efficiently
simulating the pipeline flow.
PIPESYS has far-reaching capabilities to accurately and
powerfully model pipeline hydraulics. It uses the most reliable
single and multi-phase flow technology available to simulate
pipeline flow. Functioning as a seamless extension to HYSYS,
PIPESYS has access to HYSYS features such as the component
database and fluid properties. PIPESYS includes many inline
equipment and facility options relevant to pipeline construction
and testing. The extension models pipelines that stretch over
varied elevations and environments. PIPESYS enables you to:

rigorously model single phase and multi-phase flows.

compute detailed pressure and temperature profiles for
pipelines that traverse irregular terrain, both on shore
and off.
perform forward and reverse pressure calculations.
model the effects of inline equipment such as
compressors, pumps, heaters, coolers, regulators and
fittings including valves and elbows.
perform special analyses including: pigging slug
prediction, erosion velocity prediction, and severe
slugging checks.
model single pipelines or networks of pipelines in
isolation or as part of a HYSYS process simulation.

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perform sensitivity calculations to determine the

dependency of system behaviour on any parameter.
quickly and efficiently perform calculations with the
internal calculation optimizer, which significantly
increases calculation speed without loss of accuracy.
determine the possibility of increasing capacity in
existing pipelines based on compositional effects,
pipeline effects and environmental effects.

A PIPESYS network is shown below:

Figure 1.1

A wide variety of correlations and mechanistic models are used

in computing the PIPESYS extension. Horizontal, inclined and
vertical flows may all be modelled. Flow regimes, liquid holdup
and friction losses can also be determined. There is considerable
flexibility in the way calculations are performed. You can:

compute the pressure profile using an arbitrarily defined

temperature profile, or compute the pressure and
temperature profiles simultaneously.
given the conditions at one end, perform pressure profile
calculations either with or against the direction of flow to
determine either upstream or downstream conditions.
perform iterative calculations to determine the required
upstream pressure and the downstream temperature for
a specified downstream pressure and upstream
temperature.
compute the flow rate corresponding to specified
upstream and downstream conditions.

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Using this Guide

Users familiar with HYSYS will recognize a similar logical

worksheet and data entry format in the PIPESYS extension.
Those not familiar with HYSYS will quickly acquire the skills to
run HYSYS and PIPESYS using the tools available such as the
user manuals, online help and status bar indicators. It is
recommended that all users read this guide in order to fully
understand the functioning and principles involved when
constructing a PIPESYS simulation.

1.2 Using this Guide

This User Guide is a comprehensive guide that details all the
procedures you need to work with the PIPESYS extension. To
help you learn how to use PIPESYS efficiently, this guide
thoroughly describes the views and capabilities of PIPESYS as
well as outlining the procedural steps needed for running the
extension. The basics of building a simple PIPESYS pipeline are
outlined in Chapter 1 - Elevation Profile Example from the
PIPESYS Getting Started manual. A more complex system is
then explored in the PIPESYS Tutorial manual (Chapter 1 Gas Condensate Tutorial). Both cases are presented as a
logical sequence of steps that outline the basic procedures
needed to build a PIPESYS case. More advanced examples of
PIPESYS applications are also available in the PIPESYS Tutorial
manual.
This guide also outlines the relevant parameters for defining the
entire extension and its environment, as well as the smaller
components such as the pipe units and inline facilities. Each
view is defined on a page-by-page basis to give you a complete
understanding of the data requirements for the components and
the capabilities of the extension.
The PIPESYS User Guide does not detail HYSYS procedures and
assumes that you are familiar with the HYSYS environment and
conventions. If you require more information on working with
HYSYS, please see the HYSYS User Guide. Here you will find
all the information you require to set up a case and work
efficiently within the simulation environment.

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1.3 Disclaimer
PIPESYS is the proprietary software developed jointly by
Neotechnology Consultants Ltd. (hereafter known as Neotec)
and Hyprotech.
Neither Neotec nor Hyprotech make any representations or
warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the contents
hereof and specifically disclaims without limitation any and all
implied warranties of merchantability of fitness for any
particular purpose. Neither Neotec nor Hyprotech will have any
liability for any errors contained herein or for any losses or
damages, whether direct, indirect or consequential, arising from
the use of the software or resulting from the use of the software
or any disks, documentation or other means of utilization
supplied by Neotec or Hyprotech.
Neotec and Hyprotech reserve the right to revise this publication
at any time to make changes in the content hereof without
notification to any person of any such revision or change.

1.4 Warranty
Neotec, Hyprotech or their representatives will exchange any
defective material or program disks within 90 days of the
purchase of the product, providing that the proof of purchase is
evident. All warranties on the disks and guide, and any implied
warranties, are limited to 90 days from the date of purchase.
Neither Neotec, Hyprotech nor their representatives make any
warranty, implied or otherwise, with respect to this software and
manuals.
The program is intended for use by a qualified engineer.
Consequently the interpretation of the results from the program
is the responsibility of the user.
Neither Neotec nor Hyprotech shall bear any liability for the loss
of revenue or other incidental or consequential damages arising
from the use of this product.

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2 PIPESYS View

2.1 Introduction................................................................................... 2
2.2 Adding a PIPESYS Extension to a HYSYS Case ............................... 3
2.3 PIPESYS User Interface ................................................................. 8
2.4 Main PIPESYS View ...................................................................... 10
2.4.1 Connections Tab..................................................................... 11
2.4.2 Worksheet Tab ....................................................................... 11
2.4.3 Methods Tab .......................................................................... 12
2.4.4 Elevation Profile Tab ............................................................... 14
2.4.5 Stepsize Tab .......................................................................... 20
2.4.6 Emulsion Tab ......................................................................... 22
2.4.7 Cooldown Tab ........................................................................ 24
2.4.8 Temperature Profile Tab........................................................... 27
2.4.9 Results Tab............................................................................ 30
2.4.10 Messages Tab....................................................................... 34

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Introduction

2.1 Introduction
The PIPESYS Extension is a pipeline hydraulics software package
used to simulate pipeline systems within the HYSYS framework.
The PIPESYS Flowsheet functions in the same manner as any
HYSYS unit operation or application in terms of its layout and
data entry methods. The view consists of 11 worksheet tabs
that may be accessed through the tabs. At the bottom of each
worksheet is a status bar which guides data entry and indicates
required information, as well as indicating the status of the
PIPESYS simulation once the calculation has been initialized. You
define the pipeline by entering pipe units and inline facilities and
specifying their length and elevation gain. By using several pipe
segments, you can create a pipeline which traverses a
topographically varied terrain.
PIPESYS has a comprehensive suite of methods and correlations
for modelling single and multi-phase flow in pipes and is capable
of accurately simulating a wide range of conditions and
situations. You have the option of using the default correlations
for the PIPESYS calculations, or specifying your own set from
the list of available methods for each parameter.
PIPESYS is fully compatible with all of the gas, liquid and gas/
liquid Fluid Packages in HYSYS. You may combine PIPESYS and
HYSYS objects in any configuration during the construction of a
HYSYS Flowsheet. PIPESYS objects may be inserted at any point
in the Flowsheet where single or multi-phase pipe flow effects
must be accounted for in the process simulation.

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2.2 Adding a PIPESYS

Extension to a HYSYS
Case
Carry out the following steps to add a PIPESYS operation to a
HYSYS case:
1. Your first task is to create a HYSYS case suitable for the
addition of the PIPESYS Extension. As a minimum, you must
create a case with a fluid package, two material streams and
an energy stream.
2. With the case open, click on the Flowsheet command from
the menu bar and click Add UnitOp. The UnitOps view
appears.
3. Select the Extensions radio button to filter the list in the
Available Unit Operations group.
Figure 2.1

4. Choose the PIPESYS Extension. The Main PIPESYS View

will open and be ready for input.
5. On the Connections tab of the PIPESYS view, select
Material Streams from the Inlet and Outlet drop-down lists.
6. Select an Energy Stream from the Energy drop-down list.
If you have not yet installed the material or energy streams
in the Case, they can be created by directly entering their

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names on the Connections tab. To define the stream

conditions, right-click on the name and select View.
7. Click the Methods tab.
Decide on the most appropriate description of your fluid
system; gas-based with liquid or liquid-based with gas. Your
choice is not determined so much by the relative amounts of
gas and liquid as it is by the phase that is present under all
conditions of temperature and pressure in the pipeline.
A gas condensate system is a good example of a gas-based
with liquid system because while liquid is often present, only
the gas component is present under all conditions.

8. Select the radio button in the Recommended Procedures

group that corresponds to the best description of your
system. If the system is determined to be single phase in the
course of finding a solution, all multi-phase options will be
ignored.
Figure 2.2

9. In the Fluid Temperature Options group, select either

Calculate Profile or Specify Temperature.

If the Calculate Profiles option is selected, the program

will perform simultaneous pressure and temperature
calculations.

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If the Specify Temperature option is selected, the

temperature of the fluid will be fixed according to values
which you enter on the Temperature Profile tab and
only pressure calculations will be performed.
10. Define the sequence of pipeline units that make up your
system on the Elevation Profile tab. You should start by
entering values into the Distance and Elevation input cells
in the Pipeline Origin group; these define the position of
the beginning of the pipeline, where the inlet stream is
attached.
Figure 2.3

11. Starting with the nearest upstream unit, enter each pipeline
unit by selecting the <empty> cell in the Pipeline Unit
column and choosing a unit type from the drop-down list.
12. To insert the unit at an intermediate position rather than
adding it to the end of the list, select the unit which will be
immediately downstream of the new unit. Choose the unit
type and the new unit will be inserted in the list (before the
unit that you previously selected). A property view for the
unit will appear.
13. You should enter all required data for the unit into this
property view before proceeding.
Figure 2.4

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14. If you have added a Pipe Unit to the pipeline, you will need
to define the position of the downstream end of the pipe
using the Distance, Elevation, Run, Rise, Length and
Angle parameters. Any two of these parameters are
sufficient to fix the position of the end of the pipe.
However, if you use Length and one of Run or Distance to
define the pipe end position, the program is unable to
resolve the resulting ambiguity associated with the Angle
parameter and assumes that this value should be positive.

15. If in fact the Angle is negative, make a note of the Angle

magnitude, delete one of the Length, Distance, or Run
values and enter the negative of the Angle magnitude into
the Angle input cell.
Figure 2.5

16. The Stepsize tab displays optimizing parameters used in

PIPESYS algorithms. For a first-time solution of your system,
it is recommended that the Program Defaults radio button
be selected. For most systems, the default values will
provide near-optimal convergence and solution times.
17. Open the Temperature Profile tab.
Here you can choose to specify a predetermined set of fluid
temperatures for your system, as might be available from
field data or if the systems sensitivity to temperature is
being examined.
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Alternatively, you can request that the program calculate the

heat transfer from the fluid to the surroundings.
18. Select either Calculate profile or Specify temperatures
radio button in the Fluid Temperature group.
Figure 2.6

The Fluid Temperature group is also available on the

Methods tab.

If you choose to specify temperatures, you must enter at least

one temperature value at the Pipeline Origin. The program will
use the temperature values that you do enter to fill in
interpolated temperature values at each of the elevation profile
points that you leave empty.
Once the calculations are complete, as displayed by the Object
Status bar, the Results tab will display temperature and pressure
data for the pipeline and you are then able to print summary or
detailed reports. The Messages tab reports any special problems
or conditions encountered in the course of the calculations.

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PIPESYS User Interface

2.3 PIPESYS User

Interface
The PIPESYS user interface is completely integrated into the
HYSYS environment and conforms to all HYSYS usage
conventions for operations and data entry.

If you are an experienced user of HYSYS, you will already

be familiar with the features of the PIPESYS user
interface.
If you are a new user, you should begin by reading the
HYSYS User Guide and HYSYS Tutorials and
Applications manuals, since you will need to learn more
about HYSYS before you can use the PIPESYS extension.

The PIPESYS user interface consists of an assortment of

property views. PIPESYS Pipeline Units, of which there are many
types including pipe units, pumps, and compressors, are all
accessible as property views. In this manual, PIPESYS views are
referred to individually by the type of component they
reference, so you will encounter the terms Compressor View,
Heater View, Fittings View, etc.
Like all HYSYS property views, PIPESYS property views allow
access to all of the information associated with a particular item.
Each view has a number of tabs and on each tab are groups of
related parameters.

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For example, on the Dimensions tab of the Pipe Unit view (see
the figure below) the physical characteristics of the Pipe Unit,
such as wall thickness, material type and roughness can be
specified.
Figure 2.7

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2.4 Main PIPESYS View

The Main PIPESYS View is the first view that appears when
adding a PIPESYS operation to a HYSYS flowsheet. This view
provides you with a place to enter the data that defines the
basic characteristics of a PIPESYS operation. Here you can
specify pipeline units, elevation profile data, calculation
procedures, tolerances and all other parameters common to the
PIPESYS operation as a whole.
Figure 2.8

The Main PIPESYS View is the starting point for the definition of
any PIPESYS operation. When you select Flowsheet/Add
Operation... from the menu bar and then choose PIPESYS
extension, the Main PIPESYS View will appear and be ready to
accept input. You must then select each of the tabs on the Main
PIPESYS View and complete them as required.

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2.4.1 Connections Tab

This tab is used to define the connections between the HYSYS
simulation case and the PIPESYS operation. The inlet, outlet and
energy streams are specified here using the Inlet, Outlet and
Energy drop-down input cells. You may also choose a name for
the operation and enter this in the Name input cell. The Ignore
this UnitOp During Calculations checkbox can be checked if you
want to disable the concurrent calculation of intermediate
results during data entry. This setting is recommended if you
have a slow computer and data processing is slowing down the
entry process or if you want to delay the calculations until you
have entered all of your data.

2.4.2 Worksheet Tab

This tab allows you to directly edit the Material and Energy
Streams that are attached to the PIPESYS operation without
having to open their Property Views.
Figure 2.9

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2.4.3 Methods Tab

Many correlations and models have been developed by
researchers to perform multi-phase flow calculations. PIPESYS
makes many of them available to you on the Methods tab.
To complete this tab, select one of the two fluid system
classifications which allows PIPESYS to automatically choose the
calculation methods. Alternatively, if you are familiar with multiphase flow technology, you can specify which methods to use.
Figure 2.10

To effectively use the settings on this tab, you must correctly

classify the fluid system as being either gas-based with liquid or
liquid-based with gas.
Examples of gas-based systems include dry gas, gas
condensate and gas water systems. Examples of liquidbased systems include hydrocarbon liquid, crude oil, and oilgas systems.

