Pipe Flow Expert User Guide

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3 Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents .. 3 Table of Figures .. 9 12 Pipe Flow Expert 12 Pipe Flow Expert Software Overview .. 13 Minimum Operating System Requirements .. 14 Registration and Licensing Information .. 15 Contacting Pipe Flow Software .. 18 Additional Pipe Flow Software Programs .. 18 Interface and Menus .. 19 Menu 19 File Menu .. 20 Edit Menu .. 22 Units Menu .. 23 Fluid Menu .. 23 Drawing Menu .. 25 Tools Menu .. 26 License Menu .. 26 Documentation Menu .. 27 Help Menu.

4 28 Tool 29 Tool Bar Buttons .. 29 Keyboard Shortcuts .. 33 Node Pane .. 33 Node Types .. 33 Tank Node Data .. 34 End Pressure Data .. 35 Join Point Data .. 36 Flow Demands .. 37 Pipe Pane .. 38 Pipe Features .. 38 Pipe Material Data .. 40 Pipe Diameter Data .. 42 Pipe Fittings Database .. 44 Component Pressure Loss .. 46 4 Pipe Flow Expert User Guide Control Valve Data .. 48 Pump Data .. 49 Drawing Pane .. 51 Configuration Options Screen .. 53 Labels Tab .. 53 Units Tab .. 55 Pipe Settings Tab .. 57 Node Updates Tab.

5 59 Results Colors Tab .. 60 Calculations Tab .. 61 Results Tables .. 62 Viewing Individual Results .. 64 File and Design 65 Tabbed Design Sheets .. 65 Creating a New Pipe System .. 65 Isometric System Options .. 66 Designing a Pipe System .. 66 Saving a System .. 67 Change the System View - Isometric Mode Toggle .. 68 Sending a System via E-mail .. 68 Printing a System .. 68 Saving a Screen Image .. 70 Saving a Drawing to an EMF Image .. 70 Emailing a Screen Image .. 70 System Options .. 71 Choosing Units (imperial / metric).

6 71 Choosing Item Labelling .. 72 Choosing the System 73 Choosing Pipe Drawing Defaults .. 74 Change attributes of more than one pipe .. 78 Node Updates .. 80 Results Colors .. 81 Configuring the Calculation Parameters .. 82 Fluid 84 Defining Fluid Zones .. 84 Properties of Mixed Fluids .. 85 Two Phase Flow Additional Pressure Drop .. 85 Fluids Database .. 86 Adding Fluids to the Fluid Database .. 87 Table of Contents 5 Adding Gas Data to the Fluid Database .. 88 Tanks .. 89 Add a Tank .. 89 Nodes (Join Points).

7 91 Adding a Node .. 91 Pipes .. 93 Adding a Pipe .. 93 Adding a Pipe Material to the Database .. 96 Adding Pipe Size Data to the Database .. 96 Reversing the Pipe Flow .. 97 Closing a Pipe in the System .. 97 Using the Pipe Sub-menu while drawing .. 98 Preventing Backflow in a pipe .. 99 Using the Default Pipe feature while drawing .. 99 Fittings and Valves .. 100 Adding a Fitting to a pipe .. 100 Adding a Fitting to the Database .. 102 Components .. 105 Adding a Component with a pressure loss .. 106 Cv and Kv Flow Coefficients.

8 109 Adding a component/valve with a Cv or Kv value .. 109 Sprinkler K factors .. 112 Modeling a Spray Nozzle with a Sprinkler K Factor .. 113 Control Valves (FCV, PRV, BPV) .. 114 Adding a Flow Control 115 Adding a Pressure Reducing Valve .. 116 Adding a Back Pressure Valve .. 117 Pumps .. 119 Adding a Pump .. 119 Adding a Fixed Flow Rate Pump .. 121 Note about Fixed Flow Rate Pumps .. 122 Adding a Fixed Head Increase Pump .. 122 Adding a Fixed Speed Pump Curve .. 123 Working with Pump Curve Graph .. 126 Import Pump Curve Image.

9 128 Variable Speed and Change to Impeller Size .. 132 Predicted Performance 134 Search Pump Database .. 138 Browse Pump Database .. 139 6 Pipe Flow Expert User Guide Example Pumps (with Flow versus Head curve) .. 140 Demand Flows .. 141 Adding a Demand Flow at a join point .. 141 Demand Pressures .. 143 Adding a Demand Pressure at an end 143 Text 145 Adding Text to the drawing .. 145 Images .. 147 Importing Images on to the drawing .. 147 Viewing, Modifying, and Deleting Items .. 149 Zooming in or Out in the Drawing Pane.

10 149 Zooming in to a Selected Area .. 149 Viewing the whole System in the Drawing Pane .. 150 Panning a System in the Drawing Pane .. 150 Finding a Pipe or a Node .. 151 Mirror View of the Pipe System .. 151 Inverted View of the Pipe System .. 151 System Amendments and Group Updates .. 152 Using the Edit Grid .. 152 Individual Item Viewing and Modifying .. 153 Group Updates on the Drawing .. 154 Moving Components in a System .. 155 Cutting, Copying, and Pasting Nodes & Pipes .. 156 Copying Between Drawings.