Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd. (GLE) has developed numerous in-house engineering software tools. Some of these tools are available for download on iOS and Android.

Air Pressure

This application calculates static air pressure from elevation, or vice versa. The standard temperature and density at the given elevation are also presented.

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B16.5 Flange Rating

The objective of this program is to determine the maximum pressure rating for a particular flange at a given temperature (or vice versa). Flange ratings are for Group 1.1 Materials only, and calculated in accordance with ASME B16.5 (2009, 2003, and 1992).

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B31-3

The main objective of the B31-3 program module is to calculate either the maximum allowable pressure given a corrosion allowance, or to calculate the corrosion allowance given a maximum allowable pressure. Pipe OD, wall thickness, stress value and mill tolerance will all influence the calculation outcome, and design temperature will affect the stress value of the pipe material and therefore change the calculation result as well.

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Gas Concentration

This application converts between the 7 gas concentration units for a given component.

The conversion can be done for any component at specified condition based on the following 7 gas concentration correlations:

• 1 ppm = 1000.0 ppb
• 1.0 / 10000.0%
• mw/MV mg/m^3
• mw/MV/1000.0 mg/L
• mw/MV*6.2428e-8 lb/ft^3
• 1000.0/MV mol/m^3
• 1.0/MV mol/L

GLE Toolbox

This application provides a collection of calculations such as:

• Air pressure vs earth elevation
• Crude oil API degree and density
• Circle and sphere geometry
• Natural gas properties

Hydrate

This program calculates hydrate formation conditions.

Ideal Gas

Ideal Gas allows the user to solve for any one variable in the ideal gas law (PV=znRT). Simply select the desired variable and fill in all remaining fields. The answer is automatically updated, and many different units are available.

Natural Gas Properties

This program calculates the properties of natural gas and approximates the AGA8 composition. For this calculation, the natural gas is defined by its specific gravity (G), and mole fractions of N2, CO₂, and H₂S. The following properties will be calculated for a given pressure and temperature:

• Mole Weight
• Density
• Viscosity
• Compressibility Factor
• Ratio of Specific Heat
• Specific Heat (Cp)
• Enthalpy

• Thermal Conductivity
• Bulk
• Sonic Velocity
• Saturation Water Content
• Gross Heating Value
• Net Heating Value

Orifice Gas

This orifice application analyzes the flow through an orifice meter. Based on the AGA Report No. 3[1], it provides the following calculations:

• The flow rate through an orifice
• The required orifice diameter
• The differential pressure
• The Run diameter at Beta = 0.7 and 50” water column
• Fully recovered downstream pressure

For gas flowing through the orifice, the critical flow is checked and modified automatically.

Orifice Liquid

The orifice application analyzes the flow through orifice for the simulation and design purposes. Based on the AGA Report No. 3[1], it provides the following solutions to the questions regarding a orifice and metering:

• The flow rate through an orifice
• The required orifice diameter
• The differential pressure
• The Run diameter at Beta = 0.7 and 50″ water column
• Fully recovered downstream pressure

This application is designed for liquid flow through orifice.

Orifice Meter

The orifice application analyzes the flow through orifice for the simulation and design purposes. Based on the AGA Report No. 3[1], it provides the following solutions to the questions regarding a orifice and metering:

• The flow rate through an orifice
• The required orifice diameter
• The differential pressure
• The Run diameter at Beta = 0.7 and 50″ water column
• Fully recovered downstream pressure

For the gas flowing through the orifice, the critical flow is checked and modified automatically.

This application is designed for both liquid and natural gas.

Pipeline Pressure Drop

This application evaluates pipeline pressure drop for simulation and sizing purposes. It can provide following solutions as required:

• Flow rate through the pipeline
• Upstream pressure
• Downstream pressure
• Pipeline inside diameter
• Pipeline length

The analysis can be applied on single phase liquid or natural gas flow in a pipeline with difference between the upstream and downstream ends.

Pipeline Pressure Drop 2 Phase

The main objective of the Two Phase Pressure Drop program is to calculate the pressure drop in a length of pipeline given that two phases are flowing. Two methods of calculation are offered: the Beggs-Brill method, and the Lockhart-Martinelli method.

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PSV 2 Phase

The main objective of the Two Phases PSV Sizing program module is to calculate the orifice area of a PSV with flow involving both gas and liquid. Properties regarding the separate status of the gas and liquid components involved will be shown.