A gas-based system has a gas phase that is present under all

conditions and there may or may not be a liquid phase.
Conversely, a liquid-based system has a predominant liquid
component. The liquid component is present under all conditions

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and the gas phase may or may not be present. If only a singlephase is present in the stream (in other words, pure water, dry
gas), all multi-phase options are ignored and pressure loss is
computed using the Fanning equation.
If the vertical or horizontal orientation of a pipeline unit is such
that you have a preference for a particular calculation method,
you can select it on this tab. For instance, if the prediction of
liquid hold-up in a pipeline is a particular concern, you can
manually select OLGAS to perform this calculation instead of
using the default method. However, it is not advised to change
the default settings unless you are certain that a different
calculation method will yield more accurate results. Generally,
the safest procedure is to use radio buttons in the
Recommended Procedures group to select either Gas-based with
liquid or Liquid-based with gas, whichever classification best
describes the system under consideration. PIPESYS then sets all
of the selections for the various types of flows to those methods
that give the most consistent results.
In the Fluid Temperature Options group, select either Calculate
Profile or Specify Temperature. If the former is selected, the
program will perform simultaneous pressure and temperature
calculations. With the latter, the temperature of the fluid will be
fixed according to values which you enter on the Temperature
Profile tab and only pressure calculations will be performed.
PIPESYS attempts to protect against improper usage of
calculation methods. Certain combinations of methods are
disallowed if there are incompatibilities and PIPESYS will display
a warning message if such a combination is selected. However,
there are many situations where a number of methods are valid
but where some of these will give more accurate results than
others for a given case. Some methods tend to give consistently
better results than others for particular fluid systems. PIPESYS
has been designed to default to such methods for these cases.

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2.4.4 Elevation Profile Tab

On this tab, the components and geometry of the pipeline
system are defined. A starting point for the profile must be
specified at the top of the tab in the Pipeline Origin group, using
the Distance and Elevation input cells.
The Pipeline Origin defines the point at which the inlet
stream connects with the PIPESYS extension.

The starting point for the profile can have negative, zero, or
positive distance and elevation values, but the position
represented by these values must correspond to the point
connected to the inlet stream of the PIPESYS extension.
Figure 2.11

When defining the geometry of the pipeline, you must be aware

of the distinction between the two types of components. The set
of pipeline components in PIPESYS collectively known as
Pipeline Units includes both Pipe Units, which are straight
sections of pipe, and Inline Facilities, which are pieces of
equipment such as compressors, pumps, fittings, and
regulators. Pipe Units have a starting point and an ending point
and occupy the intervening space, but inline facilities are
considered to occupy only a single point in the pipeline.
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When a Pipe Unit is added to the pipeline, the data required to

fix the position of its starting point and its ending point must be
specified. The starting point of the Pipe Unit is generally already
determined, since the Pipe Unit is attached to the previous unit
in the pipeline. All that remains is to enter the data that PIPESYS
needs to fix the end point, which can be done in a number of
ways. You can fill in the Distance and Elevation cells, which
define the end point of the Pipe Unit relative to the Pipeline
Origin. Alternatively, you can use a combination of the Run,
Rise, Length, and Angle values to fix the end point relative to
the Pipe Units starting point.
The first three segments of a pipeline elevation profile and
the parameters that are used to define its geometry.

For instance, you could enter a value of -10o in the Angle cell
and 300 ft in the Run cell to fix the end point as being at a
horizontal distance of 300 ft from the starting point and lying on
a downward slope of 10o.
Figure 2.12

If you enter values into Length and one of Distance or Run,

PIPESYS assumes that Angle is positive. If Angle is actually
negative, record the calculated Angle or Rise value, delete the
contents of the Length cell and enter the negative of the
recorded Angle or Rise value into the respective cell.

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The Elevation Profile parameters used to define Pipe Unit

endpoints are defined as follows:
Parameter

Description

Distance

The horizontal position of the endpoint of the Pipe Unit,

using the Pipeline Origin as the reference point.

Elevation

The vertical position of the endpoint of the Pipe Unit, using

the Pipeline Origin as the reference point.

Run

The horizontal component of the displacement between the

starting point and the ending point of a Pipe Unit.

Rise

The vertical component of the displacement between the

starting point and the ending point of a Pipe Unit.

Length

The actual length of the Pipe Unit, measured directly

between the starting point and the ending point.

Angle

The angle formed between the Pipe Unit and the horizontal
plane. This value will be negative for downward sloping Pipe
Units and positive for upward sloping Pipe Units.

Adding an inline facility to the pipeline is simple because a single

point is sufficient to fix its location. In most cases, you will not
have to supply any location data because the position of the
inline facility will be determined by the endpoint of the previous
Pipeline Unit.

Entering the Elevation Profile

The elevation profile matrix on this tab provides a place for you
to enter the sequence of Pipeline Units and the data that defines
the geometry of the profile.
You must enter the Pipeline Units in the order in which they
appear in the flow stream, so that the first entry is the unit
connected to the inlet stream and the last entry is the unit
connected to the outlet stream.

A Pipeline Unit can be entered as follows:

1. Select the cell <empty> to place the new unit at the end of
the sequence.
To place the new unit at some other point in the sequence,
select the unit that you want the new unit to precede.

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2. From the drop-down list, select the Pipeline Unit of the

type that you want to add to the sequence. A new unit will
be immediately added to or inserted in the matrix.
3. Now complete the location data if you have entered a Pipe
Unit.
You will have to define at most two of the Distance,
Elevation, Run, Rise, Length or Angle quantities. The
remaining cells will be filled in automatically once PIPESYS
has enough information to complete the specification.
For instance, entering the Distance and Elevation data will
result in the Run, Rise, Length and Angle cells being filled in
since all of these quantities can be calculated from a
knowledge of the start and end points of the Pipe Unit. If you
are entering an inline facility, the location will be filled in
automatically as the program will obtain this data from the
previous Pipeline Unit.
4. Optionally, provide PIPESYS with a Label entry.
This is used by PIPESYS to uniquely identify each Pipeline
Unit during calculations and for displaying error messages
for a particular unit. The program will automatically generate
a default label but you may change this if you want. There is
no restriction on the number of characters used for this label
except that you may want to use only as many as are visible
at once in the cell.
The entire pipeline from the inlet to the outlet is thus described
as a connected sequence of Pipeline Units. Some of these units
can be pipe segments of constant slope (called Pipe Units), while
others can be inline facilities, such as compressors, pumps,
heaters and fittings.

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Figure 2.13

To make data entry easier for successive units, especially when

most of the properties remain unchanged from unit to unit,
make use of the Cut/Paste/Copy functions. These buttons will
copy the contents of the current Pipeline Unit to memory so that
all the data they contain (in other words, pipe diameter for the
Pipe Unit) can then be pasted to a new Pipeline Unit. The Cut
operation will copy data to memory before removing the unit,
whereas the copy function will make a copy and preserve the
original unit. The Paste operation will create a new Pipeline Unit
at the cursor position. As explained above, if this is a Pipe Unit,
it will then be necessary to enter any two of distance, elevation,
run, rise, length or angle.
The Global Change button allows you to change the parameters
for several or all of the Pipe Units in the Elevation Profile. This
feature has been implemented in PIPESYS as a time saving
mechanism so that if the same information is required for
several Pipe Units, you do not need to open the property views
for each individual Pipe Unit to change the data. A global change
operation simultaneously accesses any or all of the Pipe Units in
the elevation profile and can change a selection of parameters.

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For example, having made a pressure drop calculation for a

four-inch pipeline, you may want to repeat the calculation for
the same pipeline using a six-inch pipe. Using the Global Change
feature, you could change the pipe diameters from 4 to 6 for
all Pipe Units in a single procedure.
The Global Change feature can be used to edit the property view
parameters for a single Pipe Unit and to subsequently duplicate
the edits for none, some or all of the other Pipe Units in the
pipeline, in a single sequence of operations. Any Pipe Unit can
be used as a data template for changing the other Pipe Units in
the pipeline.
To implement a global parameter change for some or all of the
Pipe Units in the elevation profile, select any one of the Pipe
Units in the elevation profile matrix and click the Global
Change button. The Global Change Property View will appear.
This Property View is identical to the Pipe Unit Property View
except that it has checkboxes beside each of the major data
types on each of its tabs.
Figure 2.14

These checkboxes have two functions:

They become checked automatically when you change a

parameter to remind you that a particular parameter has
been selected for a global change, and
You can check them manually to indicate to the program
that a particular parameter will be copied to other Pipe
Units using the Global Change feature.
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For more information on

making global changes,
see Chapter 4 - Global
Change Feature.

Main PIPESYS View

Request a Global Change for a particular parameter by

entering the new parameter values into the input cells.
Once you have entered all the changes that you want to
make, click the Apply button and the Global Change
view appears with a list of all the Pipe Units in the profile.
Select the Pipe Units in the list that will be included in the
global change and click the OK button.
The program will then make the specified changes to all
of the Pipe Unit parameters that were checked.

2.4.5 Stepsize Tab

PIPESYS computes the change in pressure due to friction,
hydrostatic head and kinetic energy and the change in
temperature for flowing fluid(s). These calculations are
dependent on the physical characteristics and orientation of the
pipe and its surroundings. They are also dependent on the fluid
properties (i.e., density, viscosity, enthalpy, phase behaviour,
etc.). Since these properties change with pressure and
temperature, it is necessary to choose some interval over which
the average properties can be applied to the calculations (i.e., a
calculation length, or step, sufficiently small for property
changes to be nearly linear).
Figure 2.15

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To safeguard against a step size that is too large, PIPESYS has

input cells containing the Maximum dP per step or Maximum dT
per step. If this pressure change (dP) or temperature change
(dT) is exceeded on any calculation, the step size is halved and
the calculation is repeated. An arbitrarily small step size could
perhaps be chosen by the software to meet these criteria, but
this could result in greatly increased run time with no
corresponding increase in accuracy. Defaults are provided for
these parameters and you will rarely be required to change
them.
There may be cases where you want to enter your own step size
values. For this reason, you will find cells on this tab where you
can specify an initial step size, and you can also enter maximum
and minimum allowed pressure and temperature changes.
Checking the Stepsize Optimizer checkbox then requests that
PIPESYS determine the step size such that the pressure/
temperature changes fall within the specified maximum and
minimum. As well, a minimum and maximum step size can be
entered to constrain the optimizer.
Since the relationship between fluid properties and pressure/
temperature change is implicit, PIPESYS performs an iterative
calculation of pressure and temperature change at each of the
steps mentioned above. Initial guesses for the change in
pressure, temperature or enthalpy can be specified or left as
program defaults. For multiple component multi-phase systems,
iterations converge on pressure and temperature. For single
component multi-phase systems, or systems which behave in a
similar way, iterations converge on pressure and enthalpy.
Pressure, temperature and enthalpy convergence can be
controlled by your input for convergence tolerance. If PIPESYS
encounters difficulty in converging to a solution, perhaps due to
unusual fluid property behaviour, you should try to repeat the
calculation with the Force Enthalpy Convergence checkbox
selected. This approach requires more computing time, but may
succeed where the temperature convergence fails.
The Minimum Allowed Pressure in the field at the bottom left
controls the point at which PIPESYS will terminate the
calculations due to insufficient pressure. The program default is
one atmosphere.
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When the case is such that PIPESYS is required to compute

pressure at the inlet of the pipeline (given a fixed downstream
pressure), an iterative procedure is performed over the entire
pipeline. Calculations proceed until the calculated downstream
pressure converges to the fixed downstream pressure within
some tolerance, specifically the Downstream Pressure
Convergence Tolerance.

2.4.6 Emulsion Tab

When both a water phase and a hydrocarbon liquid phase exist
in a pipeline, it is necessary to use an appropriate mixing rule to
combine the viscosities of the two phases into the viscosity of a
pseudo single liquid phase. In most cases, the observed result is
that the effective viscosity lies somewhere between that of the
oil and the water. One can thus normally use either a simple
linear, or log-linear, blending algorithm.
Occasionally, however, an emulsion forms, for which the
effective viscosity can be many times that of the oil phase. This
can obviously cause a major increase in the pressure losses for
the pipeline. One must be cautioned however that high water
cuts do not inherently mean that an emulsion should be
expected, and in fact, there is no simple way to predict whether
or not one will occur. Other than observing exceptionally high
pressure losses in an existing system, one must rely on
laboratory work, using the actual fluids, to determine whether or
not emulsions should be expected.

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In any case, because of the potential for unusually high pressure

losses, PIPESYS contains a number of provisions for simulating
the effect of an emulsion.
Figure 2.16

The radio buttons are shown as follows:

Normal blended viscosity. This is the usual option

selection for gas condensate systems and most oil-gas
systems. The program uses a log-linear mixing rule, and
the effective viscosity of the liquid phase is thus always a
weighted average of the viscosities of the oil and water
phases. This is consistent with a system in which the oil
and water phases are essentially stratified with the pipe
wall being preferentially wetted by the water phase.
Emulsion viscosity using Woelflin correlation. This
is probably the most familiar emulsion viscosity
correlation for most production engineers, and thus, the
most widely used. However, at higher water cuts (greater
than about 40%), it tends to be excessively pessimistic,
and may lead to higher pressure loss expectations than
are actually likely to occur.
Emulsion viscosity using Guth & Simha correlation.
This correlation is similar to that of Woelflin in that it
predicts the emulsion viscosity to be some multiple of the
dead oil viscosity. The factor is determined solely as a
function of the water cut. Up to a water cut of about
40%, the two methods will give almost identical results.
Above that, the effective viscosity rises much more
slowly with the Guth and Simha correlation, and
computed pressure losses will thus be lower at higher
water cuts. You will be asked to specify a value for the
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emulsion inversion point, which is simply the water cut

that the system rapidly flips from being a water-in-oil
emulsion to being an oil-in-water emulsion. Above the
inversion point, the effective viscosity is a multiple of the
water phase viscosity, and is typically much lower than
below the inversion point.
Contact Neotechnology
Consultants via e-mail at
support@neotec.com
regarding their Technical
Utility module FITDAT that
can be used to do this for
you.
You can also contact
Neotec for additional
information or a copy of
their Technical Note 11
that describes the
calculations in more detail.

The Guth and Simha correlation is a simple quadratic equation,

and there are three constants (i.e., coefficients) in it. Under this
option, you can choose either to use the default values for those
coefficients (i.e., those that represent the original correlation),
or you can provide your own values that you have fitted to your
data.

2.4.7 Cooldown Tab

In pipelines that are used to transport a relatively high pour
point crude oil, or a gas system that is subject to hydrate
formation, it is usually necessary to maintain a minimum flowing
temperature to avoid excessive pressure losses or even line
blockage. Such pipelines are often insulated and may have one
or more heaters.
When one of these pipelines is shutdown for an extended period
of time, it must generally be flushed or vented to remove the
hydrocarbon fluid, since the temperature in the system will
eventually come to equilibrium with the surroundings. Apart
from the time and effort involved in this operation, the
subsequent re-starting of the pipeline is more complicated after
it has been purged than if it was left filled with the original
hydrocarbon fluid.
In the case of an emergency shut down, however, it may be
possible to carry out whatever remedial action is required before
the temperature reaches the minimum allowable value. In such
cases, the line can be re-started much easier than if it has been
purged and it is thus of interest to be able to predict, with
reasonable accuracy, how long the fluid will take to cool down to
any particular temperature.

