Pulsations or pressure waves are flow dynamic phenomena that can cause various kinds of problems in installations in the process industry, the power industry and the oil and gas industry.
Graphical user interface
Full control of model building, definition of operating conditions, and results analysis via one intuitive Graphical User Interface
User-friendly 3D modeler (multiple-select, copy/paste, rotate/translate/mirror, etc.)
Direct visual compliance checking with API 618/619/674 standards, by colors on the pipe system
Easy identification and visualization of worst-case pulsation/vibration resonances with the innovative ‘hover-and-click’ functionality
Model validity checking as you work
User selectable unit systems (SI, European customary, English, US customary)
CAD import of pipe systems from PCF files
Databases of standard piping, beams, flanges, and valves
Straightforward simulation of systems running in parallel
Automatic report generation in Word or Excel
Numerical Acoustic Solver
- Time domain solver ensures accurate simulation of non-linear effects like (cylinder) valve opening/closing, and damping by friction; the Pulsim solver is using the method of characteristics that has proven its validity and efficiency over the past decades
- Realistic pulsation source model (cylinder with influence of pulsations reflected from piping)
- Ability to simulate controlled cylinder valves capacity control
- Reliable, validated models with an established track record in the industry
- Parallel computing available for high calculation speed
- No model complexity limits
Fluid-structure interaction
- Acoustics (pulsations) and pulsation-induced mechanics (vibrations, cyclic stresses) are calculated by a button-click, in one single model
- PulsimSuite uses ANSYS as the solver for the mechanical simulations
- Fully automated interfacing between acoustics and mechanics
- Knowledge of ANSYS is not required, unless you want to:
- Include user-built mechanical ANSYS models (e.g. compressor manifold) into the PulsimSuite-generated models
