Case Study: Pilot Chemical Company achieves faster AFT Impulse model run times with Datacor

Pilot Chemical Company cuts AFT Impulse run time from 30 minutes to under a second with Datacor

Pilot Chemical Company was facing a challenge with lengthy model run times while using Datacor's AFT Impulse software for waterhammer analysis. The simulation of transient flow behavior required pipes to be broken into a large number of sections, which in one instance resulted in a predicted run time of over 30 minutes for a 200-second simulation, significantly hindering engineering efficiency.

Datacor's solution utilized a feature within AFT Impulse that combines adjacent pipes of the same diameter and converts the pressure loss from connecting components into a single K factor. This process drastically reduced the number of sections in the model. As a result, Pilot Chemical Company achieved a massive reduction in computation time, bringing the model run time from over 30 minutes down to less than a second, enabling faster analysis and more efficient engineering workflows.

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