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This is a complex transient heat transfer problem (especially for

multi-phase fluid systems) and a rigorous solution is generally
not possible. The cooldown calculations in PIPESYS should
however provide approximate answers that should be
reasonably accurate in many cases of interest.
Figure 2.17

The option to do cooldown calculations can be enabled on the

Cooldown tab of the PIPESYS Extensions Main View when the
flowing fluid temperature profile is calculated. There are two
fluid temperature cooldown options that you can choose from:

Temperature profiles computed at specified times after

shutdown.
Profile of time to reach a specified temperature after
shutdown.

For both of the above options, the calculations can be based on

one of two options.

Heat content of the pipeline fluid only (computed or

specified inside film heat transfer coefficient).
Heat content of both the fluid and pipe material (ignoring
the inside film heat transfer coefficient).

For calculations are based on content of the pipeline fluid only

(computed or specified inside film heat transfer coefficient) the
fluid thermal conductivity, inside film coefficient or overall heat
transfer coefficient can either be specified or computed by the

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program. If the overall heat transfer coefficient is specified the

option to specify the inside film heat transfer coefficient no
longer exists.
For calculations based on the heat content of both the fluid and
pipe material (ignoring the inside film heat transfer coefficient),
the overall heat transfer coefficient can either be specified or
computed by the program. Both the heat capacity of the pipe
material and the density of the pipe material must be specified
and defaults are available for these parameters.
Both of the calculations, based on either the heat content of the
pipeline fluid only or the heat content of both the fluid and pipe
material, allow the fluid thermal conductivity to be specified or
calculated at all times (unless the overall heat transfer
coefficient is specified). The fluid thermal conductivity can be
calculated based on the liquid, gas or blended thermal
conductivities. By default the calculations use the liquid thermal
conductivity as this presents the most conservative results for
both calculated times and temperatures.
The fluid thermal conductivity is not used by the calculations
when the inside film heat transfer coefficient is specified
unless a Pipe Unit has its overall heat transfer coefficient
specified.

The option to compute temperature profiles at specified times

after shutdown requires that the maximum, first, second, and
third intermediate times since shutdown be entered.
The intermediate times must be in increasing order and less
than the maximum time. Defaults are available for these times
whereby the first, second and third intermediate times are set to
be one quarter, one half and three quarters of the maximum
time since shutdown respectively.
The profile of time required to reach a specified temperature
after shutdown requires that the minimum cooldown
temperature be entered.
Both of the options available for the cooldown calculations
require the calculation time step to be entered. A default value
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of ten minutes is provided as a reasonable value for this

parameter.

2.4.8 Temperature Profile Tab

This tab allows you to select one of two options for handling fluid
temperature effects in the pipeline. The Fluid Temperature group
in the top left corner is also located on the Methods tab and it is
included here only as a matter of convenience, should you wish
to change your initial selection.
To compute the pipeline pressure profile, PIPESYS must know
the fluid property behaviour, and must therefore know the
temperature of the fluids at every calculation point in the
pipeline. You can enter the temperature directly if known, or if
you are testing the sensitivity of the pipeline to temperature
effects.
Figure 2.18

Alternatively, you can request detailed heat transfer

calculations. Pipe surroundings and heat transfer parameters
are entered in each Pipe Unit view while creating the pipeline
elevation profile. The surroundings type for each Pipe Unit is
displayed here as an overview of the system for verification
purposes.
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If you choose to switch from a specified temperature profile to a

calculated profile, the Pipe Units will have to be updated with
data for heat transfer calculations not previously required. In
this case, PIPESYS will warn you of missing data when
calculations are attempted. Reasonable default values will be
made available for unknown data.
To enter the pipeline fluid temperatures directly, select the
Specify Temperatures radio button in the Fluid Temperature
group. The matrix will display the profile previously entered on
the Elevation Profile tab.
In the Fluid Temperature column, you can enter the flowing
temperature at the end of each Pipe Unit. You must enter at
least one flowing temperature at the start of the pipeline and
this value is entered in the Fluid Temperature input cell in the
Pipeline Origin group.
All other temperatures are entered in the Fluid Temperature
column of the appropriate Pipe Unit.
For any cells that are empty between specified temperatures,
PIPESYS will interpolate linearly the flowing temperatures (enter
only one more fluid temperature in the last cell of the profile to
automatically create a linear profile).
For any cells that are empty after the last entered temperature,
PIPESYS will assume the flowing temperature to be isothermal
and will fill in the cells with a constant temperature equal to the
last entered temperature.

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You can overwrite a cell with your own value anywhere the
software has filled in a temperature for you.
Figure 2.19

PIPESYS calculates the fluid temperature when the Calculate

Profile button in the Fluid Temperature group is selected. Much
like the specified temperatures, you must enter at least one
temperature value of the surroundings into the Ambient
Temperature input cell in the Pipeline Origin group. Any other
values can be entered in the Ambient T column corresponding to
the surrounding temperature at the end of a pipe segment.
For any empty cells between the origin and a Pipe unit with a
surroundings temperature, PIPESYS will interpolate linearly and
fill them in with calculated values. Any other cells that are
empty will be filled with the last entered temperature. As with
the specified temperatures, you can overwrite any of the filledin ambient temperature cells.

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2.4.9 Results Tab

Calculation results at the endpoint of each pipeline unit are
summarized on the screen in columns of Pressure, Temperature,
Pressure Change, and Temperature Change. The length and
label as entered in the Elevation Profile tab are also displayed.
Figure 2.20

The Results tab also features the Detail button, the Report
button, and the Plot button. These buttons give you the ability
to view your data and results in a number of formats.
If you want to see results in greater detail than are displayed on
the Results tab matrix, click the Detail button. This will bring up
the Pipe Segment Results view that displays detailed results for
each calculation step. The pipe segment for each step is
controlled according to the parameters on the Step Size tab. For
each of these, the Pipe Segment Results view appears:
Parameter

Description

Cum. Length

Horizontal distance of the Segment from the Pipeline

Origin.

Inside
Diameter

Inside diameter of the pipe over the length of the

Segment.

Pressure

The fluid pressure at the downstream end of the Segment.

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For more information on

using the HYSYS Report
Manager and Report
Builder, refer to Chapter
9 - Print Options in the
HYSYS User Guide.

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Parameter

Description

Temperature

The fluid temperature at the downstream end of the

Segment.

DeltaP
Friction

The pressure loss across the Segment due to friction.

DeltaP Head

The loss or gain in the elevation head across the Segment.

Liq. Volume
Fraction

The volume fraction of the fluid in the Segment in the

liquid phase.

Press.
Gradient

The pressure change per unit of pipe length.

Iterations

The number of times that the program repeated the

solution algorithm before convergence was obtained.

Gas Density

The average density of the gas phase in the Segment.

Liquid Density

The average density of the liquid phase in the Segment.

Gas Viscosity

The average viscosity of the gas phase in the Segment.

Liquid
Viscosity

The average viscosity of the liquid phase in the Segment.

Vsg

The average superficial velocity of the gas in the Segment.

Vsl

The average superficial velocity of the liquid in the

Segment.

Flow Pattern

When multi-phase flow occurs, the flow pattern or flow

regime in a Segment is classified as being one of the
following types: Stratified, Wave, Elongated Bubble, Slug,
Annular-Mist, Dispersed Bubble, Bubble, or Froth. When
the fluid system is in single phase flow, Single Phase is
reported here.

Surface
Tension

The liquid property caused by the tensile forces that exist

between the liquid molecules at the surface of a liquid/gas
interface.

PIPESYS *.rdf files are available to the HYSYS Report Manager

and can be added to a Report using the Report Builder.

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You can also preview and print PIPESYS *.rdf files directly from
the Results tab. Click the Report button. The Select Datablock(s)
to Print view appears. Here you can choose what information/
datablock you want to appear in the printed report:
Figure 2.21

The Neotec Mini Report provides a summary of selections and

results from the PIPESYS case. The Neotec Maxi Report includes
the same information as the Mini Report and has additional
detailed calculation results for the Pressure and Temperature
profiles and Fluid Transport properties. Click the Preview button
to view the formatted report on the screen, or click the Print
button to print it directly.
If you do not need the complete report results from the PIPESYS
case and are interested in only one particular aspect of the case,
select a Specsheet that confines itself to reporting the
parameter of interest. For example, select the Pressure
Temperature Summary for a record of the pressure and
temperature at each of the Pipeline Units.

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The Plot button allows you to view your data and results in
graphical form, such as the one in the figure below.
Figure 2.22

Click the Plot button to display the Plot view. Display any of the
plots listed on the left side by selecting the corresponding radio
button. The initial size of the plot may be too small, so click the
Pin button to convert the view to a Non-Modal state and click the
Maximize button. To print the plot, right-click anywhere in the
plot area and the object inspect menu appears; you can then
select Print Plot.
Where two quantities are traced, a plot legend is displayed on a
yellow rectangular background. If this covers a plot line it can be
moved by double-clicking in the plot area. This action selects the
plot area to be modified and you can then drag the plot key to
another location.
For more information on
graphs, refer to Chapter
10 - Edit Options in the
HYSYS User Guide.

To modify the characteristics of the plot, right-click on the plot

area and select Graph Control from the object inspect menu that
appears. The Graph Control tool allows you to change the Data,
Axes, Title, Legend and Plot Area. For example, you can change
the scaling on the plot axes by opening the Axes tab, selecting
the variable to be re-scaled in the list of axes and removing the
check from the Use Auto-Scale checkboxes in the Bounds group.
Then change the values in the Minimum and Maximum input
boxes. When the Close button is clicked, the plot will be redrawn
with the new scales.
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2.4.10 Messages Tab

The text window of this tab is used to display messages or
warnings that may have arisen during the PIPESYS extension
calculations.

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3 Pipe Unit View

3.1 Introduction................................................................................... 2
3.2 Connections Tab............................................................................. 2
3.3 Dimensions Tab ............................................................................. 3
3.4 Heat Transfer Tab .......................................................................... 5
3.4.1 Common to All Pipe Environments .............................................. 6
3.5 Pipe Coatings Tab .......................................................................... 8
3.6 Adding a Pipe Unit ......................................................................... 9

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Introduction

3.1 Introduction
This view is used to enter all parameters associated with the
specification of a Pipe Unit in PIPESYS. All data settings related
to physical characteristics, such as dimensions, roughness and
coatings are entered here.
Figure 3.1

This view also allows you to specify one of a number of external

environments that affect the heat transfer from the flowing
fluid, including below ground, open air and under water settings.

3.2 Connections Tab

Some basic information about the Pipe Unit is displayed on this
tab. The pipe unit name and its profile location data appear
here. The location data is repeated from the Elevation Profile tab
of the Main PIPESYS View and is read-only here. If you wish to
change the Distance, Elevation, or Unit Displacement data, you
must return to the Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation
Profile tab.

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3.3 Dimensions Tab

The Dimensions tab features a built-in data set with a
comprehensive range of pipe sizes and wall thicknesses. If you
are using a standard pipe size in your project, you need only
select a nominal diameter and a pipe schedule and PIPESYS will
automatically fill in the other input cells. You can also use nonstandard pipe sizes by manually entering all relevant data.
Figure 3.2

The Pipe Dimensions group contains the following parameter

input cells:
Parameter

Description

Nominal
Diameter

The commercial sizing descriptor for a given pipe size.

Pipe Schedule

This drop-down list allows you to select from the

American Standard B36.10 pipe wall thickness
schedule or use the traditional standard weight (S),
extra strong (XS) and double extra strong (XXS)
specification method for entering the pipe nominal wall
thickness value.

Outside Diameter

A value will be automatically generated and entered

here once a nominal diameter is selected. If you are
dealing with a non-standard pipe size you can enter
this value manually.

Wall Thickness

The actual thickness of the pipe wall which is set

manually.

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Dimensions Tab

Parameter

Description

Inside Diameter

The actual inside diameter of the pipe which is set

manually.

Default
Roughness

Wall roughness can be set by PIPESYS according to

the pipe material entered in this input cell. If you have
a specific value for roughness that you want to use
instead, choose the user specified setting for Default
Roughness. You will now be able to enter any value
into the Absolute Roughness input cell.

Specify the Default Roughness by selecting from the list of

materials in the drop-down list.
Figure 3.3

Absolute Roughness. The standard sand particle

equivalent roughness rating used to define the effective
roughness of the pipe. Pipe material, service time and
environmental conditions can be factors in the
determination of this value. PIPESYS has a
comprehensive data-set of roughness values crossreferenced to pipe material types. Once you have chosen
a pipe material, a corresponding roughness value will
appear in this input cell. This parameter can be adjusted
to match measured frictional pressure losses in existing
pipelines.
Relative Roughness. This value is calculated as the
ratio of absolute roughness to inside pipe diameter.

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3.4 Heat Transfer Tab

On this tab, a number of different heat transfer environments
can be specified and the parameters that influence the rate of
heat transfer from the flowing fluid specified. Figure 3.4 shows
the Heat Transfer tab for the Pipe Unit view.
The following environments are available in the Heat Transfer
Environment group:
Environment

Description

User Specified

If special circumstances preclude selection of any of the

other environments or you wish to run your calculations
using a specific value for the heat transfer coefficient
rather than have PIPESYS calculate it for you, choose
this setting and enter a value in the Overall Heat
Transfer Coefficient input cell.

Buried

If the pipe unit is completely below ground, choose this

setting.

Submerged

Used for pipe units that are completely immersed in

water.

Above Ground

Choose this setting if the pipe unit is completely above

ground and surrounded by air.

Buried/
Submerged

Used for pipe units that are partly below ground and
partly underwater.

Buried/Exposed

Choose this setting if the pipe unit is partly below

ground and partly exposed to air.

Figure 3.4

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Heat Transfer Tab

The Inside Film Coefficient group has a setting that allows you
to control how PIPESYS accounts for the effects of the inside film
on heat transfer. The term inside film refers to the laminar
sublayer that exists adjacent to the pipe wall. Heat transfer
through this film is primarily by conduction, but the thickness of
the film depends on the flow rate and the fluid properties. It is
usual to define the resistance to heat transfer in terms of a
convective coefficient. The inside film can have a significant
influence on the heat flow and can account for as much as half
of the overall heat transfer coefficient value. You can select
Calculated and have PIPESYS calculate the inside film coefficient
using fluid property data, or select Specified and enter the value
yourself.
The Parameters group, on the right half of the Heat Transfer tab,
contains a list of environment parameters specific to the heat
transfer chosen. The following list describes the parameters for
the various environments. For dual environments, both sets of
parameters will be available.