PSV Gas

The main objective of the Gas PSV program module is to calculate either the orifice area or the flow rate of a gas through a PSV. Other values such as the Z value and K value of the gas are also calculated in this program.

Following calculation can be performed:

• Orifice area
• Flow rate

The calculation follows API or ASME standards, which is an option selected by the user.

PSV Liquid

The main objective of the Liquid PSV Sizing program module is to calculate the Orifice Area or the Flow Rate of the liquid inside through a PSV. Other values such as Reynolds Number and Viscosity Correction Factor are also calculated.

The following calculations are performed on request:

• Flow rate through the PSV
• Required orifice area

UCONEER v2.5 Units Conversion

Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd. (GLE) collaborated with the programmers at Katmar Software to include Gross Heating Value conversions for natural gas using the most common “standard conditions” in common industry usage, plus a few other conversions as well.

The result was UCONEER version 2.5 which is only available from GLE, and is one of the most useful units conversion utility programs available for energy engineering professionals.

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Vessel P&T

The main objective of the ASME program module is to calculate the thickness of a pressure vessel wall if the design pressure is known, or to calculate the design pressure if the thickness of the vessel wall is known. Corrosion allowance, joint efficiency, head type, as well as mill tolerance and stress value will influence the outcome of the calculation.

Vessel Volume

The main objective of the Vessel Volume is to calculate the volume of the liquid inside of a horizontal pressure vessel. Other values such as vessel external surface area and wetted surface area are also calculated.

Type of Vessel head:

• Flat
• Hemispherical
• Ellipsoidal with a specific ratio

Liquid content can be specified by:

• Liquid depth
• Liquid depth (% of ID)
• Liquid volume (%)

Following vessel parameters will be calculated:

• Volumes of vessel, liquid, and per head
• Areas
• Liquid depth
• Liquid depth-volume from 0% to 100% depth with step 10%

Water Properties

This program is to compute thermodynamic properties of water in the vapor, liquid, or solid phase. Independent variables are the temperature and either the density or the pressure. Outputs are the pressure or density and the specific internal energy, specific enthalpy, specific entropy, saturation pressure, and speed of sound. The water vapor curve is presented too.

Z662

The Z662 program module is meant to calculate the maximum allowable working pressure, the longitudinal compression stress, and the hoop stress of a pipeline.

Gas Liquids Engineering has a variety of software tools at its disposal. Based on the anticipated scope of work, many of the following resources or software suites would be used during the course of a project.

Engineering Software

aspenONE Engineering Desktop V8.8 – Software included Aspen Flare System Analyzer, Aspen Plus Dynamics®, Aspen Adsorption, Aspen HYSYS®, Aspen HYSYS Dynamics®, Aspen HYSYS Aspen HYSYS Petroleum Refining, Aspen HYSYS Upstream™, Exchanger Design and Rating, Economic Evaluation and Energy Management. HYSYS is the benchmark process simulator, against which all others are measured. It is used as a backup tool, detailed investigation reviews, and/or a way of verifying simulator confidence.

Compression – Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd. (GLE) has access to a full complement of compressor vendor software packages, including:

• Ariel Performance
• GE Oil and Gas Viper and EZ-Size
• Dresser-Rand DRSize
• Cooper Cameron Cascade and Compass

Flaresim – Flaresim is a highly developed and sophisticated flare simulation/design application.  Designed by professional engineers, for professional engineers, it models thermal radiation and noise footprints generated by flare systems for offshore platforms, gas plants, refineries and chemical plants, and predicts the temperature of exposed surfaces within range.

HIS Piper – Previously known as Fekete FAST Piper – is available for use in gathering system modeling.

Neotec Pipeflo – Gas Liquids Engineering Ltd. (GLE) has extensive experience using Schlumberger Neotec Pipeflo to model large gathering system pipeline networks, including use of the software for sizing pipelines as well as predicting liquid hold-up and slug volumes.  Neotec also provides Gas Liquids Engineering with access to Wellflo and OLGA.

PIPESim – The PIPESIM simulator offers the industry’s most comprehensive steady-state flow assurance workflows for front-end system design and production operations. The flow assurance capabilities of the simulator enable engineers to ensure safe and effective fluid transport—from sizing of facilities, pipelines, and lift systems, to ensuring effective liquids and solids management, to well and pipeline integrity. In addition, where dynamic analysis is needed to add further insight, the PIPESIM-to-OLGA converter tool enables rapid conversion of models. Shared heat transfer, multiphase flow, and fluid behavior methodologies ensure data quality and consistency between the steady-state and transient analyses.

