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The
Pipeline Toolbox™
from
Technical Toolboxes Inc.
Summary
of Features
The
Pipeline Toolbox is a tightly integrated Windows-based
software package designed to meet the needs of all pipeline
professionals. It provides increased efficiency by integrating
the "basic" tools of pipeline professionals all in one package.
Contained
in the Pipeline Toolbox are pipeline engineering
modules for gas and liquid hydraulics, stresses and testing,
corrosion and cathodic protection; a standards and regulatory
module with all current DOT & MMS pipeline regulations and
inspection templates; a detailed API/AGA pipes reference
database; and a "designer" module providing drag and drop
capability with more than 150 petroleum industry standard
shapes to generate simple or complex schematic diagrams.
Other
modules include hydrostatic testing, valve sizing and an
enhanced meter/regulator design module, and other essential
pipeline utilities including gas and liquid properties and
units conversion.
Modules
Gas
Pipeline Hydraulics
Contains
high and low pressure equations for calculating flow rate,
upstream pressure, downstream pressure and internal pipe
diameter.
- AGA
- Fully Turbulent Flow
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Mueller - Low Pressure
- Mueller
- High Pressure
- Panhandle
A
- Panhandle
B
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- IGT
Distribution Equation
- Pittsburgh
- Colebrook
- White
- Weymouth
- Spitzglass
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Liquid
Pipeline Hydraulics
Includes equations to determine flow
rate, upstream and downstream pressure, internal pipe diameter,
pressure drop and velocity.
- Colebrook
- White
- Hazen
- Williams
- Shell
/ MIT
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- Heltzel
- T.
R. Aude
- Darcy-Wiesbock
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Stresses
& Pressure
Contains calculations to determine design pressures for
both steel and plastic pipe, internal pressure (%SMYS),
hoop stress, and longitudinal stress. Also includes calculations
for bending and pipeline stresses due to external fluids,
soil and vehicular loading, thermal pipe expansion and thrust.
Incorporates ASME B31.4 and ASME B31.8. guidelines.
- Design
Pressure -
- Steel
Pipe Design Pressure - Plastic Pipe
- Hoop
Stress
- Linear
Thermal Pipeline Expansion
- Bending
Stress & Deflection
- Bending
Stress - Caused by Fluid Flowing Around Pipeline
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- Design Pressure -
Plastic Pipe
- Internal Pressure
- % SMYS
- Longitudinal Stress
- Thrust at BLow-off
- Bending Stress - Caused
by Soil & Vehicular Load
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Testing
& Maintenance
Includes calculations for pipeline hydrostatic testing and
pack in the pipeline. Also included are a complete series
of calculations for blowdown and purging.
- Complete Pipeline Hydrostatic
Testing Module
- Gas Pipeline Pressure Testing
- Time Required & Maximum Pressure Drop
- Gas Pipeline Blowdown - Time
- Gas Pipeline Blowdown - Volume
Lost - Large Hole / Small Hole
- Gas Pipeline Purging - Required
Time / Volume Lost
- Pack in Pipeline
Pipeline
Corrosion
This module incorporates
ASME B31G into calculations for MAOP and external corrosion
limits plus various current and resistance calculations.
- ASME B31G - Maximum Allowable
Longitudinal Extent of Corrosion
- ASME B31G - Evaluation of
MAOP in Corroded Areas
- Rate of Electrical Current
Flow Through the Corrosion Cell
- Relationship Between Resistance
and Resistivity
- Electrolyte Resistance from
Surface of an Electrode to any Distance
- Resistance of a Conductor
- Ohm's Law for Corrosion Current
Cathodic
Protection
Includes both single and multiple anode placement
and resistance calculations with electric current and power
consumption requirements.
- Pipeline Hydrostatic Testing
- Estimated Life of a Magnesium
Anode
- Resistance to Earth of an
Impressed Anode Ground Bed
- Rudenberg's Formula for the
Placement of a Close or Distributed Ground Bed
- Resistance to Earth of a Single
Vertical Anode
- Resistance to Earth of Multiple
Vertical Anodes
- Resistance to Earth of a Single
Horizontal Anode
- Required Number of Anodes
and Total Current Requirement
- Power Consumption of a Cathodic
Protection Rectifier
Gas
and Fluid Properties
These modules contain all the gas and fluid physical properties
and energy reference values needed for day-to-day pipeline
requirements.
Pipeline
Facilities
Provides calculations and sizing of pipeline facilities such
as extrusions, branch reinforcement, sags, bends, overbends,
slug catcher, .... Based on ASME B31.8, 49 CFR 192, AGA
Relief
Valve Sizing
Relief valve sizing and installation in accordance with API
RP-520.
Orifice
Metering
Orifice meter sizing and installation in accordance with AGA-3
and GPA 8185.
Turbine
Metering
Turbine meter sizing and installation in accordance with AGA-7.
Meter
& Regulator Designer
Enables users to size and verify equipment needed for metering
and regulator station design. Includes regulator sizing (Universal
& BPE sizing equations), multiple metering runs, ...
Pipeline
Database
The Pipe Database contains multiple complete online databases
containing all current steel and plastic pipe specifications
for high and low pressure pipes, incorporating API & AGA standard
pipe and non-standard pipe. All pipe data is available in
English or metric measurements. Included is a custom database
for users to enter custom or user-defined pipe specifications
for storage and use. The available pipe data for users is
listed below:
- API 5L - For Nominal Sizes
1/8" through 80"
- API 5LX - For Nominal Sizes
2-3/8" through 64"
- AGA SDR/Wall Thickness - For
Nominal Sizes 1/2" through 12"
- DRISCOPIPE Series 1000 - For
Nominal Sizes 3/4" through 54"
- Custom Pipe Database - for
User Defined Pipe Specifications
Units
Conversion
The Units Conversion module provides the pipeline professional
with a functional, easy-to-use and very comprehensive units
conversion package. The package contains over 400 SI international
and English energy-related conversions.
Drawing
Module
The Engineering Drawing module is Visio Technical from Visio
Corporation. It contains over 2000 SmartShapes with 150 Petroleum
Engineering Templates. This drawing module is intuitive and
easy to use and offers drag-and-drop functionality with links
to calculations. It is AutoCAD compatible for both import
and export.
DOT
& MMS Pipeline Regulations
Contains both the U.S. D.O.T. Federal Pipeline Safety Regulations
with all inspection report templates and the DOI-Minerals
Management Service Offshore Pipeline Regulations (Subpart
J). In hypertext format to permit easy key word/phrase searches.
Canadian (CSA) Z-662 regulations are also available.
Math
& Graphics Module
Comprehensive math/graphics calculator module designed to
provide users with an intuitive way to perform simple and
complex mathematical tasks such as 2D/3D graphing, solving
equations, etc. Input your own equations and variables and
save them for recall. Supports graphing, curve-fitting, statistics,
roots of polynomials, nonlinear equations, linear systems,
matrix algebra, integration, differentiation, summation and
special functions.
Help
Complete Help & Reference module gives users the equations
behind all the calculations.
Ordering
Information
The
Pipeline Toolbox is available from Technical Toolboxes
Inc. Call 713-630-0505 or go to http://www.ttoolboxes.com/
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