3.4.1 Common to All Pipe

Environments
All the pipe environment will have these parameters:

Default Conductivities. This parameter is similar to the

Default Roughness parameter of the Dimensions tab. The
pipe material type determines the value of the Pipe
Conductivity parameter, which is set automatically once
the pipe material is chosen. If you want to supply your
own value for Pipe Conductivity, set Pipe Material to User
Specified. The Pipe Conductivity input cell will become
user-modifiable.
Pipe Conductivity. This is the thermal conductivity of
the specified pipe material.

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Buried
When you select the Buried radio button, the following
parameters must be specified.
Parameter

Description

Centre Line
Depth

The burial depth of the pipeline, measured from the

ground surface to the centre line of the pipe.

Soil Type

You can select from a variety of commonly encountered

soil types or choose User Specified. The soil type is used
by the program to determine a value for the soil
conductivity. If you have chosen User Specified, you can
enter your own value in the Soil Conductivity input cell.

Soil
Conductivity

The thermal conductivity of the soil surrounding the

pipe.

Submerged
When you select the Submerged radio button, the following
parameters must be specified.
Parameter

Description

Water Density

The density of the water surrounding the pipe.

Water Viscosity

The viscosity of the water surrounding the pipe.

Water
Conductivity

The thermal conductivity of the water surrounding the

pipe.

Water Velocity

The cross pipe velocity of the water surrounding the

pipe. This value is used in convective heat transfer
calculations.

Water Heat
Capacity

The specific heat capacity of the water surrounding

the pipe.

Above Ground
When you select the Above Ground radio button, the following
parameters must be specified.
Parameter

Description

Air Density

The density of the air surrounding the pipe.

Air Viscosity

The viscosity of the air surrounding the pipe.

Air
Conductivity

The thermal conductivity of the air surrounding the pipe.

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Pipe Coatings Tab

Parameter

Description

Air Velocity

The cross-pipe velocity of the air surrounding the pipe unit.

This value is used in convective heat transfer calculations.

Buried
Fraction

The fraction of the pipe diameter that is underground. This

number must be a value between 0.0 and 1.0.

Inside Film
Coefficient

Displays the calculated or user-entered value for the inside

film coefficient.

If you want PIPESYS to supply a default value for any of the

Parameters data, highlight the input cell and click the Default
button in the lower right corner of the group. PIPESYS will
supply a default value to the input cell.

3.5 Pipe Coatings Tab

If the pipe has insulating and protective coatings, the relevant
data can be entered into the matrix on this tab. You should
begin with the innermost coating for Layer 1 and proceed
outwards. To enter the data for a coating layer, select the
<empty> cell in the Coating column. From the drop-down list
you can choose from a number of coating types.
Figure 3.5

Once a coating type is selected, the corresponding conductivity

value for that material will appear in the Conductivity column.
Complete the layer description by entering a value for the
thickness.
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If you want to add a new entry at an intermediate point on the

list, select a cell in the row that will follow the position of the
new entry. Click the Insert button and an empty row will be
created for you to enter data.
The Remove and Remove All buttons are used respectively to
delete a particular row and to delete the entire matrix.

3.6 Adding a Pipe Unit

Carry out the following steps to define the pipe units:
1. Open the Elevation Profile tab of the Main PIPESYS View. If
the table is not empty you may add the Pipe Unit to the end
of the component list or insert it between two components
already in the list.
Figure 3.6

2. Select the <empty> cell in the Pipeline Unit column.

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3. Select Pipe from the drop-down list. If you want to insert a

new Pipe Unit within a set of Pipe Units, select the Pipeline
Unit that will be immediately downstream of the new Pipe
Unit and choose Pipe instead.
Figure 3.7

The Pipe Segment

Location data on this tab
is read-only. It can be
changed only on the
Elevation Profile tab of
the Main PIPESYS View.

In either case, a new Pipe Unit will appear in the profile

matrix and the Pipe Unit view appears.
Figure 3.8

4. Enter a label for this Pipe Unit or accept the default name
provided automatically in the Name cell.

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5. Select the Dimensions tab. Enter the physical dimensions

and the effective roughness of the pipe. If the nominal
diameter and the pipe schedule are known, choose these
settings from the Nominal Diameter and Pipe Schedule
drop-down lists.
Figure 3.9

6. The program locates the corresponding dimensions from its

internal database to fill in the Outside Diameter, Wall
Thickness and Inside Diameter cells.
Alternatively, you can specify your own nominal pipe
diameter by entering values for the outside diameter, wall
thickness, and inside diameter in the appropriate cells.
7. Choose a material type from the Default Roughness dropdown list or enter an Absolute Roughness to complete the
Dimensions tab.
PIPESYS will use a default value for the roughness based on
the material type that you select, or, if you choose User
Specified for the material type, you will be able to enter a
specified roughness value.

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Figure 3.10

8. On the Heat Transfer tab, select the pipe surroundings for

your case in the Heat Transfer Environment group.

Heat Transfer
Environment group

9. PIPESYS can calculate the heat transfer to the surroundings

based on the characteristics of one of the external
environments: Buried, Submerged, Above Ground,
Buried/Submerged or Buried/Exposed.
A matrix of required parameters, as in the figure below, will
appear in the group on the right of the form when the Heat
Transfer environment is chosen.
Figure 3.11

See Section 3.4 - Heat

Transfer Tab for the
definitions of the pipe
environment parameters.

You can also specify your own type of heat transfer

environment by selecting the User Specified radio button.
When this radio button is selected, an overall heat transfer
coefficient for the system may be entered.

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PIPESYS requires sufficient data to calculate the heat

transfer from the fluid to the surroundings. Use the Default
button to fill in required values for which you have no field
data.
10. In the Inside Film Coefficient group, select Specified to
enter the resistance to heat transfer through the fluid film on
the inside wall of the pipe.
Inside Film Coefficient
group

11. Select Calculated to have PIPESYS calculate the value for

you. The default value is representative for turbulent flow.
This completes the information required for adding a pipeunit.

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4 Global Change
Feature
4.1 Introduction................................................................................... 2
4.2 Global Change View ....................................................................... 4
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.2.4

Connections Tab....................................................................... 4
Dimensions Tab........................................................................ 5
Heat Transfer Tab ..................................................................... 6
Pipe Coatings........................................................................... 7

4.3 Making a Global Change ................................................................. 7

4.4 Global Change - Example ............................................................. 10

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Introduction

4.1 Introduction
The Global Change feature is a convenient way to change the
parameters of multiple Pipe Units in the elevation profile. A
Global Change operation gives simultaneous access to any or all
of the Pipe Units in the elevation profile and changes a selection
of parameters to your specifications. The Global Change feature
has been implemented in PIPESYS as a time saving mechanism
so that you are not required to open the property views for each
individual Pipe Unit in order to make a change common to all
units.
The Global Change button is accessed through the Elevation
Profile tab of the Main PIPESYS View.
Figure 4.1

This tab can be used to edit the property view parameters for a
single Pipe Unit and to subsequently duplicate the edits for
none, some, or all of the other Pipe Units in the pipeline, in a
single sequence of operations. This saves time when
implementing changes to many Pipe Units at once. This feature
reduces the potential for errors during the edit process. Any Pipe
Unit can be used as a data template for changing the other Pipe
Units in the pipeline simply by selecting it prior to clicking the
Global Change button.
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For example, after having made a pressure drop calculation for

a pipeline consisting of 10 sections of a four-inch pipe, you
might want to repeat the calculation for the same pipeline with
all diameters increased to six inches.
Rather than changing each of the ten Pipe Units individually, you
can apply the Global Change feature. Using this feature, you are
required to execute only a few user-interface operations to
change the pipe diameters from four inches to six for all Pipe
Units.
The Global Change Property view is almost identical to the Pipe
Unit Property view. Except you make changes to Pipe Unit
parameters using the same interface features that are described
Chapter 3 - Pipe Unit View.
The distinguishing feature of the Global Change Property view is
the Change checkboxes that are associated with particular
groups of parameters on each of the tabs as shown in the figure
below.
Figure 4.2

These checkboxes have two functions:

They become automatically checked when you change

one or more of their associated parameters as a
reminder that you have requested a Global Data change
for the selected Pipe Unit or other Pipe Units.
They can be manually checked to indicate that the data
for the selected Pipe Unit has not changed but will be
copied to other Pipe Units in the elevation profile.

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4.2 Global Change View

4.2.1 Connections Tab
Displayed in the Name cell on this tab is the name of the Pipe
Unit that was selected for the Global Change appended to the
words Copy of. This serves as a reminder that you are only
working with a copy of the Pipe Unit data. No changes will be
made to the original data until you click the Apply button, select
some Pipe Units to change, and then click the Close button to
close the Global Change view. This will then initiate the
recalculation of the PIPESYS extension.
Figure 4.3

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4.2.2 Dimensions Tab

This tab is identical to the Dimensions tab of the Pipe Unit
Property view except for the Change checkboxes beside the
Nominal Diameter cell and the Roughness Data matrix.
Figure 4.4

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4.2.3 Heat Transfer Tab

On this tab you can change any of the parameters that affect
the heat transfer from the fluid system. The type of
environment, method of inside film coefficient derivation and
the parameters associated with the environment can all be
altered during a Global Change operation.
Figure 4.5

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4.2.4 Pipe Coatings

The Pipe Coatings tab lists the insulating coatings applied to the
Pipe Unit.
Figure 4.6

4.3 Making a Global

Change
The Global Change feature has been implemented in PIPESYS as
a time saving mechanism so that when making a change
common to more than one pipe unit, you do not need to open
each property view and change the data manually. A Global
Change operation gives a simultaneous access to any or all of
the Pipe Units in the elevation profile and changes a selection of
parameters to the desired values.
The Global Change feature can be used to edit the property view
parameters for a single Pipe Unit and to subsequently duplicate
the edits for some or all of the other Pipe Units in the pipeline.
Any Pipe Unit can be used as a data template for changing the
other Pipe Units in the pipeline.

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Making a Global Change

The steps to implement a global parameter change for some or

all of the Pipe Units in the elevation profile are outlined in the
following procedure:
The Global Change
Property View is almost
identical to the Pipe Unit
Property View.

1. Select any one of the Pipe Units in your elevation profile

matrix and click the Global Change button. The Global
Change Property view appears and displays the data from
the selected unit.
Figure 4.7

2. Request a Global Change for a particular parameter by

entering the new parameter values into the input cells. Each
major group of Pipe Unit parameters has a checkbox beside
it which is automatically checked once a parameter has been
changed.
Figure 4.8

The checkbox also allows you to specify that the data of a

particular unit, as it appears, will be duplicated to other Pipe
Units in the elevation profile. To do this, click on the
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checkbox beside each parameter that you want copied to

other Pipe Units but leave the data unchanged.
To select more than one individual Pipe Unit, hold down
SHIFT while selecting the desired units.
3. Once all the changes that you want to make have been
specified, click the Apply button and the Global Change
Dialog Box (GCDB) view appears with a list of all the Pipe
Units in the profile.
Figure 4.9

4. Select the Pipe Units in the list that will be subjected to the
Global Change and click the OK button.
5. To complete the Global Change, you must close the view by
clicking the Close button. PIPESYS will then make the
requested parameter changes to all Pipe Units selected for
the Global Change procedure.

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Global Change - Example

4.4 Global Change Example

If you have not yet
completed this case, you
must do so before
proceeding with this
example.

This short example uses the case Pipesys1.hsc that you

created in Chapter 1 - Elevation Profile Example from the
PIPESYS Getting Started guide. This case consists of a single
PIPESYS extension comprised of three segments of steel pipe
and a pig launcher situated between the second and the third
pipe units. The pipe is buried, has a three-inch diameter and is
schedule 40.
In this example, the Global Change feature will be used to
change the diameter of all the pipe units from 3 to 4.
The following figure shows an elevation profile diagram of the
pipeline that is to be modified.
Figure 4.10

1. Open the PIPESYS Extension view.

2. Go to the Elevation Profile tab, highlight the Pipe Unit #1
in the Pipeline Unit column and click the Global Change
button.

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3. When the Pipe Unit view appears, go to the Dimensions tab

as shown below.
Figure 4.11

The checkmark next to a

Pipe Unit parameter
indicates that it has been
changed and that this
change can subsequently
be applied to other Pipe
Units.

4. Select 4 Inches from the Nominal Diameter drop-down list

and you will see that a checkmark appears in the Change
checkbox beside it.
5. Select Schedule 40 from the Pipe Schedule drop-down list
as shown below.
Figure 4.12

6. Click the Apply button at the bottom of the Global Change

view. The GCDB view appears.

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7. Specify which Pipe Units in the pipeline will be subjected to

the Global Change. In this case the change will apply to all
pipe units, so click the Select All button to highlight all the
pipe units as shown below.
Figure 4.13

The Global Change view must be closed to initialize the

PIPESYS calculations.
8. Click the OK button on the Global Change view and PIPESYS
will recalculate the extension using the new diameter value.
This completes the Global Change example. The following
table compares calculated results for the Outlet stream for
the three- and four-inch diameter pipeline.
Diameter

Vapour

1.00

1.00

Temperature [C]

27.06

28.06

Pressure [kPa]

7182.73

7630.47

Molar Flow [kgmole/h]

300.00

300.00

Mass Flow [kg/h]

6504.44

6504.44

Liq Vol Flow [m3/h]

17.78

17.78

Heat Flow [kj/h]

-2.79916e+07

-2.80155e+07

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5 Inline Compressor

5.1 Introduction................................................................................... 2
5.2 Compressor View ........................................................................... 2
5.2.1
5.2.2
5.2.3
5.2.4
5.2.5
5.2.6
5.2.7

Connections Tab....................................................................... 2
Parameters Tab ........................................................................ 3
Curve Tab................................................................................ 7
Fuel Requirements Tab.............................................................. 8
Mechanical Losses Tab ............................................................ 10
Requirements Tab................................................................... 11
Results Tab............................................................................ 12

5.3 Adding a Compressor ................................................................... 13

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Introduction

5.1 Introduction
Compressors can be installed in pipelines in which there is also a
liquid phase. If conditions are such that there is a liquid phase at
the compressor suction side, PIPESYS will automatically remove
the liquid and perform the compression calculations on the
remaining gas phase. The liquid phase is assumed to be pumped
around the compressor and the two phases are then recombined
at the discharge side.

5.2 Compressor View

This view is used to enter all of the data required to specify the
characteristics of a compressor unit in a PIPESYS extension.
PIPESYS contains five different compressor models which
operate either on performance data built into the program or on
data entered by the user.

