Engineered Software Flow of Fluids 2018 v16.1.41643

The Engineered Software Team is pleased to announce the availability of Fluids 2018 version 16.1, is part of the PIPE-FLO family and is ideal for modeling smaller piping systems.


Version 16.1 Release Notes - Date Release Feb 5 2018:

These Release Notes apply to all products of the PIPE-FLO Family, including PIPE-FLO® Professional, PIPE-FLO Professional Lite, and Flow of Fluids unless otherwise indicated.

Key Highlights
- Added a Flow Meter Sizing feature to calculate the diameter for balancing orifices and flow meters per ASME standards
- Added a Pipeline Valve & Fitting K, Cv, Kv Calculator to estimate the performance of fittings from flow and pressure drop measurements
- Bug fixes and performance optimization for faster editing and quicker solutions
- Numerous UI improvements, including:
. Added a Gradient Color Legend to the FLO-Sheet Report
. Unit selectors to property grid for device design data fields
. Automatically switch to the newly created Lineup
. Default text orientation set to horizontal
New Features
- Flow meter sizing for balancing orifices and flow meters
- Pipeline Valve & Fitting K, Cv, Kv Calculator
Improvements / Changes to Features
- Performance improvements:
. Improved first flow guess results in fewer iterations required to converge to a solution
. Loading NIST fluid tables and ESI fluid tables on demand results in 5x faster start up
. Using Advanced Operations to multiply flow rate settings of flow demands and other devices now exponentially faster!
- Flow meters and balancing orifices:
. Sizing feature
. Now display calculated results when the sonic flow warning is thrown
. Added "Change Diameter" to right click context menu
. Diameter is now a required design field
. Changed calculations to use inlet static pressure instead of inlet fluid zone total pressure (NOTE: this may change calculated results of previous files slightly)
. Added Static Pressure Drop to flow meters and balancing orifices results
- Reports: Gradient Color Legend on FLO-Sheet Report, added additional reports
- Lineups: Automatically switch to the newly created Lineup
- Units: Unit selectors for device design data fields in the Property Grid
- Text: Default text orientation for all devices and the document set to horizontal
- FLO-Sheet and Property Grid Labels now reflect difference between Total Pressure and Static Pressure
New Calculations / Changes to Existing Calculations
- Iterative solution method for sizing flow meters and balancing orifices
- Added Static Pressure Drop to flow meters and balancing orifices
- Flow meters and balancing orifices calculated using inlet static pressure instead of fluid zone total pressure
New Warning Messages / Changes to Existing Warning Messages
- Incorporated the flow meter messages into the Diameter Sizing dialog to warn of issues during meter sizing
Bug Fixes
- Incorrect static head calculated for a System Resistance Curve for pumps with different suction and discharge elevations (fixes Program Bulletin PB 2017-003)
- Saved OverTime results don't retain the lineup name
- Lose OverTime results graphs on zoom
- OverTime changes to device Operation fields by Rules or Input Curves does not get applied to the PIPE-FLO model unless the device Operation in the model matches the change in Overtime, although the results graphs and event log show that they are applied.
- Tank levels are frozen in OverTime when "Update PIPE-FLO Model" box is not checked (fixes Program Bulletin PB 2017-002)
- Tank Geometry volume units exported to DataLink in wrong units
- Program crash when loading a Variable Speed pump from a catalog
- Program crash when deleting a "ghost pipe"
- Prevent creation of a "ghost pipe"

About Flow of Fluids . Flow of Fluids is part of the PIPE-FLO family and is ideal for modeling smaller piping systems. Flow of Fluids simulates the operation of small piping systems transporting liquids and industrial gases under a variety of expected operating conditions. It also provides accurate results for series, branching, and looped systems (both open and closed) up to 25 pipelines. If you can draw your piping system, Flow of Fluids will show you how it operates.

About Engineered Software, Inc. Engineered Software, Inc. develops fluid flow analysis and design modeling software tools for customers around the world. It offers PUMP-FLO, a centrifugal pump selection software for pump manufacturers and distributors; TechNet for program updates and personalized technical support; and Flow of Fluids, a software tool for use in engineering, commissioning, and operations of data centers, manufacturing, oil, gas, petro-chemical, HVAC, pharmaceutical, power generation, mining, and other industrial and commercial facilities.

The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Lacey, Washington.

Product: Engineered Software Flow of Fluids
Version: 2018 version 16.1.41643
Supported Architectures: 32bit / 64bit