Colorado Springs, CO, USA - Applied Flow Technology (AFT) will be at the 2018 Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia being held in Houston, Texas on September 18 - 20, 2018. 

Applied Flow Technology has had a presence at the international show for many years and is excited to return again in 2018.

During the show they will have information about their flagship products:

• AFT Fathom: used to calculate pressure drop and flow distribution in liquid and low velocity gas piping and ducting systems
• AFT Arrow: used to calculate pressure drop and flow distribution in gas piping and ducting systems
• AFT Impulse:  used to calculate pressure surge transients in liquid piping systems caused by waterhammer

AFT's Reinaldo Pinto and Scott Lang will also be on hand in booth 1335 to educate attendees about AFT's newest product: the Pulsation Frequency Analysis (PFA) Add-on Module which extends the already powerful capabilities of AFT Impulse so engineers can more readily analyze and model pulsation in piping systems. Engineers around the world can use PFA if their system has pulsation issues. Pulsation is a common problem in systems if the frequencies it excites are at or near the system’s acoustic resonant frequencies - often leading to system weakening and frequent maintenance outages.

The PFA add-on module automates most of the pulsation analysis process using a series of steps. Engineers can use the module to avoid system weakening, damage and/or failure; Reduce operating and maintenance costs; Minimize disruptions in production processes; Understand and predict resonant frequencies; Create scenarios to evaluate how large pressure pulsations are when operating at the resonant frequencies; and Compare the pressure pulsation magnitudes to API Standard 674 to check compliance.

To learn more about the TPS show: click here. 

AFT's President Teaching Short Course at Turbomachinery and Pump Symposia

Presented by: AFT President Trey Walters, P.E. and Peter Gaydon, Director of Technical Affairs, Hydraulic Institute

Topic:  "Optimizing Pumping Systems with Proven Engineering Assessment Processes and Methodologies"  

Date / Time / Location: Monday, September 18 from 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. in room 372c

Short Course Description: When pump systems are not optimized for best efficiency, they drain corporate profits with higher energy and maintenance costs, shorten mean time between repairs and increase CO2 emissions. Optimized pump systems are more energy efficient and reliable overall. Using information gained from this course, pump users can learn how to run their systems more efficiently and conduct a pump system assessment that identifies problematic areas where the greatest opportunities for improvement exist. This course/workshop can benefit companies in various industries including: wastewater, power generation, oil & gas, building services, steel, chemical processing, pulp & paper, food & beverage as well as mining.

Click here for more information about this and other short courses.