5.2.1 Connections Tab

You can give the compressor a unique name by entering a label
into the Name input cell. This label is the same as that displayed
in the elevation profile matrix in the Main PIPESYS View. The
location of the compressor in the profile is specified in the
Compressor Location group using these parameters:

Distance. Horizontal position of the compressor using

the Pipeline Origin as the reference point.
Elevation. Vertical position of the compressor using the
Pipeline Origin as the reference point.
Unit Displacement. Length of the true flow path from
the pipeline origin to the compressor.

The data displayed in the Compressor Location group may not

be edited. You must go to the Elevation Profile tab in the Main
PIPESYS View if you need to change the compressor location
data.

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Figure 5.1

5.2.2 Parameters Tab

This tab is used to define the basic operating characteristics of
the compressor. In the Compressor Type group there is a
drop-down list from which you can select one of five possible
models for performing compressor calculations.
Figure 5.2

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Compressor View

The five types of compressor models available in PIPESYS are:

Models

Description

Isentropic (H/S
Diagram)

A compressor that follows an adiabatic compression

path as defined on an Enthalpy/Entropy diagram.

Polytropic
(Internal Curve)

The performance of this type is defined by a set of

generalized curves contained within PIPESYS. These
curves describe the relationship between the required
brake horsepower per unit of volumetric flow
(referenced to one atmosphere and the suction
temperature) and the compression ratio, for gases with
various specific heat capacity ratios.

Polytropic (User
Curve)

This compressor is identical to the Polytropic (Internal

Curve) type except that the performance is defined by
data which you must enter on the Curve tab.

Isentropic
(GPSA)

This compressor follows an adiabatic cycle such that

PVk = constant where P is pressure, V is specific volume
and k is the heat capacity ratio Cp/Cv.

Polytropic
(GPSA)

This compressor follows an polytropic path such that

PVn = constant where n is called the polytropic
exponent.

Selection of one of these types should be based on your

knowledge of the specific compressor that you are modeling.
Once a particular compressor type is selected, the tab will
change accordingly and display input cells in which you can
enter the values used to characterize the compressor. Each
compressor type has some or all of the following parameters
that must be entered:

Brake Power
Discharge Pressure
Optional Constraints
Parameters

Each of these will be discussed in the following sections.

Brake Power

Specified. The Brake Power is the total power for all

stages. You need to specify only one of Brake Power or
Discharge Pressure and PIPESYS will calculate the other.
Once you enter a value here, PIPESYS will calculate the
corresponding discharge pressure and display it in the
Discharge Pressure group.
Calculated. PIPESYS will display the brake power
calculated from the specified Discharge Pressure in this
input cell.
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Discharge Pressure

Specified. This value is the pressure at the outlet of a

single or multi-stage compressor. You need to specify
only one of Brake Power or Discharge Pressure and
PIPESYS will calculate the other. Once you enter a value
here, PIPESYS will calculate the corresponding brake
power and display it in the Brake Power group.
Calculated. PIPESYS will display the discharge pressure
calculated from the specified Brake Power in this input
cell.

Optional Constraints

Max Power
If the compressor discharge pressure has been specified, you
can enter a value here to constrain the computed power
requirement.
If no value is entered here, PIPESYS will make its calculations
with the assumption that the compressor is capable of supplying
as much power as is needed to attain the specified discharge
pressure. However, this can be an unrealistic assumption. The
compressor may be incapable of such performance, in which
case you can find the greatest discharge pressure that it can
deliver without exceeding its rated maximum power. To do so,
enter values for Discharge Pressure and Max Power. If PIPESYS
finds that the compressor must exceed the Max Power setting to
match the discharge pressure, it will recalculate and find the
greatest discharge pressure that it can deliver at the maximum
power setting.
Max Discharge Pressure. If the compressor power has
been specified in the Brake Power cell, you can constrain
the compressor discharge pressure by entering a value in
this cell. In this way, you can ensure that you do not
exceed the maximum operating pressure for your
pipeline. If the specified power will cause the compressor
to exceed the maximum discharge pressure, then the
compressor discharge will be set to this value and a new
lower brake power will be computed.

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Parameters

Max Discharge Temperature. The temperature of the

compressor discharge is limited to this value by cooling
the gas. The theoretical duty for the cooler is reported on
the Requirements tab.
Max Interstage Temperature. This parameter is
applicable only to multi-stage compressors. If the
temperature of the gas at any of the intermediate
discharges exceeds this value, PIPESYS will automatically
install an interstage cooler to lower the temperature of
the gas to this value. This duty is also reported on the
Requirements tab.
Number of Stages. You may specify any number of
stages for a multi-stage compressor in this input cell. If
you leave this empty, PIPESYS will compute the number
of stages based on a maximum compression ratio of 4:1.
Polytropic Efficiency. PIPESYS uses a default value of
0.73 unless you specify otherwise.
Adiabatic Efficiency. PIPESYS uses a default value of
0.73 unless you specify otherwise.
Interstage deltaP. This parameter corresponds to the
pressure loss caused by the interstage tubing and
fittings. PIPESYS uses a value of zero as a default value.
Heat Capacity Ratio. This parameter is a property of
the gas and is expressed as Cp/Cv. It is needed for
temperature rise calculations and for selecting values
from the built-in compressor performance curves.
PIPESYS will calculate this value using gas property data
as a default or will use whatever value you choose to
enter.
Rating Factor. This is a calibration factor which you can
use to fine-tune a compressor performance curve for
either internal or user-specified curves. This factor
arbitrarily increases or decreases the power value
obtained from a performance curve. Its purpose is to
allow you to more closely model the performance of an
actual compressor using the built in performance curves
in PIPESYS.

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5.2.3 Curve Tab

Use this tab to enter performance curve data when the
Polytropic (User Curve) on the Parameters tab is chosen.
Otherwise, the message No data is required for the compressor
type selected will appear.
You must select the units used to specify the Brake Power/Flow
parameter. You can choose from:

Hp/MMscfd - Horsepower per million standard cubic feet

per day
kW/E3sm3d - kilowatts per thousand standard cubic
meters per day

Enter the curve data into the matrix. You should be able to
obtain this information from the compressor manufacturers
specification sheets. You must enter at least two data points to
completely specify the compressor curve. It is not necessary to
enter the Point value as these numbers are automatically
generated. You must enter a value into the Reference Pressure
input cell.
This value is the pressure at which the compressor was tested
and should be recorded on the compressor specification sheets.
Figure 5.3

The Insert, Remove and Remove All buttons can be used to alter
the curve data after all points have been entered.

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To insert, select the entry that immediately follows the position

where you want the new point to be located. Click the Insert
button and blank data cells will appear in the list. To remove a
data point, select the specific cell to be removed and click the
Remove button. If you want to clear the list and start over, click
Remove All.

5.2.4 Fuel Requirements Tab

PIPESYS Compressor Units can remove gas from the stream
being compressed to satisfy fuel gas requirements. Data
required to compute the fuel gas requirements for the
compressor is contained on the Fuel Requirements tab of the
Compressor Pipeline Unit.
Figure 5.4

If fuel gas calculations have been requested, PIPESYS will

compute the fuel gas requirements for the compressor based
on:

a specified percentage of throughput.

a specified ratio of fuel gas to the overall brake
horsepower.
the net heating value of the gas, thermal efficiency and
overall brake horsepower.

In all of the above cases, it is assumed that the fuel gas is taken
from the suction side of the compressor after any first stage
separation is done to remove liquids. Fuel consumption reduces
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the total amount of gas that must be compressed and thus, an

iterative solution is applied to compute the compressor
horsepower.
For the case when the net heating value of the gas and the
overall brake horsepower is used to compute the fuel
requirements, the thermal efficiency of the compressor is
required.
A value for the net heating value of the gas can also be entered.
If the value of the net heating value is left empty, it is
determined from the gas being compressed. The fuel
requirements are then computed as:
( 0.706798 )BHP
Q f = ---------------------------------------hv t

(5.1)

where:
Qf = total gas removed from the pipeline at the compressor
station (lb/sec)
hv = net heating value of the gas (BTU/lb)
t = overall thermal conversion efficiency

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Compressor View

5.2.5 Mechanical Losses Tab

There are three optional parameters that can be entered on this
tab. These values improve the accuracy with which the
compressor is modeled and it is recommended that you supply
the program with this data if you are able to obtain it from the
manufacturers specification sheets. If you leave the input cells
empty, PIPESYS will ignore mechanical losses. Only one of these
parameters may be set to a non-zero value as they represent
different and mutually exclusive ways of describing the
mechanical losses that occur in a compressor process.
Figure 5.5

The Power Balance for a compressor is:

Brake Power = Gas Power + Mechanical Losses

Brake Power is the total power required to operate the

compressor. Gas Power is the sum of the theoretical power (the
power needed to compress an ideal gas) and the additional
power needed to compensate for compression losses.

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Typically, mechanical losses amount to 1% to 3% of the total

brake power. There are three ways of specifying the mechanical
losses:
1. Overall Efficiency - This is a number less than one where:
Mechanical Losses = ( 1 Mechanical Efficiency ) Gas Power

(5.2)

2. Actual Losses - Expressed as an actual power value, in

units consistent with the other compressor parameters.
3. Exponent of Gas Power - This value is used in the
expression:
Mechanical Losses = Gas Power

(5.3)

A typical value for the exponent x is 0.4.

5.2.6 Requirements Tab

The operational requirements for your compressor are
displayed. These are the values calculated by PIPESYS and
broken down on a per stage basis. The Power Requirements
group contains a summary of required Gas Power, Gas Head,
Losses and Brake Power for each stage and a total of these
values for the entire compressor.
Figure 5.6

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Compressor View

The Theoretical Cooling group displays any cooling that was

required, if this proved to be necessary, for each stage and the
compressor outlet. The sum of all duty required for cooling the
gas is displayed in the Total Cooling cell.

5.2.7 Results Tab

The conditions at the suction side and the discharge side for
each stage of the compressor are displayed on this tab (see
Figure 5.6). The compressor discharge conditions may be
different from the conditions on the discharge side of the final
stage if any after cooling has been installed.
These conditions, for both pressure and temperature, are
displayed in the Compressor Discharge Conditions group.
Figure 5.7

If the inlet stream is multi-phase either at the suction side of the

compressor, or at the suction side of any subsequent stage, the
liquid is removed and compression is computed on the basis of
the resulting vapour phase. Any liquid removed is recombined
with the outlet stream from the compressor, at the discharge
pressure and temperature conditions. Furthermore, a warning is
issued to alert the user that some liquid separation occurred
prior to compression. In the Liquid Removed at Suction group,
the amount of liquid removed at each stage of the compressor is
reported.

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For the case when a stream is determined to be single phase

liquid, either at the suction side of the compressor, or any
subsequent stage, the entire stream is compressed and a
warning: Compressor - Single phase liquid encountered is
posted on the Messages tab. Thus the compressor is capable of
handling dense phase fluids that are reported by the equation of
state to be single phase liquid.

5.3 Adding a Compressor

To add a compressor to your pipeline:
1. Open the Elevation Profile tab of the Main PIPESYS View.
You can add the compressor to the end of the list of Pipeline
Units or insert it at an intermediate point in the profile.
2. To add the new compressor at the end, select the <empty>
cell in the Pipeline Unit column and choose Compressor.
Figure 5.8

To insert a compressor in the middle of the elevation profile,

select the Pipeline Unit that will be placed immediately
downstream and then add the compressor.

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3. In the new compressor view that appears, enter a label in

the Name field on the Connections tab, if desired.
Figure 5.9

4. Go to the Parameters tab on the Compressor View. Choose

a compressor type from the drop-down list in the
Compressor Type group.
Compressor Type group

Refer to Section 5.2.2 Parameters Tab for more

detailed information
regarding Optional
Constraints.

5. The compressor maximum output can be specified using one

of two parameters.

You can enter a value for the brake power in the

Specified cell of the Brake Power group.
You can enter a value for the discharge pressure in the
Specified cell of the Discharge Pressure group.
The values entered in these groups are mutually exclusive
parameters, so entering a value for one precludes
subsequently entering a value for the other.
6. To constrain the compressor output, enter a value in the
Optional Constraints group.
You can enter a value into the Max Power or the Max
Discharge Press input cell depending on the compressor
output method chosen in the previous step. Applying a
constraint is not required but you may find that applying a
constraint allows you to find an optimal operating point for
the compressor.

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Figure 5.10

7. Enter values in the Parameters group that best represent the

capabilities and type of your compressor.
Parameter defaults are provided for:
Adiabatic Efficiency
Polytropic Efficiency
Heat Capacity Ratio
Rating Factor
These values may be available from the manufacturers
specification sheets or may be known to you from previous
experience with the compressor. Cells which will be filled in
by the software but can be overwritten by you will be
displayed in red. Optional values such as Max Discharge
Temp and Max Interstage Temp can be left empty. Entries
are required for all remaining cells.
If any of the required parameters are unknown to you,
clicking the Default button while the particular cell is
selected will generate a default value.
8. Open the Curve tab. Depending on the type of compressor
selected, you may have to supply data for a Compression
Ratio vs. Brake Power/Flow. If no curve data is required, the
message No data required for compressor type selected
will appear on this tab. If curve data is required, a matrix will
appear for data entry.

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9. On the Mechanical Losses tab, there are three parameters

used to specify mechanical losses for the compressor.
Figure 5.11

Only one of these may be selected as they are different and

mutually exclusive methods for specifying mechanical
losses. Entering a value for one of these parameters
improves the accuracy with which the compressor is
modelled and it is recommended that you supply PIPESYS
with this data if you are able to obtain it from the
manufacturers specification sheets. If you are unable to
obtain this data, leave the input cells empty and the
mechanical losses will not be computed.
10. At this point, you are finished entering the required data on
the Compressor view. Close this view by clicking the Close
button.
11. Check that the location data for the compressor on the
Elevation Profile tab of the Main PIPESYS View is correct.
This data has been automatically determined using the
position data of the preceding unit in the pipeline, so you
should verify that it has been positioned as you intended.
If not, you can use the Cut and Paste buttons on the Main
PIPESYS View to transfer the compressor to a new position.

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Figure 5.12

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6 Inline Pump

6.1 Introduction................................................................................... 2
6.2 Inline Pump View........................................................................... 2
6.2.1 Connections Tab....................................................................... 2
6.2.2 Parameters Tab ........................................................................ 3
6.2.3 Curve Tab................................................................................ 5

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Introduction

6.1 Introduction
PIPESYS supports two different methods of pump performance
modelling. One method relates discharge pressure to fluid
horsepower and volumetric flow rate using an equation. The
other method uses tabular data that you must enter to establish
the head and overall efficiency as functions of the volumetric
flow rate. Both methods may be used interchangeably to model
the performance of an actual pump so your choice of method is
dictated by the type of data available.
The pump can only be added to an all-liquid system.

