Primary Features of AFT Arrow 7
- Advanced marching methods provide highly accurate results
- Detailed modeling for fans and compressors, control valves, heat exchangers and other components
- Conduct thermal analysis including piping heat transfer and heat exchanger modeling
- Scenario Manager tracks all design variants and operational possibilities in a single model file with data linkage
- Integrated and customizable graphing and reporting
- Export data (single values, rows, columns, tables, and graphs) to Excel
- Ability to apply industry standards like API 526, ANSI/ISA-75.01.01, etc.
- Design Alerts can be applied to indicate unacceptable system operation
- Build models in isometric view on the Workspace
- Import GIS Shapefiles, EPANET files, CAESAR II® Neutral files and Piping Component Files (PCF)
- Conduct compressor and fan energy cost analysis
- Calculate the costs of pipes and other components
- Built-in libraries of fluids (including NIST REFPROP and ASME Steam Tables) and fittings which can be extended and customized
- Optional Chempak™ add-on utility provides a thermophysical database of almost 600 gases - allows you to define non-reacting pre-mixtures, and simulate dynamic flow mixing
Designed for fluid systems containing:
- Steam
- Compressed air
- Chemical and petrochemical process gases
- Natural gas transport
- And many more
Modeling Features
Pipes
- Specify diameter, length and roughness or select by material type and schedule from the built-in database
- Select friction modeling from an extensive list including:
- pipe roughness
- Panhandle method
- Weymouth method
- Model heat transfer and add insulation layers – predict insulation surface temperatures to ensure compliance with workplace safety regulations
- Use embedded fittings to reduce workspace complexity
Compressors & Fans
- Explore the interaction of your system with compressors and fans
- Model compressor and fan power and associated energy costs
- Select between fixed specified flow or modeling with a compressor or fan curve
- Model VFDs and pump control to maintain a set flow rate or head/pressure
Valves
- Model relief valves and check valves
- Determine control valve capacity and insure adequate pressure drop
- Simulate pressure and flow control valves to test system interaction in the design stage
- Display effective Cv and K factor values for all valves in the system
- Identify control valve position to ensure stable valve operation
Fluid Property Models
- Built in ASME steam tables
- Optional chempak add-on with 600 gases
- Configurable interpolation models for equation of state and enthalpy
- Redlich-Kwong
- Three parameter method
Scenario Manager
- Evaluate “What-if” cases by comparing several scenarios
- Make data changes in one scenario which can be passed down to dependent scenarios
- Easily develop and switch between different operating conditions or configurations
- Evaluate new or expanding system configurations
Reporting Features
Output
- Display pipe and junction reporting sections all at once or individually
- Select output format, units and displayed items through Output Control
- Make changes to the format without re-running the analysis
- Export results to a file or copy/paste into Excel for additional reporting options
- View input and output data for multiple scenarios simultaneously
Visual Results
- Displays selected input or output parameters with your model schematic
- Vary pipe color in the model according to parameters you define based on pressure, temperature, flow and many others to see results in the context of your system
- Clearly illustrate individual lines in the context of your entire system using color mapping
Graph Results
- Graphs of flow, pressure, temperature and many other parameters are quickly and easily generated by pipe or along a flowstream
- Show compressor or fan vs. system curves
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How does it work?
AFT Arrow’s powerful solution engine simultaneously solves five fundamental equations; mass, momentum, energy, state and Mach number. AFT Arrow uses a modified Newton-Raphson matrix iteration method plus proprietary methods developed by AFT so you can achieve a true and rigorous compressible flow solution.
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