November 6, 2012 - Invensys Operations Management released SimSci-Esscor VISUAL FLOW version 5.5 with full AIChE Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems (DIERS) compliance. It brings usability to the next level by adding databases of equipment and relief valves in the International System of Measurement (SI) units of measure.
VISUAL FLOW is a fluid flow simulator that aids engineers in the design, modeling and regulatory documentation of oil and gas flare networks. It provides fast, reliable and accurate solutions for applications that range from line sizing and vessel depressurization to the rating of complex relief systems. Process and safety engineers can design, rate and analyze processes with this rigorous, steady-state simulator. Applications include design and evaluation of relief networks; systems containing any configuration of multiple flares; relief valves; knock-out drums; and loops. Using VISUAL FLOW reduces the upfront capital costs of a system, as well as ongoing operating costs associated with that system.
This can result in combined savings of 5 to 20 percent of the value of the project.
- DIERS compliant: DIERS guidelines apply to the design of relief and vent systems;
- DIERS guidelines are accepted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA);
- Numerous algorithm and correlation upgrades due to the completion of the final phase of DIERS compliancy;
- SI units databases for equipment and relief valves.
- Provides safer designs and operation;
- Streamlines the documentation of flare relief systems for regulatory compliance;
- Use of point-by-point thermodynamics and pressure drop calculations to handle single and multiphase fluid flow systems.