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Water Sizing Software

Water Sizing Software

Water Sizing Software

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Can anyone recommend a software package for sizing valves, pipes, heat exchangers etc. for water for heating and cooling applications.

Keef

RE: Water Sizing Software

You might look at ARTS.  It can do some of the things you need such as modeling pumps, valves, loops, etc. and can also calculate water hammer effects.

Go to:
http://www.aquavarra.ie/arts

You may need several software packages to do everything.
 
Russ Faust
Salem, OR  USA

RE: Water Sizing Software

You also can try ITT free program ESPPLUS.

Robin

RE: Water Sizing Software

robin have you gat a link?

Best Regards

Morten

RE: Water Sizing Software

Suggets you look at www.aft.com and review their Fathom program. This will do all you are looking for.

Its very easy to use.

RE: Water Sizing Software

Keef,

For sizing of piping systems and selection of pumps and control valves, I have had good success with PIPEFLO.  Their web site is:

www.eng-software.com

---KenRad

RE: Water Sizing Software

Pipeflo doesnt do the heat transfer does it?

RE: Water Sizing Software

I've had great success with Pipe-Flo Lite for sizing pipes, piping networks, pumps and control valves.  However this package will not size heat exchangers.  I've found the accuracy of this software package to be around 98% by comparing the predicted results to actual measured pressure drops and associated flow rates.  The pipe and fitting libraries are comprehensive and you can purchase the add-on fluids properties package for a low price adding a quite extensive fluids table.  One problem with this package is that you can only model pumps with curves that decrease in flow rate as pressure increase therefore, positive displacement pumps can't be modeled.

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