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Demo Files
IncludedwiththePipelineStudiosoftwareCDareseven(7)differentgasnetworkdemonstrationfilesfortheusertoexplore.Alistoftheconfigurationfilesalongwithashortdescriptionofeachisasfollows:
DEMO
DEMOfilerepresentsasimplified36-ingasgatheringanddeliverysystem.Therearefivesupplypoints,sevendeliverypointsandtwofueldeliverypoints,whichaccountforcompressorfuelgas.Gasisgatheredfromthefivesupplypointsandcompressedthroughthe

twocompressorsfordeliverytosevenlocations.Pressureandflowiscalculatedthroughoutthesystemfortheinitialsteadystatesetup.Inaddition,thereisatransientscenarioinputwherebydeliveryvolumeisadjustedovertime.
DEMO1
DEMO1fileillustratesasmallpipelinenetworkshowingasinglesupplypointandtwodeliverypoints.Fiftymilesof23-inch(ID)pipelinerunsfromafixedpressuresupplysourcetoajunctionwherebytheflowstreamissplitintotwo.Bothpipesconsistof15.25-inch(ID)

pipe,withonestreambeing25milesandtheother30miles.The25milesectionispressurereducedattheinletto400psig.Flowtoeachdeliveryisafunctionofaminimumdeliverypressureof300psig.Thefluidbeingtransportedisnaturalgaswitha
compositionof94%methane,4%ethaneand2%propane.PipelineStudiocalculatestheflowtobothdeliveriesbasedonthepressurelimitsspecified.
DEMO2
DEMO2fileillustratesasingle80-mile20IDsectionofpipelinewithamidpointcompressor.Themidpointcompressorunitisa5-cylinderreciprocatingunitdrivenbya10000HP.Threeofthecylindersaredoubleactingwhiletheothertwoaresingleacting(oneonthe

headandtheotheronthecrankend).Eachcylinderhasa14strokeandan11.5diameter.PipelineStudiocalculatesthepressuredropalongthepipelineforafixedinputpressureanddeliveryflowrate.
DEMO3
DEMO3fileillustratesasingle80-mile20IDsectionofpipelinewithamidpointcompressorbank(orstation).Themidpointcompressorbankconsistsof3-2000HPcompressorunitsinparallel.PipelineStudiocalculatesthepressuredropalongthepipelineforafixed

inputpressureanddeliveryflowrate.
DEMOREST
DEMORESTfileisthesameastheDEMOfile,withtheexceptionthatitisusedtoillustratetheconceptoftransientrestart.Fortransientrestarttheusercanutilizeanadd-ontransientscenarioscheduletocontinuemodelingatransientsimulationfromtheendofa

priorrun.
DEMOSTORAGE
DEMOSTORAGEfilebuildsonthefileDEMObychangingthesupplyexternalregulator,usedpreviouslyasaBufferpoint,intoareservoirstoragefield.Gasisinjectedintoorwithdrawnfromthereservoirthroughoutthesimulationasneeded.Thisfilealsocontains

aleak,wherebytheusercanmodeltheimpacttothepipelineifaleakdevelopsonthedischargesideofblockvalveV3.
ALL_ELEMENTS
ALL_ELEMENTSfileisapipelinesystemthatiscomprisedofoneofmoreofeachofthedifferentdevicesavailableforuseinagaspipelinenetwork.ThesystemshowninFigure1servestodemonstratetheuseofallfacilitiesinonefile.Facilitiesshowninthe

networkbynameanddevicetypearelistedinTable1below:
Figure 1 All_Elements Demo File Configuration:

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Table1All_ElementsDemoFileDevices&Names

DEVICE TYPE

NAME

SUPPLYXREG

RG

PIPESEGMENT

RG-STN

FUELXREG

FUEL

BANKCOMPRESSOR

B1

COOLER

COOL

PIPESEGMENT

STN-D

LEAKXREG

LEAK

SUPPLYXREG

S2

GENERICCOMPRESSOR

GEN-C

CHECKVALVE

CHECK

FUELXREG

FUEL-2

RECIPROCATINGCOMPRESSOR

RECIP

REGULATORVALVE

REG

HEATER

HEATER

FIXEDVOLUMEVESSEL

VES

PIPESEGMENT

CHECK-D

ENERGYDELIVERYXREG

RESISTANCE

RES

CENTRIFUGALCOMPRESSOR

CENTRIF

DELIVERYXREG

D2

PIPESEGMENT

RES-D

DELIVERYXREG

BLOCKVALVE

BV

RESERVOIRSTORAGE

RESERVE

Related Topics
PrerequisitesandTechnicalRequirements
APPENDIX A: ICONS
Sample Configurations
Configuration Templates

Related procedures
Objectives for DEMO Case Study

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