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Flowmaster System: General Menu Options & File Locations

This section of the Flowmaster System provides options for file locations and allows for modifications to the Data Manager. It also includes features for starting a Flowmaster session, managing project details, and creating new networks.

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Flowmaster System: General Menu Options & File Locations

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  1. Section 2 : The Flowmaster System

  2. Standard Windows features General Menu Options

  3. Options > File Locations • Displays current settings • Allows for modifications

  4. Choosing a Data Manager • Select Browse to select the DataMngr.FMmng

  5. Starting a Flowmaster Session • Project Details • Security

  6. Project Window • Push Pin • Add Details About the Project • Project Units • Pack/Unpack • Create New Network

  7. Create New Network • Name • Owner • Description

  8. Network Data Window 5 1 6 2 7 3 4 8 9 10

  9. Complete Network Drawing

  10. Overall View Pull down menus Family Toolbar Drawing Area

  11. Family Toolbars Single Phase Fluid Power Accumulators Accumulators Air Conditioning Airside System Bends COM Controllers Controllers Diaphragm Air Conditioning Airside System Check Valves COM Controllers Controllers Cyclinders DCV’s Discrete Losses Electro-Mechanical Heat Exchanger Junctions Electro-Mechanical Fuel-Injection Heat Exchanger Lubrication Systems Miscellaneous Orifices Pipes Loads Lubrication Systems Losses Miscellaneous Motors Pumps Reservoirs Solids Sources Pipes and Passages Pumps Reservoirs and Sources Solids Supercomponents Valve Dynamics Valve Supercomponents Transitions Valves Wiers

  12. Commands Toolbar Add selected component Add selected pipe Add selection Individual selection Group select Connect Delete Mirror in x-axis Mirror in y-axis Rotate Cut pipe Waypoint Find by type View Text Undo Redo

  13. Zoom Toolbar Zoom in Zoom out Pan Selection box to window Overview in box Overview in window • The zoom functions apply to network diagrams and re-scale • Component symbols

  14. Text Options • There are 3 types of text: • node text • component text • network text • Invoked by selecting from the toolbar Component text font Component text on/off Node text font Node text on/off Network text font Network text on/off Add network text Move text Renumber

  15. Text Options • Text can be associated to the nearest component or super-component • The options can be accessed by ‘alternate’ clicking on the network schematic

  16. Configuration Files • Network configuration settings can be defined • Allowing changes to colours, text and options • These can be stored as group or individual preferences

  17. Component Data Entry (NB. Steady State filter set) Collection of components to update Allows selection of different friction options Subform expanded Information about the specific data item

  18. Copy Data • Any data item that has a tick is copied • Copy Method:

  19. Component Data Required • Upstream pressure source • total pressure = 1.5 bar • Discrete loss • area = 7.85x10-3 m2 • forward loss coefficient = 50 • reverse loss coefficient = 50 • Pipe • length = 100 m • friction option 1 • roughness = 0.025 mm • diameter = 0.1 m • Orifice • pipe diameter = 0.1 m • orifice diameter = 0.05 m • Downstream pressure source • total pressure = 1 bar

  20. Component Collection Criteria

  21. Node Data Entry Add specfic node number to list Specify collection of nodes Table of nodal data

  22. Node Collection Criteria

  23. Node Data Required • Elevations shown • All nodes are ‘wet’ • No nodes have the autovap model

  24. General Data • Same sheet as for component data entry • Data required: • fluid type • Water (SS) • Hydrol 46 (FS) • ambient temperature = 20 oC • atmospheric pressure = 1 bar • Start

  25. Proceed with analysis? • Analysis progress Analyse • Analysis completed • Success? • View Errors if No • View warnings if Yes

  26. Errors, Warnings and Log Files • Error File • written to if analysis fails • error messages point to the problem • empty if run successful • Warning File • contains assumptions made • non-convergence warnings • parameter out of range and curve extrapolation warnings • Log File • record of general data entries • record of fluid properties • repeat of errors and warnings • tabulated results data • can be customised

  27. Results • List of results available • Gives details to help identify particular results sets Open, description and delete options become available when the result is selected

  28. Component Results Can draw results on network including colour coding Create gradient of results Steady State results Can obtain list of results

  29. Node Results Can collect nodes to display results Table of node results Can see results on network diagram Plot graph of results

  30. Node Result • Pressures at node level displayed on network diagram

  31. Node Result • Three buttons that allow • single line on graph • overlay facility • keep graph when another is plotted Plotting area

  32. Model a Transient event in this case, a varying upstream pressure Need some additional data assign pressure vs time curve model an elastic pipe with wave speed of 1000 m/s time step = 0.011s analysis run for 5s Review results Same Example - Transient

  33. Assign a Performance Curve • Curve • Surface • Equation • Stored within an expandable database • Will cover the database features later

  34. Curve Selection

  35. Run-Time Displays • Run-time colours can be applied to a visible schematic to indicate varying • Pressure • Flow Rate • Temperature • Run-time graphs can also be displayed • These are covered later

  36. Transient Results List of components in the network • Can plot graphs of time history variations With Time selected results can be animated after analysis Different ways of viewing the results independent of time Different ways of viewing time varying results View results from a branch of a component Select an internal node within the pipe

  37. Transient Results • Can overlay component and node results • Can overlay results with different units • can re-stack the axes

  38. View of Log File • Data contained can be customised • Useful if wish to extract certain results • e.g. for inclusion in a report • Define in ‘Report’ when results selected • Can also view warnings and errors files

  39. Creating a Customised Log File Select to view errors or warnings files Select here to view entire log file To view the log file as defined below Select here to view customised log file Can add new customised log file, edit an existing one or delete one. This area is specific to AC analyses and provides different options for displaying P-h diagrams.

  40. Can define data to include: component node specific parameters Customising a Log File

  41. The Log File The standard log file A customised log file

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