Case Study: Pilot Chemical Company runs 12 scenarios in under 10 minutes with Datacor AFT Scenario Manager

Pilot Chemical Company runs 12 scenarios in under 10 minutes with Datacor

Pilot Chemical Company needed to analyze a complex liquid hydrocarbon delivery system to determine flow rates for three different fluids being supplied to two separate storage tanks. This required efficiently modeling and running 12 individual scenarios, which would be time-consuming to set up manually. They worked with vendor Datacor, utilizing the Scenario Manager feature within its engineering software to address this challenge.

Datacor's solution involved a strategic use of the software's cloning and child-scenario features to build a scenario tree. This efficient method allowed Pilot Chemical to set up the initial six core cases and then quickly duplicate them to test a new variable—increasing pipe size from 12 to 16 inches—in just minutes. By using Datacor's tools, the company rapidly determined that the larger pipes provided no flow benefit, saving thousands of dollars in unnecessary capital expenditure and demonstrating significant time savings in engineering analysis.

Pilot Chemical Company