KYPipe & Surge New Orleans, LA Three Day Training Course

Dates: February 19-21, 2013

Location: 620 Decatur Street, 4N New Orleans, LA

Contact: Wendy Wood at [email protected] or Tel: 859.327.0110 for more information.

Participants are encouraged to bring detailed information about projects of interest. There will be workshop time that can be used for working on your projects while receiving expert help and advice.

This course provides 3 CEU and/or 24 PDH.

Maintenance subscribers receive a 20% discount.

This course is sponsored by Pipe Tech, Inc. and sponsor rates apply.

*Laptop required

New Orleans 2013 Registration Form

New Orleans 2013 Brochure
Day One
Pipe2012: KYPipe
 Day Two
Pipe2012: KYPipe & Surge
Day Three
Workshop
Basic Pipe System Hydraulic Modeling Basic Pipe System Pressure Surge Modeling Demonstrations and Examples from the Field
Pipe2012 Overview
Hydraulic Modeling
Using the Pipe2012 GUI
Laying Out Piping Systems
Backgrounds, Maps & Grids

Pipe2012 Demonstrations
Regular Steady State
Extended Period Simulations
Surge Analysis
Laying Out Pipe Systems With Pipe2012
Demonstration Layout, Data Entry, & Analysis
* Workshop #1

Steady State Analysis

Basic Network Data
Reservoirs, Pumps & Junctions

* Workshop #2



 Hydraulic Transients Overview
Causes of Pressure Surges
Problems Due to Pressure Surge

Surge Program Overview
Calculation Method – Wave Method
Method Comparisons
Modeling Valves & Pumps
Modeling Surge Control Devices

Surge Model Development
Steady State Initial Conditions
Steady State Data Requirements
Surge Data Requirements

  • Variable Input Data
  • Pump Trips
  • Valve Operation

* Workshop #1 – Setting Up Surge Models

Surge Tools
Pump Inertia
Modeling Regulators
Wave Speed

Results Presentation
Case Studies
Workshop #2 – Surge Protection

Surge Control & Surge Control Devices
Surge Tanks, Air Valves, & More
Sizing Bladder Tanks
Case Studis
Workshop #3 – Q&A

 Presentations of Case Studies and a discussion of applications of interest to participants. The following Case Studies are representative of those which will be presented.

1. 5,000 Foot Mine Shaft Water System Model

  • Loading Ships & Rail Cars
  • Modeling Firewater in a Refinery
  • Crude Oil Pipelines
  • Deep Well Injection

2. Sewage Pump Station and Force Main Modeling

  • Bladder Vessels
  • Dipping Tube Surge Vessels
  • 3 Stage Air/Vacuum Valves
  • Check Valve Selection
  • Pump Control Valves
  • Pumping Downhill

3. Potable Water Distribution Networks

  • Raw Water Pump Stations & Transmission Lines
  • Water Wells
  • Reuse Water Systems
  • Modeling Actuated Valves: Constant Speed vs Variable Speed Motors