New & Improved Microsoft Excel Integration

• Improved keyword based method for importing model changes from an Excel Worksheet

• Use the included template Worksheet to quickly and easily define model changes

• Change multiple scenarios at once

• For a detailed description see Importing From Excel

• New feature for directly exporting specified Output data to new or existing Excel Workbooks.

• Export only the data that is desired - no need to sort through unnecessary data

• Specify exactly where the data will end up - insert data into a pre-formatted Workbook

• Automatically export after a model run

• Export data from multiple scenarios with a batch run

• For a detailed description see Exporting To Excel

New Isometric Drawing Mode

• New Isometric Pipe Drawing Mode

• Show and Snap to an isometric grid on the Workspace

• View models in an intuitive 3D layout, and easily build from existing isometric drawings

NIST REFPROP Fluid Database Now Included

• Over 150 fluids from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reference Fluid Thermodynamic and Transport Properties Database (REFPROP) Version 10

• Select a NIST REFPROP fluid directly on the Fluid panel in Analysis Setup

• Use accurate and complete fluid information in your models without the need to locate and enter fluid properties manually

New Pump Features and Improved Pump Window

• New Interstage Bleed Pump Model

• No need to manually calculate pump curves - enter pump curves directly from a pump's datasheet

• New Positive Displacement Pump Model

• Clarifies the specification of Positive Displacement Pumps

• Include Acceleration Head Loss calculations

• Added Pump Curve and Sizing Analysis Types to Centrifugal Pump Model

• Clarifies required data and model intention

• For a detailed description see Pump Properties Window

• Specify a centrifugal pump's Preferred Operating Region (POR) and Allowable Operating Region (AOR)

• Quickly determine if a pump's behavior is acceptable

• Automatically calculate a POR from ANSI/HI 9.6.3-2017 - Rotodynamic Pumps - Guideline For Operating Regions

• For a detailed description see Pump Configuration > Configuration Data

New Thermal Models

• Two new Heat Transfer Models for Pipes

• Convective Heat Transfer With Heat Tracing - model the addition of heat between a pipe wall and an insulation layer

• Buried Pipe - model the thermal effects of burying a pipe

• Calculate a Forced Convection Coefficient from ambient fluid velocity and temperature with the Churchill-Bernstein correlation

New Multi-Condition Events for XTS Module

• Create complex triggers for transient events in the eXtended Time Simulation (XTS) Module

• Only start a transient event when multiple conditions are met

• Utilize logical conditions - AND, OR, and NOT - to capture the effects of complex control systems

• For a detailed description see Multi-Condition Events

Improved Startup Window

• Improvements to the capability and usability of the Startup Window

• Set modeling preferences including - active modules, working fluid, units, language, 2D or Isometric drawing mode, default pipe material, and NFPA settings

• Displayed units can now be easily refined by selecting Common Units and Industry-Specific Units

New Integration with Common Piping Layout formats

• Save modeling time by importing existing Piping Layouts from various neutral file types

• Import CAESAR II Neutal Files (.cii)

• Import Piping Component Files (.pcf)

• Import and Export EPANET Files (.inp)

• These common file formats are generated from many common engineering programs such as AutoCAD Plant 3D, SmartPlant, PDS, CadWorx, and many more.

Updated Standards

• Output displays Applied Standards - standards that were used in calculation of model results

• Relief Valve loss can be specified with Designation Size per API 526 - Flanged Steel Pressure Relief Valves

• Updates to Standards

• Updated to HI/ANSI 12.1-12.6-2016 Rotodynamic (Centrifugal) Slurry Pumps for Nomenclature, Definitions, Applications, and Operation for use in Slurry De-rating

• Updated to HI/ANSI 9.6.7-2015 Rotodynamic Pumps - Guideline for Effects of Liquid Viscosity on Performance for use in Viscosity Corrections

• Updated MIT Equation for Crude Oil to latest version specified in Pipeline Rules of Thumb for use as an additional pressure loss model

More Improvements

• General

• Many new default Pipe Materials

• Intermediate pipe elevations can now be entered as Length Along Pipe

• Control Valve setting for Always Control (Never Fail) can be set to a default to off

• Increased the loading speed for large models

• Applying Design Alerts when using the XTS module now shows Design Alert Violations in transient Output tables, and all time steps that violate the Design Alert are highlighted

• Workspace

• The Workspace background color can be changed based on the level of the current scenario - additional levels have been added

• Annotation background opacity can be changed

• New keyboard shortcuts to zoom (CTRL + +/-) and pan (CTRL + arrow keys) the Workspace

• Full Scenario Path Name can be copied to clipboard by right-clicking a scenario

• Selection box visually indicates the behavior of the selection - select everything intersecting (right to left) or only objects completely inside (left to right)

• Pipes with Fittings & Losses defined now display a special character next to their number (default of &)

• Output

• Design Alerts can be created directly from the Output by right-clicking on a result - immediately select the appropriate object and parameter.

• Model Data

• Quickly locate a specific object on the Workspace by right-clicking the item in Model Data

• Added additional parameters such as insulation thickness

• Visual Report

• Reworked Display Option controls for Pipes and Junctions in Visual Report Control

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