6.2 Inline Pump View

6.2.1 Connections Tab
The Connections tab for the Inline Pump is shown below.
Figure 6.1

The name and location of the pump are repeated here from the
Elevation Profile tab of the Main PIPESYS View. The location,
once defined in the Main PIPESYS View, cannot be changed in
any other view and is displayed here only for your reference. If
you need to change the location, open the Elevation Profile tab.
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6.2.2 Parameters Tab

You can choose to model the pump by using a built-in relation or
by entering data to define a performance curve.
Figure 6.2

If you check the Activate Curve checkbox, the user-defined

performance curve will be enabled and you are required to enter
the curve data on the Curve tab. PIPESYS uses the built-in
relation when it is left unchecked. The only additional data you
need to provide are values for some of the parameter input cells
on this tab.
The parameters required to perform calculations with the builtin pump relation are Brake Power or Specified Discharge
Pressure (these are mutually exclusive parameters), and
Efficiency. The rest of the parameters on this tab are used to
display results of the calculations.
The calculation parameters are defined as follows:

Brake Power. The power required to operate the pump.

Enter a value here or in the Specified Discharge Pressure
input cell to provide enough data to perform the pump
calculation.

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Fluid Power. The actual power delivered to the fluid

system or the work done on the fluid per unit of time.
The fluid power is related to the brake power by the
relation:
BHP = FHP
-----------

(6.1)

where:
BHP = Brake Horse Power
FHP = Fluid Horse Power
= pump efficiency

Efficiency. The overall pump efficiency. A value of 0.70

is typical for some pumps, but you should consult the
manufacturers data sheet to obtain a value which
properly represents the capabilities of your pump. This
value is required by the program to calculate pump
performance.
Specified Discharge Pressure. The exit pressure from
the pump. Either the Discharge Pressure or the Brake
Power must be specified. If you have already specified
Brake Power, you cannot supply a value for this
parameter.
Suction Pressure. Generally, the suction pressure, or
pressure immediately upstream of the pump, is known
from a calculation of the pressure to that particular
location along the pipeline.
Discharge Pressure. The calculated pressure
immediately downstream of the pump.
Suction Temperature. The temperature of the fluid at
the pump inlet.
Discharge Temperature. The temperature of the fluid
at the pump outlet.

You are not required to enter any data values for these
parameters if you are using the pump performance curve
method. In fact, you will be unable to enter any parameter
values on this tab if the Activate Curve checkbox is checked, as
the parameter input cells will change to read-only mode.

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6.2.3 Curve Tab

If the Activate Curve checkbox on the Parameters tab is
checked, the Pump Performance Curve group appears.
Figure 6.3

Use the matrix on this tab to define the Head vs. Flow Rate and
the Efficiency vs. Flow Rate curves for your pump. Curve data
should be available from the pump manufacturer specification
sheets. Different units for the Flow and Head data may be
selected from the drop-down input cells above the matrix.
If you have not checked the Activate Curve checkbox on the
Parameters tab, the message No data is required as pump
curve is not activated will be displayed.

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7 Inline Facility Options

7.1 Inline Heater.................................................................................. 3

7.1.1 Connections Tab....................................................................... 3
7.1.2 Parameters Tab ........................................................................ 4
7.2 Inline Cooler .................................................................................. 4
7.2.1 Connections Tab....................................................................... 5
7.2.2 Parameters Tab ........................................................................ 5
7.3 Unit-X ............................................................................................ 6
7.3.1 Connections Tab....................................................................... 7
7.3.2 Parameters Tab ........................................................................ 7
7.3.3 Results Tab.............................................................................. 8
7.4 Inline Regulator............................................................................. 8
7.4.1 Connections Tab....................................................................... 9
7.4.2 Parameters Tab ........................................................................ 9
7.5 Inline Fittings ................................................................................ 9
7.5.1 Connections Tab..................................................................... 10
7.5.2 Parameters Tab ...................................................................... 11
7.6 Pigging Slug Check ...................................................................... 12
7.6.1 Connections Tab..................................................................... 14
7.6.2 Results Tab............................................................................ 15
7.7 Severe Slugging Check................................................................. 16
7.7.1 Connections Tab..................................................................... 17
7.7.2 Results Tab............................................................................ 17
7.8 Erosion Velocity Check ................................................................. 18

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7.8.1 Connections Tab......................................................................20

7.8.2 Results Tab ............................................................................21
7.9 Side Stream ..................................................................................22
7.9.1 Connection Tab .......................................................................22
7.9.2 Parameters Tab.......................................................................23

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7.1 Inline Heater

The Inline Heater can be used with any fluid system, but its
effects are only considered for systems on which simultaneous
pressure and temperature profile calculations are being
performed. For example, the heater is ignored by the program if
a user-specified temperature profile is entered because to have
both a heater and a user-specified temperature profile overspecifies the system. PIPESYS copes with this situation by
ignoring the effects of the heater.
Figure 7.1

7.1.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.

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Inline Cooler

7.1.2 Parameters Tab

On this tab you define the parameters that determine the effect
of the heater on the fluid system. You must enter a value for the
Pressure Drop, which is assumed to be constant and
independent of the flow rate, and for one of either the
Temperature Rise, Specified Exit Temperature or Theoretical
Duty. The remainder of the cells are for displaying results.
The following parameters appear on this tab:
Parameter

Description

Pressure Drop

The pressure loss experienced by any flow through the

heater. A constant, flow rate invariant quantity.

Temperature
Rise

An incremental rise in temperature applied to the flow

through the heater.

Specified Exit
Temperature

This is the required temperature for the fluids leaving

the heater.

Theoretical
Duty

The amount of heat that must be transferred to the

stream, based on the fluid properties and amounts of
gas and liquid in the mixture, to achieve the required
heating effect.

Inlet
Temperature

The temperature of the fluid at the heater inlet.

Exit
Temperature

The temperature of the fluid at the heater outlet.

Inlet Pressure

The fluid pressure at the heater inlet.

Inlet Pressure

The fluid pressure at the heater outlet.

If you have specified a fluid temperature profile for the pipeline,

this tab will display the message Heater bypassed because you
selected the option to specify the fluid temperature profile.

7.2 Inline Cooler

The Inline Cooler is identical to the heater except that it
removes heat from the flowing fluid instead of adding heat. Like
the heater, the cooler has an effect on the fluid system only
when both pressure and temperature profiles are being
calculated.

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7.2.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.
Figure 7.2

7.2.2 Parameters Tab

As with the heater, you must enter values for the Pressure Drop,
which is assumed to be constant and independent of the flow
rate, and for one of Temperature Drop, Specified Exit
Temperature or Theoretical Duty. The remainder of the cells will
display results based on the cooler calculations.
The following parameters appear on this tab:
Parameter

Description

Pressure Drop

The pressure loss experienced by any flow through the

cooler. A constant, flow-rate invariant quantity.

Temperature
Drop

An incremental drop in temperature applied to the flow

through the cooler.

Specified Exit
Temperature

This is the required temperature for the fluids leaving

the cooler.

Theoretical
Duty

The amount of heat that must be removed from the

streambased on the fluid properties and amounts of
gas and liquid in the mixtureto achieve the required
cooling effect.

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Unit-X

Parameter

Description

Inlet
Temperature

The temperature of the fluid at the cooler inlet.

Exit
Temperature

The temperature of the fluid at the cooler outlet.

Inlet Pressure

The fluid pressure at the cooler inlet.

Exit Pressure

The fluid pressure at the cooler outlet.

If you have specified a fluid temperature profile for the pipeline,

this tab will display the message Cooler bypassed because you
selected the option to specify the fluid temperature profile.

7.3 Unit-X
The Unit-X is a generic component that allows you to impose
arbitrary changes in pressure and/or temperature on the fluid
flow. It can be used to simulate the effects of a wide variety of
process devices in a simple manner and is particularly useful in
preliminary studies.
Figure 7.3

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7.3.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.

7.3.2 Parameters Tab

Pressure parameters for the Unit-X can be specified in one of
three ways on the Pressure Parameters group. In the Specified
column, you can enter a value for one of the following three
parameters:
Parameter

Description

Pressure
Change

The difference in pressure between the inlet and outlet of

the Unit-X is set to a fixed increment or decrement. Enter
a positive value to specify a pressure gain and a negative
value to specify a pressure drop.

Pressure Ratio

Specifies a fixed value for the ratio expressed as the

outlet pressure divided by the inlet pressure.

Exit Pressure

This parameter allows you to specify a constant, absolute

value of pressure at the unit outlet.

The Calculated column displays the actual, realized pressure

parameters for the Unit-X. These may vary from the Specified
values if the Optional Constraints parameters have been set in
such a way as to limit the effect of the pressure parameter
settings. For example, if you entered a Pressure Change of 100
kPa (a pressure increase of 100 kPa) and a Max Pressure Ratio
of 1.5 for a Unit-X with an inlet pressure of 100 kPa, the outlet
pressure would be constrained to 150 kPa rather than increase
to 200 kPa.
Temperature parameters for the Unit-X can be set in one of two
ways as follows:

Temperature Change. Specifies a fixed increment or

decrement for the fluid temperature across the unit. A
negative value corresponds to a temperature decrease
and a positive value to a temperature increase.
Exit Temperature. Specifies a constant temperature
value for the fluid at the unit outlet.

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Inline Regulator

The parameters in the Optional Constraints group allow you to

limit the output of Unit-X. The pressure ratio and exit pressure
can be limited to whatever values you choose to enter in these
input cells. Entering a value in the Pressure Ratio cell will cause
the Max Pressure Ratio cell to be disabled, and entering a value
in the Exit Pressure cell will cause the Max Exit Pressure cell to
be disabled.

7.3.3 Results Tab

The inlet and exit conditions for the Unit-X are displayed here.

7.4 Inline Regulator

The Inline Regulator is used to limit the pressure at any point in
the pipeline profile. The only data required is the maximum exit
pressure for the regulator. If the line pressure is less than the
regulator exit pressure, the regulator will be ignored.
If the temperature profile is being calculated and the fluid is a
gas-based system (i.e., dry gas, gas-water, gas condensate),
the discharge temperature will be computed assuming an
isenthalpic expansion occurs. PIPESYS bases this computation
on the specific enthalpy of the fluids and so the Joule-Thompson
cooling effect is taken into account implicitly.
Figure 7.4

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7.4.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.

7.4.2 Parameters Tab

Enter the regulator discharge pressure into the Maximum Exit
Pressure input cell. The Results group displays the fluid pressure
and temperature at the Inlet and Exit of the regulator once
calculations are complete.

7.5 Inline Fittings

Fittings such as elbows, tees, valves, and sudden expansions
create a pressure drop in the system. For long pipelines or
multi-phase flow, it is rarely necessary to account for pressure
losses through pipe fittings, unless there are a significant
number of fittings. This is simply because the magnitude of the
pressure drop caused by the fittings is small compared to the
pressure losses brought about by all other causes.

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Inline Fittings

There are many methods used to specify or calculate the

pressure drop due to a fitting, but you may select any of these if
you have suitable data.
Figure 7.5

7.5.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.

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7.5.2 Parameters Tab

In the Fitting Selection group, you can select one of five
methods for specifying the pressure loss across a fitting by
specifying values for the following parameters:
Parameter

Description

Pressure
Drop

A constant value of pressure loss, independent of the flow

rate.

Velocity
Heads

This method requires a value of the resistance coefficient or

number of velocity heads, which you enter here, to calculate
the pressure loss associated with the mixture velocity and
density of the fluids.

Number of
Diameters

Characterizes the pressure loss as an equivalent length of

pipe, measured in terms of pipe diameters, or the L/D ratio.
The pressure loss across the fitting is calculated to be equal
to that for a horizontal section of pipe having diameter D and
length L.

Valve
Coefficient

This method uses the valve coefficient, which is defined as

the flow rate of water, expressed in U.S. gallons per minute
at 60oF, that results in a pressure loss of 1.0 pound per
square inch across the valve when it is fully open. This
coefficient is used in an expression for pressure loss that
accounts for a variety of flow conditions and fluid properties.
Although this expression was derived using water flow, it is
still useful for valves used in compressible flow (i.e., gas)
service.

Hooper K1
& Hooper
K2

These constants are used in the Hooper procedure to

calculate the resistance coefficient, which is in turn used to
calculate the pressure loss. The Hooper procedure is a
reliable method for predicting the excess head loss in a
fitting due to turbulence caused by abrupt changes in
direction and speed of flow.

The Inside Diameter and Absolute Roughness groups are used

to specify the inside diameter and inside surface roughness of
the fitting. The first input cell in each group is associated with a
drop-down list from which you can select From Profile or User
Specified. If the former is selected, the program will obtain the
diameter and roughness data from the adjacent components in
the elevation profile. The User Specified setting allows you to
enter your choice of values for diameter and roughness.
The Results group displays the calculated results of the inlet and
exit pressure and temperature for the fitting.

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Pigging Slug Check

7.6 Pigging Slug Check

Pigging a pipeline to remove liquids or accretions of material on
the inside pipe wall is a transient operation involving a timevarying buildup of a liquid slug in front of the pig.
Rigorous calculation of the growth of the slug is a highly
complex procedure and is not attempted in PIPESYS, which
is strictly a steady-state flow simulator. However, PIPESYS
is capable of performing some simple calculations that are
adequate for purposes of sizing a slug catcher.

Sizing calculations are made with the assumptions that there is

no slippage of fluid past the pig and that the resident liquid
fraction in the pipe is given by the steady state case. However,
while the pig passes through the pipeline from the pig launcher
to the pig trap, liquid continues to be produced from the
downstream end at the steady state rate. When the pig finally
reaches the trap, the amount of liquid in the slug is taken to be
the total initial volume of liquid in the pipeline (as predicted
under steady state conditions) less the amount of liquid that
flows out of the line during the transit time for the pig.
Consequently, the success of the calculation depends on
obtaining a suitable estimate for the pig transit time. As an
upper bound, the pig cannot travel faster than the average
steady state gas velocity. In fact, it is reasonable to assume that
even in a relatively flat pipeline, it would be unlikely to average
more than 80% to 90% of the average steady state gas
velocity.
A pig is likely to average between 50% and 80-90% of the
steady state gas velocity in the pipeline.

