PIPE-FLO From Revalize training

FM 101 gives users the essential skills required as the foundation for every PIPE-FLO modeling effort. Students learn the fundamental theory and principles behind the hydraulic analysis and gain hands-on experience going through the workflow of setting up the modeling environment - defining fluids, pipe schedules, and units to be used - while learning how to use the interface to set up the FLO-Sheet and build a basic fluid model.

FM 102 builds on the skills learned in FM 101 by introducing the basic devices used to generate a digital twin of your hydraulic system. Students gain an in-depth understanding of the functions, principles, and parameters required to define the basic model building blocks: pipes, tanks, dP devices, system boundary elements, and reducers, then put these into practice by building simple models and analyzing results for these devices.

FM 103 focuses on the critical devices that put the energy into your hydraulic models such as centrifugal pumps and fans. Students learn pump fundamentals and the parameters to size, define, and set up these devices to fully represent their real-world digital twin. This knowledge is put into practice as students define the devices and associated process control methods in their own virtual lab. Calculated results are reviewed and explained as the student gains an understanding of how their model can be used as virtual instrumentation.

FM 104 provides users with both the fundamentals as well as hands-on lab work to gain an in-depth understanding of the control and instrument devices modeled in PIPE-FLO. The parameters associated with sizing and designing control valves, pressure relief devices, balancing orifices, and meters will be discussed and put into practice in the virtual lab. Exercises using PIPE-FLO will reinforce the workflow to create a piping system digital twin, understand how results can be used as virtual instrumentation, and better understand how to evaluate calculated results of each device.

FM 106 provides users with a solid understanding of how to import and export PIPE-FLO data from and to spreadsheets using the Data Import and DataLink features. Input data structures and data available for export will be reviewed. Steps for inserting or extracting that data into/from the model will be taught and then put into practice by the student in the virtual lab. Applications for the data export capability will be discussed and demonstrated.

FM-108 provides users with tools and methods for creating and editing pipe specifications and fitting that may not be natively available in PIPE-FLO. There are many pipe options highly specialized for different industries, and creating specifications with the exact parameters of the piping being used allows the user an additional degree of precision in their analysis. Examples using the native Table Manager and text based tools will be worked through to give a thorough understanding of pipe and fitting table format and intent, and will be applied to PIPE-FLO models by the student in the virtual lab.

For those working with atypical fluids, FM-109 provides insight into how to specify and model them in PIPE-FLO to better represent their behavior in piping systems. Properties of these fluids will be discussed, along with how to translate those properties into PIPE-FLO to get results reflecting real-world behavior. Creating fluids with data from other sources will be discussed, including using incomplete or ambiguous data, as well as behavior and factors associated with non-Newtonian (shear thinning/shear thickening) and higher viscosity fluids. Students will walk through specifying and applying these fluids in a virtual lab, hands-on environment.

FM 201 teaches users how to combine the various devices they mastered in the FM100 series classes into simple open path piping systems and sub-systems for a greater understanding of their operation and design. Students will learn the engineering principles and applications associated with these types of systems, and hands-on exercises will reinforce learning how to use PIPE-FLO to size equipment, understand system behavior and interactions under various conditions, and troubleshoot issues.