The pipeline simulator was completely redesigned to support multiple pipelines and it is now called the PipeMan leak simulator. It offers a simple graphical pipeline network configuration interface including simulation settings for each individual component. The configured project can be also saved for the later use.
A new version of the PipeMan simple pipeline simulator has been released. It has enhanced simulation features and output options. The simulator can be used for testing of the system before deployment on site when real data from the pipeline is available. It simulates temperatures, pressures, flows including the simulation of data noise. Users can also add equipment such as valves and pumps. The most important simulation feature provided is leak simulation.
The new main-stream version of PipeMan 5.0 was deployed on the MOL Hungary project. Version 5.0 includes PipeMan modules for liquid leak detection and batch tracking. In addition a challenging new custody transfer module was developed for this project. The custody transfer module integrates different flow calculations, flow metering and dozens of advanced reports. The user interface of PipeMan 5.0 is completely web based.
Long term continuous trending of data has been in the PipeMan core for a very long time but now it is much easier to view and analyze this data. If a user switches on trending for a point in the PipeSet configuration application the data history is automatically saved into trend files. The trend viewer and analyzer can read these files and provides the user an easy to use platform for data analysis.