There will be a pressure loss across the pig itself and an

increasing resistance to flow as liquid accumulates ahead of it.
On the other hand, it is relatively unlikely to average less than
50% of the steady state gas velocity, as the pressure buildup
behind the pig would become quite substantial. In hilly terrain,
with moderate to large liquid-to-gas ratios, the pig may well
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travel at somewhere around 60% of the average steady state

gas velocity.
Unless the pipeline is quite long with relatively high liquid
loading, the differences in slug size due to pig velocity are not
excessive. For most cases, this check can provide a useful guide
for sizing the liquid receiving facilities.
The insertion of a Pigging Slug Check in a pipeline profile
indicates the termination point of the test, or the location of the
pig slug catcher. Therefore, the length of the pipeline through
which the pig travels spans the distance between its insertion
point at a Pig Launcher and the Pigging Slug Check.
A Pig Launcher allows you to begin a Pigging Slug Check in
the middle of a pipeline.
If a Pig Launcher is not added to the elevation profile; the
test is taken from the beginning of the profile to the pig slug
catcher.

The Pig Launcher is available on the drop-down list of inline

facilities options on the Elevation Profile tab. It is added to the
Elevation Profile tab in the same manner as any other inline
facility. Because the Pig Launcher serves only as a marker for
the beginning of a Pigging Slug Check, it does not have any
physical properties and therefore does not have an associated
view.
You can add more than one Pig Launcher to the elevation profile
of a PIPESYS Extension. However, PIPESYS will perform the
slugging check between the pig slug catcher and the nearest
upstream Pig Launcher. If you do not insert a Pig Launcher into
the profile, PIPESYS will calculate the volumes from the
beginning of the pipeline. Use the Cut button on the Elevation
Profile tab to remove any undesired Pig Launchers.

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7.6.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.
Figure 7.6

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7.6.2 Results Tab

There are no data entry requirements for this calculation.
Parameters are all taken from the calculated conditions in the
pipeline.
The Results tab provides three measures of pigging slug size for
a range of pig velocities. You must use your own judgement to
decide which pig velocity is likely to match the actual situation.
Figure 7.7

For each value of pig velocity, the pig transit time, slug volume,
slug length and slug dumping time are displayed in the results
matrix. The transit time is the time taken for the pig to travel
from the launching point to the check location.
Slug volume is the volume of liquid ahead of the pig as
discussed above and slug length measures how much of the
pipeline ahead of the pig is occupied by the slug, assuming that
the pipeline is completely filled with liquid. Dumping time is the
time required for the slug to flow out of the pipeline under
steady state conditions.

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Severe Slugging Check

7.7 Severe Slugging Check

The Severe Slugging Check is an application of two different
criteria to predict the likelihood of severe slugging at a particular
point in the pipeline.
Severe slugging is a phenomenon associated with vertical or
near-vertical risers, which are a common feature of pipelines
connected to offshore production platforms but may also be
encountered in pipelines that traverse uneven terrain. Severe
slugging occurs only at points where a steep riser (inclined at
70oor more), is immediately downstream of a gradually
descending section of the pipeline and even then, only under
conditions of low to medium gas and liquid flow rates.
If the flow is stratified, a liquid seal may form at the base of the
riser and block the gas flow. The liquid will continue to flow and
accumulate in the riser, forming a slug. This slug will grow and
expand to fill the riser if the rate at which the hydrostatic head
of the slug increases is faster than the rate at which the gas
pressure increases upstream of the slug.
Eventually the liquid will reach the top of the riser and continue
to flow through the pipeline. However, this situation does not
represent an equilibrium state because the gas flow remains
blocked. The hydrostatic head of the slug cannot further
increase but the pressure due to the buildup of gas at the base
of the riser will finally exceed the hydrostatic head of the slug
and cause gas to enter the riser. Sometimes the gas pressure
can exceed the hydrostatic head of the slug before the liquid
reaches the top of the riser, but the end result is the same and
gas moves into the riser.
As the gas displaces the liquid in the riser, the hydrostatic head
is reduced, causing a corresponding expansion of the gas. At
some point the remaining liquid in the riser will be energetically
blown downstream and the gas pressure will drop to its
minimum value. Then the liquid-buildup begins anew and the
process repeats.

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7-17

Severe slugging can be a problem for pipeline engineers and

operators because of the irregular flow pattern that develops.
The resultant variations in pressure and flow rate make for an
ill-behaved system that is difficult to control and operate
according to requirements.
If possible, severe slugging should be prevented. It is less likely
to occur at higher pressures and can be inhibited by choking the
flow at the top of the riser, although at the cost of reducing
production rates. Other prevention methods include installing an
active flow control device at the top of the riser, or injecting gas
into the riser just above the base. This ensures that the riser can
never completely fill with liquid.

7.7.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.
Figure 7.8

7.7.2 Results Tab

There are no data entry requirements for this calculation.
Parameters are taken from the calculated conditions in the
pipeline.

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Erosion Velocity Check

PIPESYS computes two different severe slugging criteria, based

on conditions in the system at the point of interest. If the actual
value for the criterion is less than the critical value, the model
predicts that severe slugging occurs, by filling in the checkbox in
the Slugging column. Additionally, in the absence of a truly
definitive criterion, severe slugging should be predicted to be a
potential problem unless both Pots (1985) and Fuchs (1987)
models say otherwise.
If the current pipeline profile does not incorporate the geometry
necessary for severe slugging to occur, a warning will be issued
by the software and appear on this tab.

7.8 Erosion Velocity Check

Erosion damage (in other words, the wearing away of material)
may occur as a result of the impact of high velocity liquid
droplets. It may also be caused by solid particles, such as sand,
entrained in the gas or liquid stream. Erosion damage is
typically controlled by limiting the maximum gas or liquid
velocity in the system. PIPESYS can calculate such limiting
values for a wide range of flowing conditions.
Erosion caused by liquid droplets is primarily a concern in gas
condensate or gas-water systems, but may also be a concern in
oil-gas systems where there is a very high gas-oil ratio, as
occurs with wells under gas lift.
Erosion losses are seldom a problem in a straight run of pipe but
can be significant anywhere the flow abruptly changes direction
(examples, manifolds, elbows, tees, and so forth). It is usual to
perform this check at the downstream end of the pipeline
where, not only do such direction changes typically occur, but
generally also the highest gas velocities prevail.

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7-19

For liquid-droplet erosion caused by a sand-free fluid, the

limiting velocity is defined by the following empirical equation:
V

C
= -----------
M

(7.1)

where:
C = a constant
M = mixture density, lb/ft3
VM = maximum allowable mixture velocity

The PIPESYS erosion velocity check makes this calculation for

two values of the constant C so that you may choose a more
conservative or less conservative maximum velocity depending
on your need to limit erosion.
To eliminate erosion losses it is suggested that the value
recommended by the API RP14E (C = 100) be used. For
situations in which a small amount (less than 10 mils per year)
of erosion can be tolerated, Salama and Venkatesh recommend
a higher value (C = 300).
It is important to realize that the minimum erosion velocity is a
function of the gas density. Much higher velocities can be
tolerated at low pressure than at high pressure.
A different relation is used for fluids bearing sand. The
maximum allowable velocity is obtained using:
4d
V M = ----------Ws

(7.2)

where:
d = pipe inside diameter (inches)
Ws = rate of sand production (bbl/month) where 1 bbl sand =
945 lb (429 kg)
VM = maximum allowable mixture velocity

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Erosion Velocity Check

The maximum velocity as Ws approaches zero is assumed to be

constrained by the previous equation.
Even relatively small amounts of sand production have a strong
influence on the maximum velocity that should be permitted.
For example, with 4 I.D. tubing and a typical gas density of 4.0
lb/ft3, the effect of sand production dominates the allowable
velocity at any sand production rate above about 100 lb/month.

7.8.1 Connections Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.
Figure 7.9

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7.8.2 Results Tab

The Fluid Conditions group displays the Actual Gas Velocity,
Mixture Velocity, Mixture Density and Effective C Value at the
erosion velocity check location. The mixture velocity data is
provided so that you may compare this value against the
allowable velocities that appear in the matrix in the Allowable
Velocity group. The actual gas velocity and mixture density
values are provided for your information.
To analyse the data provided in this tab, you need some
information about your system. You will need an estimate of
sand production for the system in units of lb/month or kg/month
and you need to evaluate the sensitivity of the system to erosion
damage. If you wish to eliminate erosion, choose C = 100. If
this condition is too restrictive in terms of allowable velocity and
a small erosion rate over the life of the pipeline can be tolerated,
use C = 300.
Using the actual mixture velocity as an assumed erosion
velocity, an effective C value is computed assuming there is no
sand production. This gives a measure of a minimum value for C
for which erosion will not be a concern for this case.
Find the value of sand production in the Sand Production column
that is closest to the value for your system. This is expressed in
lb/month or kg/month. Read across to the allowable velocity
value that corresponds to the value of C that you have chosen.
If this allowable velocity value is less than the Mixture Velocity in
the Fluid Conditions group, erosion is likely to be higher than
acceptable and you should make the necessary changes to lower
the mixture velocity at this location. If the allowable velocity
value is greater than the mixture velocity, erosion is unlikely to
be a problem.

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Side Stream

7.9 Side Stream

A Side Stream Pipeline Unit in PIPESYS can be used to add or
remove flow from the elevation profile. For pipelines with
multiple sources, this provision eliminates the need to create
multiple streams and multiple pipeline units. This is especially
useful if pressure losses in the side stream are either
inconsequential (very short lines) or irrelevant to the analysis.
What would otherwise be a complex system of pipes, can often
be reduced to a few pipelines with side streams. Data for the
calculations are entered in the Parameters tab of the Side
Stream Pipeline Unit and main line results are displayed for the
streams before and after the side stream.

7.9.1 Connection Tab

As on all component views, the location for the unit is displayed
as read-only data. If you need to change this data, open the
Main PIPESYS View and go to the Elevation Profile tab.
Figure 7.10

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7-23

7.9.2 Parameters Tab

This page is used to define the basic characteristics of the side
stream. In the Flow Direction group there are two radio buttons
from which you can choose the direction of the flow: Inflow or
Outflow. Selecting the flow direction and flow rate specifies
addition or removal of flow. The side stream's flow rate can be
specified as one of the following:

molar flow rate

mass flow rate
standard liquid volume flow rate

For an inflow stream when calculating the flowing fluid

temperature profile, the temperature or vapour mole fraction of
the stream can be optionally specified. If the flowing fluid
temperature profile is being specified or the temperature or
vapour mole fraction are left empty, then the inflow stream's
temperature and vapour mole fraction are obtained from main
line stream conditions. The Before Side Stream main line
stream's data is used when calculations are done in the direction
of flow. For calculations done against the direction of flow the
After Side Stream main line stream's data is used.
The outflow stream always obtains its temperature and vapour
mole fraction data from the main line streams. Similarly, as
when the inflow stream's temperature and vapour mole fraction
data are left empty the Before Side Stream main line stream's
data is used when calculations are done in the direction of flow.
For calculations done against the direction of flow the After Side
Stream main line stream's data is used.

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7-24

Side Stream

7-24

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A-1

A References
1

American Petroleum Institute, Subsurface Controlled Subsurface

Safety Valve Sizing Computer Program, API Manual 14BM, Second
Ed., p. 38, API, January (1978)

American Petroleum Institute, Technical Data Book - Petroleum

Refining, API, New York (1982)

Aziz, K., Govier, G.W., and Fogarasi, M.,Pressure Drop in Wells

Producing Oil and Gas, Journal of Canadian Petroleum
Technologists., Vol. 11, p. 38, July (1972)

Baker, O. Simultaneous Flow of Oil and Gas, Oil & Gas Journal, Vol.
54, No. 12, p. 185, July (1954)

Baker, O. Experience with Two-Phase Pipelines, Canadian Oil & Gas

Industry, Vol. 14, No. 3, p. 43, March (1961)

Beggs, H.D., and Brill, J.P. A Study of Two-Phase Flow in Inclined

Pipes, Journal of Petroleum Technologists, p. 607, May (1973)

Bendiksen, K.H., Maines, D., Moe, R., and Nuland, S., The Dynamic
Two Fluid Model OLGA: Theory and Application, SPE Paper No.
19451, SPE Production Engineering, May (1991)

Burke, N.E., and Kashou, S.F., History Matching of a North Sea

Flowline Startup Using OLGA Transient Multi-phase Flow Simulator,
SPE Paper No. 24789, Presented at the 67th Annual SPE Technical
Conference and Exhibition, Washington, DC, October (1992)

Chen, N.H., An Explicit Equation for Friction Factor in Pipe, Ind. Eng.
Chem. Fund., Vol. 18, No. 3, p. 296 (1979)

10

Dukler, A.E., Wicks, M., and Cleveland, R., Frictional Pressure Drop
in Two-Phase Flow: B. An Approach Through Similarity Analysis,
AIChE Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 44, January (1964)

11

Dukler, A.E., Gas-Liquid Flow in Pipelines, Monograph, Project NX28, AGA/API, May (1969)

12

Duns, H., Jr., and Ros, N., Vertical Flow of Gas and Liquid Mixtures in
Wells, Paper No. 22, Section II, World Petroleum Conference,
Frankfurt, Germany (1963)

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13

Eaton, B.A., Andrews, D.E., Knowles, C.R., Silberberg, I.H., and

Brown, K.E., The Prediction of Flow Patterns, Liquid Holdup and
Pressure Losses Occurring During Continuous Two-Phase Flow in
Horizontal Pipelines, Journal of Petroleum Technologists, p. 815,
June (1967)

14

Flanking, O., Effect of Uphill Flow on Pressure Drop in Design of TwoPhase Gathering Systems, Oil & Gas Journal, p. 132, March (1958)

15

Fuchs, P., The Pressure Limit for Terrain Slugging, Paper B.4, Proc.
of the 3rd International Conference on Multi-phase Flow, BHRA, The
Hague, Netherlands (1987)

16Govier,

G.W., and Aziz, K., The Flow of Complex Mixtures in Pipes,

Van Nostrand-Reinhold, (1972), reprinted by Robert E. Krieger
Publishing Co., Huntingdon, New York (1977)

17Govier,

G.W., and Fogarasi, M., Pressure Drop in Wells Producing Gas

and Condensate, Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technologists,
October (1975)

18

Gregory, G.A., Estimation of the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient for

Calculating Heat Loss/Gain in Flowing Wells, Technical Note No. 4,
Neotechnology Consultants Ltd., Calgary, Canada, March (1991)

19Gregory,

G.A., Mandhane, J., and Aziz, K. Some Design

Considerations for Two-Phase Flow in Pipes, Journal of Canadian
Petroleum Technologists, January-March (1975)

20Gregory,

G.A., Comments on the Prediction of Minimum Unloading

Velocities for Wet Gas Wells, Technical Note No. 14, Neotechnology
Consultants Ltd., Calgary, Canada, December (1989)

21

Gregory, G.A., Estimation of the Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient for

the Calculation of Pipeline Heat Loss/Gain, Technical Note No.3,
Neotechnology Consultants Ltd., Calgary, Canada, October (1984),
1st Revision September (1990), 2nd Revision March (1991)

22

Hooper, W.B., The Two-K Method Predicts Heat Losses in Pipe

Fittings, Chemical Engineering, p. 96, August (1981)

23

Hughmark, G.A., Holdup and Heat Transfer in Horizontal Slug GasLiquid Flow, Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol 20, p. 1007 (1965)

24

Hughmark, G.A. Holdup in Gas-Liquid Flow, Chem. Eng. Prog., Vol.

