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Pipeline Simulation
- 2008-Aug-19: The Virtual Materials Group (VMG) makes material thermodynamic calculation (state equation) packages and process simulation software. [6700]
- 2007-Nov-30: Technical Toolboxes makes The Petroleum Tool Box, a collection of programs for engineering analysis of various pipeline, well and reservoir problems. [4379]
- 2007-Oct-21: Hydraulic Analysis Limited does hydraulic studies for the oil and water transportation industries, using software developed by their subsidiary company Simulation Software Ltd. [3489]
- 2007-Oct-11: GreenPipe makes software for pipeline integrity management and pipeline flow modeling. [3053]
- 2007-Sep-26: A good writeup on the friction factor for pipe flow pressure loss. [2254]
- 2007-Sep-22: Enthought Scientific Computing Solutions software products include some pore pressure prediction and AVA analysis products. [2245]
- 2007-Sep-14: PipeFLow has software for fluid flow calculations [1893]
- 2007-Sep-14: Applied Flow Technology has piping and ducting systems analysis and modeling software. [1892]
- Neotec, provides multiphase flow modeling software and services applicable to well simulation. [1867]
- Pumps & Systems is an online magazine for pump users [1866]
- While not strictly in the pipeline sector, Coanda Research and Development works in process flow modelling and design optimizaiton [1865]
- The NIST Thermo-physical Properties of Fluid Systems web databook is handy for obtaining thermodynamic and transport properties for various pure fluids (like butane, octane...) [1864]
- NextLimit makes RealFlow a fluid simulation package that is aimed at the movie industry, as such its not an engineering tool, but might be quite useful for making eye-catching marketing demos and training materials. Version 4 of this added Python scripting for user-written scripts. [1863]
- CD-adapco makes simulation software for fluid flow, heat transfer and stress problems [1862]
- Estimation of the interface length (i.e. mixing region between two batches) [1861]
- Numerical Simulation of Pipeline Batching [1860]
Pipe flow
- 2007-Nov-17: FlowCheck software for verifying electronic flow meters. [4167]
- 2007-Oct-01: Hydrodynamics of Pumps, by Christopher Brennen, all sorts of information on fluid flow in pumps. [2415]
- 2007-Sep-20: The Paulin Research Group has a number of pipeline related software packages, including BOS Fluids for steady state and transient flow. [2227]
- 2007-Sep-10: The D'Arcy-Weisbach equation for pressure loss in pipes. On Wikipedia here. [1871]
- 2007-Sep-10: The Colebrook Equation for friction loss in pipes. Also see Colebrook-White on the Wikipedia. An on-line friction factor calculator written in JavaScript is here. The Haaland Equation and the Swamee-Jain equations are non-iterative alternatives to the Colbrook equation that can probably be used to replace it. [1870]
- 2007-Sep-10: Hazen-Williams Coefficients for water flowing in some common pipe types and the Hazen-Williams formula for pressure loss due to pipe flow, on the Wikipedia here [1869]
- 2007-Sep-10: An online pipe network flow calculator [1868]
SCADA Systems
- 2009-May-01: pymodbus, possibly an implementation of the modbus protocol in Python. [7928] [1]
- 2009-Apr-08: The US electric grid is thought to have been penetrated by spies. [7841] [1]
- 2009-Apr-06: Lessons could be learned from the Three Mile Island disaster. [7833] [1]
- 2009-Mar-24: Another report of hackers penetrating control systems. This mentions the Bellingham Washington gasoline spill, but that was not due to hackers. [7782] [1]
- 2009-Feb-12: The CIA once booby trapped pipeline control software that the Russians were illegally purchasing, this lead to a large pipeline explosion in 1982. I wonder what the SAT procedures for this feature were. [7563]
- 2008-Sep-11: One attack against a SCADA system has now been published. Some of the Slashdot discussion gives a hint of how frequently these systems may actually be connected to the Internet rather than being completely isolated as one might at first think. [6831] [1]
- 2008-Jun-07: Be careful with software updates on real-time systems, this update caused a nuclear power plant to shut down. [6301]
- 2008-Jan-21: Slashdot discusses the CIA's claims that cyber attacks have blacked out cities, including one in the US. While this sounds pretty far-fetched, the claimed approach of attacking the SCADA system (which is the brain and nerves of the whole system) is plausible, especially when coupled with lax security practices (like installing WiFi on the internal LAN). Additional coverage on Engadget too. [4970] [1]
- Bentek Systems, provides SCADA products including RTU and communications [1872]
- Telvent, provides SCADA systems in a wide range of markets [1873]
- WorkSmart Automation, makes ReportBuilder a tool package for building SCADA reports in Excel [1874]