PIPE-FLO Professional Release Notes

PIPE-FLO Professional Release Notes
Version 14.0 (released September 2014)

Key Highlights
New Features: Data Import, Device View Options dialog, Auto Split for Pipes, User Defined
Colors
Key Improvements: more control over system and gradient colors, new DataLink Tables, new
Calculation Setting
New Calculations: control valve choked flow, total energy grade, static pressure, percent
deviation
New Warning Messages: false connections, un-designed devices, allowable deviation
Bug Fixes: Undocked property grid, copy/paste, messages
New Features
New Data Import loads Design Data into PIPE-FLO to expedite model creation and simulation.
o Import Device Design Data (including units)
o Load values in multiple Lineups at once
o Modify, add, and delete Valves and Fittings
o Python Scripting for power and flexibility
New Device View Options dialog box improves ability to adjust display settings on the FLO-Sheet
and in the List View. Includes a filter to allow the user to search for common field names between
multiple devices.
New User Defined Colors for messages and device states.
New Disable Colors feature gives ability to print systems without warning colors
New Calculation Settings for Allowable Deviation assists in evaluating calculated results and
adjusting the Calculation Settings if needed.
New Name field in the Valve & Fitting Description for all V&F types allows the user to uniquely
identify each Valve & Fitting in their model
New DataLink Tables:
o centrifugal_pump_adjusted_curve: includes the centrifugal pump curve data points
adjusted for viscosity, impeller diameter, and operating speed
o control_valve_extended: includes additional design data for the control valve (Fd,
nominal size, etc)
o control_valve_profile: includes Cv, FL, and xT data for each control valve
o curve_dp_curve: contains the data points in the user-entered curves for Curve dP
Devices in the model
o document_units: contains the units selected in the Adjust Documents dialog box and the
conversion factors used to go from those units to SI units
o pressure_gain_curve: contains the data points in the user-entered curves for Pressure
Gain Devices in the model
PIPE-FLO_DataLink.xlam file installer will automatically install the Microsoft Excel DataLink addin definition file to allow for easier sharing of Microsoft Excel files containing PIPE-FLO DataLink
functions.
New License Identification Tool included to aid in Network license configuration.
Improvements
Improved Color Gradients features:

o New Color Gradient Criteria added for Elevation, Fluid Temperature, Fluid Zone, Head
Loss per 100, dP per 100, Pipe K (Valves and Fittings), Pipe Size, Pipe Specification,
Pressure Gradients
o Pipes now colored on a gradient based on Inlet and Outlet conditions
o Value range and colors can be specified per gradient
o Labels added to gradient color bar
o Gradient Colors and range are saved for each criteria with the file
o Reset to Default for color selection
Improved message reporting to allow multiple pre-calculation messages to display
Improved Paste behavior allows placing the copied section anywhere on the FLO-Sheet
Auto Split of Pipes when any device or the end of a pipe is dropped in the middle of another pipe
Improved reporting of reasons for license failures
Performance and User Interface Improvements
Calculations
New calculation for Control valves: Choked Flow Rate for Control Valves
New calculations for Pipes: Inlet and Outlet Pressure (Total) and Inlet and Outlet Static Pressure
New calculations for Pipes: Inlet and Outlet Energy Grade and Inlet and Outlet Hydraulic Grade
New calculations for Pipes: dP per 100 and Head Loss per 100
New calculation: Percent Deviation for each device with a pressure drop or gain (was just
calculated for Pipes)
Calculation change: Orifice Meter and Balancing Orifice Discharge Coefficient equation changed
to Reader-Harris/Gallagher equation in ASME MFC-3M-2004
Calculation change: Control valve dP choked calculation now uses inlet static pressure instead of
inlet total pressure
Calculation change: Control valve flow coefficient calculation now uses inlet static pressure
instead of inlet total pressure
Calculation change: Control valve Pressure Drop Ratio calculation now uses inlet static pressure
instead of inlet total pressure
Messages
New message: Device Deviation > Allowable Deviation (Message ID 170)

New message: This device is missing required design data and cannot be calculated. (Message
ID 171 for un-designed items)
New message: This device may appear to be connected to another, but is not. (Message ID
172 for false connections)
Message changes: Message IDs 114, 115, 116 now trigger off of static pressure instead of total
pressure (change of phase and P < absolute zero pressure)
Message change: Removed lower trigger for Message ID 145 for small bore orifice meters and
small bore balancing orifices
Bug Fixes
PB 001-14: Fixed dP Devices with Units of Meters Changed to Miles

PB 002-14: Valves and Fittings with Formula 12 and 13 not Imported from v2009 files
PB 003-14: Copy Paste between PIPE-FLO Files Cause Lineup Settings to Reset
PB 013-13: Undocked Property Grid Causes Design Data Entry Problems for Some Fields
Copy/Pasting a Tank and Connected Pipes doesn't preserve the Pipe Penetration Heights
Valves & Fittings dialog: Added count to fitting "reducer - enlargement" not saved
Tank surface pressure < Abs 0 does not throw Message 110
Changing data for Curve dP device thru right-click menu does not update calcs when in calc
mode
Control Valve Set to 0% Open Calculates a dP Not Equal to 0
Help ID 162 for Control Valves triggered off of Incorrect Value
Various User Interface bugs fixed.

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Version 14.0 (released September 2014)

Improved Color Gradients features:

New message: Device Deviation > Allowable Deviation (Message ID 170)

PB 001-14: Fixed dP Devices with Units of Meters Changed to Miles

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