Flarenet Design Basis & Definitions

Program By: Aspen Technology Inc.

Program: Aspen Flarenet

Version: 2006.5
 Description Subject Recommendation
Composition Basis Mol Wt (When Composition NA)

Tee Type Generally 90 (user specified depending on isometric i.e. varies)

Preferences Editor Defaults Pipe material Generally Carbon Steel

CS Roughness CS roughness is: 0.15mm

SS Roughness SS roughness is 0.046mm

External Conditions - Atm Pressure 1.01325 bara

External Conditions - Amb temp

External Conditions -Wind velocity

Energy Balance - Include kinetic Energy Ticked

Energy balance - Ignore kinetic energy for separator calculations Ticked

Calculation Mode Rating

Calculate Ignored Sources with zero flow Not Ticked

General Use MABP for inactive sources when sizing Not Ticked

Ignore Source to pipe pressure loss in design mode Ticked

Choked flow check Ticked

Rated flow for tailpipes Ticked

Rated flow for downstream nodes attached to tailpipes Ticked

Rated flow for inlet pipes Ticked

Warn at 3%

Calculations Options Editor Gauge Ticked

Properties Overall - VLE Method Peng Robinson

Properties Enthalpy - Method Peng Robinson

Source Outlet Temp Estimation - VLE Method Peng Robinson

Methods Source Outlet Temp Estimation - Enthalpy method Peng Robinson

Pressure Drop - horizontal Pipes Beggs & Brill (Homogeneous)

Pressure Drop - Inclined Pipes Beggs & Brill (Homogeneous)

Pressure Drop - Vertical Pipes Beggs & Brill (Homogeneous)

Pressure Drop - Friction factor Method Chen

Design problems All ticked

Temperature Limits

Warnings Back pressure Warning on Static pressure

Calculation Problems All ticked

Sizing Status All ticked