58, No. 4, p. 62, April (1962)

25

Lockhart, R.W., and Martinelli, R.C. Proposed Correlation of Data for

Isothermal Two-Phase, Two-Component Flow in Pipes, Chem. Eng.
Prog., Vol. 45, No. 1, p. 39, January (1949)

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26

Mandhane, J., Gregory, G., and Aziz, K., A Flow Pattern Map for GasLiquid Flow in Horizontal Pipes, International Journal of Multi-phase
Flow, Vol. 1, p. 537 (1974)

27

Mandhane, J.M., Gregory, G.A., and Aziz, K., Critical Evaluation of

Friction Pressure-Drop Prediction Methods for Gas-Liquid Flow in
Horizontal Pipes, Journal of Petroleum Technologists, p. 1348,
October (1977)

28

Mukherjee, H., and Brill, J.P., Liquid Holdup Correlations for Inclined
Two-Phase Flow, Journal of Petroleum Technologists, p. 1003, May
(1983)

29Oliemans,

R.V.A., Two-Phase Flow in Gas-Transmission Pipelines,

Paper No. 76-Pet-25, Joint Petroleum Mechanical Engineering &
Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Mexico City, Mexico,
September (1976)

30Oliemans,

R.V.A., Modeling of Gas Condensate Flow in Horizontal

and Inclined Pipes, Proc., ASME Pipeline Eng. Symp., ETCE, p. 73,
Dallas, Texas, February (1987)

31

Pots, B.F.M., Bromilow, I.G., and Konijn, M.J.W.F., Severe Slug Flow
in Offshore Flowline/Riser Systems, SPE Prod. Eng., p. 319,
November (1987)

32Salama,

M.M and Venkatesh, E.S., Evaluation of API RP 14E

Erosional Velocity Limitations for Offshore Gas Wells, Paper No.
OTC 4485, presented at the 15th Annual Offshore Technology
Conference, Houston, May (1983)

33Singh,

B., and Gregory, G.A., unpublished work (1983)

34

Taitel, Y., and Dukler, A. A Model for Predicting Flow Regime

Transitions in Horizontal and Near Horizontal Gas-Liquid Flow,
AIChE J., Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 47, January (1976)

35

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., private communication (1979)

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A-4

Glossary

B-1

B Glossary

B-1

B-2

absolute roughness: The effective roughness of a pipe, used

in calculating the frictional pressure loss caused by fluid flow
shear with the pipe wall. This quantity is assigned a value
derived from a sand particle size such that a perfectly smooth
pipe (internally coated with sand particles of that size)
experiences a frictional pressure loss (per unit length) identical
to that in the actual pipe, all other parameters being equal.
actual gas velocity: The velocity that is obtained when the in
situ volumetric gas flow rate is divided by the cross sectional
area of the pipe that is occupied by the gas.
brake power: The power required to operate a compressor,
including all losses experienced during gas compression and all
mechanical losses.
component: All physical units that make up a pipeline. Has the
same meaning as the term Pipeline Units.
elevation profile: A two-dimensional coordinate scheme for
defining the path followed by a pipeline as it traverses its route.
The elevation profile models the actual pipeline geometry as a
series of connected straight-line segments, the end points of
which are defined by horizontal and vertical displacement
values.
gas power: The power required to operate a compressor,
neglecting all mechanical losses.
inline facility: Equipment used to handle or affect the fluid flow
through a pipeline. Compressors, pumps, heaters and coolers
are examples of inline facilities.
inside film: The layer of fluid adjacent to the pipe inside wall
(i.e., the boundary layer). The inside film is assumed to account
for all resistance to heat transfer between the flowing fluid and
the pipe wall.
inside film coefficient: A measure of the resistance to heat
transfer between the fluid and the pipe wall due to convection
effects.

B-2

Glossary

B-3

Main PIPESYS View: The interface window to all of the userdefinable characteristics of a PIPESYS extension. It is used to
choose methods, add Pipeline Units, specify temperatures, and
examine results.
mixture density: The density of a multi-phase fluid mixture
calculated as a volume weighted average of the gas and liquid
densities.
mixture velocity: The average velocity of a multi-phase fluid
mixture calculated as the sum of the gas and liquid superficial
velocities.
pig launcher: The point in a pipeline at which pigs are
introduced into the stream.
pigging slug: The accumulation of liquid that builds up in front
of a pig as it moves through a pipeline. In PIPESYS, the volume
of the pigging slug is calculated to be the total initial volume of
liquid in the pipeline (at steady state conditions), less the
amount of liquid that flows out of the line during the transit time
for the pig.
Pipe Unit: A straight-line segment of pipe connecting two
points on an elevation profile. It is further defined by data such
as diameter, roughness, heat transfer characteristics and
environmental conditions.
Pipeline Origin: The location of the beginning of a pipeline.
Vertical and horizontal coordinate values establish the physical
location of the Pipeline Origin. These values are entered on the
Elevation Profile page of the Main PIPESYS View, into the
Distance and Elevation cells in the Pipeline Origin group.
Pipeline Unit: This is an all-inclusive term that is used to refer
to both Pipe Units and inline facilities. All the physical units that
make up a pipeline are referred to as Pipeline Units. This term
can be used interchangeably with the term components.
relative roughness: The ratio of absolute roughness to the
inside diameter of the pipe.

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B-4

resistance coefficient: A dimensionless constant used to

specify a pressure loss as a number of velocity heads.
step size: The initial length of pipe over which the pressure
and/or temperature and/or enthalpy changes are computed for
a Pipe Unit. If the computed change exceeds the maximum
allowed in a step, then the length is shortened. When the
optimizer option is selected, the length of pipe for the
calculation step will be increased if the computed change is less
than the minimum specified. This length is further constrained
by a minimum and maximum step size. If the software attempts
calculation for a length of pipe smaller than the minimum step
size, the calculations are terminated and a warning message
issued.
superficial gas velocity: The volumetric gas rate divided by
the total cross-sectional area of the pipe.
superficial liquid velocity: The volumetric liquid rate divided
by the total cross-sectional area of the pipe.
theoretical power: The power required to operate a
compressor assuming zero compression losses and an absence
of mechanical losses.
velocity head: The portion of the total head of a fluid flow
attributable to the velocity of the fluid. The velocity head is
directly related to the kinetic energy component in the Bernoulli
equation and is given by:
2

V
-----
where:
V = fluid velocity
= fluid density

B-4

Methods & Correlations

C-1

C Methods &
Correlations
C.1 Horizontal & Inclined Flow............................................................. 2
C.1.1
C.1.2
C.1.3
C.1.4

Flow Regime Prediction Methods................................................. 2

Liquid Holdup Prediction Methods ............................................... 2
Frictional Loss Prediction Methods .............................................. 3
Uphill Corrections..................................................................... 3

C.2 Vertical & Near Vertical Upflow/Downflow .................................... 4

C.2.1 Flow Regime Prediction Methods................................................. 4
C.2.2 Liquid Holdup Prediction Methods ............................................... 4
C.2.3 Frictional Loss Prediction Methods .............................................. 4

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C-2

Horizontal & Inclined Flow

C.1 Horizontal & Inclined

Flow
C.1.1 Flow Regime Prediction
Methods

Beggs and Brill (1973)

Beggs and Brill Revised (1977)
Mandhane, Gregory and Aziz (1974)
Mandhane, Gregory and Aziz Alternate (1974)
Govier and Aziz (1972)
Baker (1954)
Taitel and Dukler (1976)
OLGAS (1994)

C.1.2 Liquid Holdup Prediction

Methods

Oliemans Mechanistic Model (1987)

Hughmark (1962)
Beggs and Brill (1973)
Beggs and Brill Revised (1977)
Dukler (1969)
Eaton et al (1967)
Lockhart and Martinelli (1949)
OLGAS (1994)

C-2

Methods & Correlations

C-3

C.1.3 Frictional Loss Prediction

Methods

Oliemans Mechanistic Model (1987)

Beggs and Brill (1973)
Beggs and Brill Rough Pipe (1973)
Oliemans (1976)
Lockhart and Martinelli (1949)
Dukler et al (1964)
Dukler et al Rough Pipe (1964)
OLGAS (1994)

C.1.4 Uphill Corrections

Beggs and Brill Liquid Holdup Correction

Flanigan Head Correction Factor
Tennessee Gas Head Factor
Singh and Gregory Head Factor

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C-4

Vertical & Near Vertical Upflow/

C.2 Vertical & Near

Vertical Upflow/
Downflow
C.2.1 Flow Regime Prediction
Methods

Govier and Aziz (1972)

Beggs and Brill (1973)
Beggs and Brill Revised (1977)
OLGAS (1994)
Gregory et al (1989)

C.2.2 Liquid Holdup Prediction

Methods

Aziz, Govier and Fogarasi (1972)

Beggs and Brill (1973)
Beggs and Brill Revised (1977)
OLGAS (1994)
Gregory et al (1989)

C.2.3 Frictional Loss Prediction

Methods

Aziz, Govier and Fogarasi (1972)

Beggs and Brill (1973)
Beggs and Brill Rough Pipe (1973)
OLGAS (1994)
Gregory et al (1989)

C-4

Index
A
Above Ground Pipe 3-5
Absolute Roughness 3-4
Activate Curve 6-4
Adiabatic Efficiency 5-6
Air Parameters 3-7
Angle 2-16
Attached Streams 2-11
B
Brake Power 5-4, 6-3
Buried Pipe 3-5
Parameters 3-7
C
Calculate Temperature Profile 2-282-29
Calculation Methods
Horizontal and Inclined Flow C-2
Vertical and Near Vertical Upflow and
Downflow C-4
Calculation Warnings 2-34
Centre Line Depth 3-7
Compressor 5-1
Actual Losses 5-11
Connections Page 5-2
Curve Page 5-7
Exponent of Gas Power 5-11
Manipulating Curve Data 5-7
Mechanical Losses Page 5-10
Optional Constraints 5-5
Overall Efficiency 5-11
Parameters 5-6
Parameters Page 5-3
Power Balance 5-10
Requirements Page 5-11
Results Page 5-12
Compressor. See In-line Compressor
Connections Page 2-11
Cooler 7-4
Connections Page 7-5
Parameters 7-5
Parameters Page 7-5
Cut, Paste, Copy Functions 2-18
D
Default Conductivity 3-6
Default Methods
Changing 2-13

Default Roughness 3-4

Disabling PIPESYS 2-11
Discharge Pressure 5-5
Distance 2-16
E
Elevation 2-16
Elevation Profile
Entering 2-16
Parameters 2-16
Elevation Profile Page 2-14
Erosion Velocity Check 7-18
Connections Page 7-20
Limiting Velocity Equation 7-19
Max. Allowable Velocity 7-19
Results Page 7-21
F
Fittings 7-9
Absolute Roughness 7-11
Connections Page 7-10
Inside Diameter 7-11
Parameters Page 7-11
Fluid Systems 2-12
Fluid Temperature Options 2-13, 2-29
Force Enthalpy Convergence 2-21
G
Gas-Based Fluid Systems 2-12
Global Change 2-18, 4-1
Procedure 4-7
Global Change View
Connections Page 4-4
Dimensions Page 4-5
Heat Transfer Page 4-6
Pipe Coatings 4-7
Glossary of Terms B-1
Graphs
Graph Control 2-33
Plot Button 2-33
Printing 2-33
H
Heat Capacity Ratio 5-6
Heat Transfer Environments 3-5
Heater 7-3
Connections Page 7-3
Parameters Page 7-4

I-1

I-2

Hooper K1 & Hooper K2 7-11

I
Ignoring PIPESYS 2-11
In-line Compressor
Adding 5-125-13
In-line Compressor. See Compressor.
In-line Pump. See Pump.
Inside Diameter 3-4
Inside Film Coefficient 3-6
Interstage deltaP 5-6
Isentropic Compressor 5-4
L
Length 2-16
Liquid-Based Fluid Systems 2-12
M
Main PIPESYS View 2-10
Max Discharge Pressure 5-5
Max Discharge Temperature 5-6
Max Interstage Temperature 5-6
Max Power 5-5
Messages Page 2-34
Methods Page 2-12
Minimum Allowed Pressure 2-21
N
Nominal Diameter 3-3
Number of Stages 5-6
O
Outside Diameter 3-3
P
Parameters Group 3-6
Pig Launcher 7-13
Pigging Slug Size Check 7-12
Connections Page 7-14
Results Page 7-15
Pipe Coatings Page 3-8
Pipe Conductivity 3-6
Pipe Schedule 3-3
Pipe Segment Results 2-30
Pipe Unit
Adding 3-9
Connections Page 3-2
Dimensions 3-3

Dimensions Page 3-3

Global Change 4-2
Heat Transfer Page 3-5
View 3-1
Pipeline Origin 2-14
Pipeline Units 2-14
PIPESYS and HYSYS
Adding PIPESYS 2-3
Property Views 2-8
PIPESYS Methods and Correlations C-2
Plots. See Graphs.
Polytropic Compressor 5-4
Polytropic Efficiency 5-6
Pump 6-1
Connections Page 6-2
Curve Page 6-5
Discharge Pressure 6-4
Fluid Power 6-4
Parameters Page 6-3
Specified Discharge Pressure 6-4
Pump Efficiency 6-4
R
Rating Factor 5-6
Regulator 7-8
Connections Page 7-9
Parameters Page 7-9
Relative Roughness 3-4
Reports
HYSYS Report Manager 2-31
Neotec Maxi Report 2-32
Neotec Mini Report 2-32
Printing Reports 2-32
Report Builder 2-31
Results Page 2-30
Rise 2-16
Run 2-16
S
Severe Slugging Check 7-16
Connections Page 7-17
Results Page 7-17
Soil Conductivity 3-7
Soil Type 3-7
Stepsize Optimizer 2-21
Stepsize Page 2-20
Submerged Pipe 3-5
Suction Pressure 6-4

I-2

I-3

T
Temperature Profile Page 2-27
U
Unit-X 7-6
Connections Page 7-7
Parameters Page 7-7
User Interface 2-8
User Specified 3-5
V
Valve Coefficient 7-11
Velocity Heads 7-11
W
Wall Thickness 3-3
Warranty 1-5
Water Parameters 3-7
Worksheet Page 2-11

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