Fluid Hydraulics, Flow Testing and Simulation Services
SOCOTEC’s capabilities encompass the performance of fluid hydraulics evaluation and fluid dynamics modeling to predict fluid loadings. Our experience and services encompassing power and process plants and steam distribution piping systems. We utilize the latest in fluid dynamics computer codes such as RELAP and CFD tools to determine fluid loading to ensure structural capabilities of components, equipment, structures and vessels are within acceptable levels, thus minimizing our customers risk in the performance of their function.
Fluid Hydraulics, Flow Testing and Simulation Services
Waterhammers and other fluid transients continue to be a frequent occurrence at power and process facilities and within steam distribution systems, resulting in piping and equipment damage and failure. Significant pressure pulses created by a waterhammer event can lead to catastrophic failure of high capital expense components and challenge system operability. The cost of the downtime required to repair a waterhammer failure can easily exceed the capital cost of replacing equipment. Furthermore, because of the transient nature of waterhammer events it is often difficult to localize the cause of the event.
Our experience, combined with sophisticated failure analysis and root cause methods have been used to identify causes in numerous plants. Special-purpose analysis programs such as MOC, CFD, RELAP and other numerical methods, combined with our fluid laboratory capability are used to assist our clients in diagnosing the cause of waterhammers. We have also provided extensive instrumentation and testing of systems to monitor fluid transient events, and we have designed modifications to mitigate waterhammer and other events in operating plant systems. Our experience can assist your plant in understanding and determining solutions to transients.
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