Case Study: Ingenero Technologies avoids dangerous loading surge with Datacor Impulse

Ingenero Technologies avoids 13.2 barg loading surges with Datacor

Ingenero Technologies, a provider of specialized engineering services, faced a challenge for their client in the petrochemical industry, who was experiencing a dangerous pressure surge and relief valve chatter during truck loading operations. The vendor, Datacor, assisted Ingenero by using its Impulse pipe flow modeling software to perform a root cause analysis on the system and determine a mitigation strategy.

Datacor's solution involved building and calibrating a model in Impulse to accurately simulate the transient event. The analysis identified the closure of the loading bay control valve as the cause, and a new valve closure pattern was developed to eliminate the surge. After implementing Datacor's recommendations, the client significantly reduced the loading surge, avoiding vibration and noise issues. A subsequent worst-case test confirmed the model's accuracy, with a measured surge of 10 barg matching the Impulse prediction.

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