ProMax – ProMax® is an industry-recognized, robust process simulation software used for general process design and optimization of gas plants, refineries and chemical facilities. It is especially valued for accurate modeling of such processes as amine sweetening, glycol dehydration, equipment sizing and rating, crude oil refining, LPG and NGL recovery and fractionation.

Protreat – ProTreat® software was originally developed for simulating processes for the removal of H2S, CO2, and mercaptans from a variety of high and low pressure gas streams by absorption into thermally regenerable aqueous solutions containing one or more amines. Recently added capabilities include the physical solvent DMPEG (dimethylether of polyethyleneglycol) for acid gas removal, and dehydration using triethylene glycol (TEG). It also allows for the physical solvent DMPEG (dimethylether of polyethyleneglycol) for acid gas removal, and dehydration using triethylene glycol (TEG). The ProTreat package makes exclusive use of a column model that treats the separation as a mass transfer rate process. This completely eliminates the need for empirical adjustments to simulate new applications correctly. Equilibrium stages and user-supplied estimates of tray efficiencies and HETPs are avoided, and columns are modeled with the number of real trays and physical depth of real packing they actually contain.

VMGSim – VMGSim is a comprehensive, fully interactive process simulation for oil, gas and chemical industries.  VMGSim is the default simulation tool utilized at Gas Liquids Engineering.  VMGSim also includes dynamic simulation capability and is the only process simulator with the ability to dynamically simulate a full sulfur recovery plant.

Other Engineering Software

Bristol ControlWave – Control system programming software.

CALPUFF – An advanced non-steady-state meteorological and air quality modeling system.

DYNA6 – Dynamic loading on rigid foundation analysis software.

ETAP – A full spectrum analytical engineering software company specializing in the analysis, simulation, monitoring, control, optimization, and automation of electrical power systems.

Intergraph’s Caesar II – Industry recognized stress analysis software, which works bi-directionally with our CADWorx 3D Plant software.

Intergraph’s PV Elite – Pressure vessel and heat exchanger design software.

Lakes Environmental Aermod – Dispersion modeling.

Limcon Bimsoft – A structural steel connection design and checking tool.

Pipedata – Piping dimensional and weight reference library software.

Rockwell Toolkit – Automation, Instrumentation & Controls programming software tools.

S-Frame – Structural analysis and design software. S-FRAME is the design and analysis software of choice for moment frames, braced frames, trusses, bridges, office and residential buildings, skyscrapers, industrial buildings, plate/shell and fabric structures, cable structures and more.

S-Steel – Steel structural design and optimization. S-STEEL supports numerous international steel design codes and an extensive range of optimization criteria and constraints. Full feature reports features interactive formulas, equations, and graphics. Now fully integrated within S-FRAME Analysis to improve workflow efficiency.

Thermon Computrace – Heat tracing design software.

Wonderware – HMI / SCADA control system development software.

Westburne PLC – PLC and control system programming software.

Project Management Software

On Track Project Manager – OnTrack Project Manager is a complete, transaction-based, integrated project execution software and the most comprehensive, reliable, and fully automated procurement system for engineering professionals.

PHA-Pro – Industry recognized software for process hazard analysis.  This software is used globally for tracking project safety risks, HAZOP’s, LOPA, and safety system analyses.

Primavera – Primavera is a high-performance project management software, designed to handle large-scale, highly sophisticated and multifaceted projects.  It can be used to organize projects up to 100,000 activities, and it provides unlimited resources and an unlimited number of target plans.

Drafting Software

Adobe Creative Suite – Utilized to integrate imagery and video data into our design and presentation deliverables.

Autodesk AutoCAD – Our design and drafting staff uses AutoCAD for development of engineering schematics (block flow diagrams and PFDs) as well as construction drawings such as site layouts (plot plans) and orthographic drawings.

Autodesk 3DS Max – Utilized to provide high-end renderings and walkthroughs of 3D models.

Autodesk Civil 3D – This software is utilized in our civil / grading design work, as well as in our pipeline projects where accurate elevation profiles and alignment sheets are required.

Autodesk Navisworks Manage – 3D model reviews and Clash detection.

Autodesk Navisworks Simulate – Navisworks is a software package that allows users to “walk” through 3D models and review the entire site. It is primarily used for ongoing engineering and client review of 3D models throughout development, resulting in minimized re-working as a project moves into the construction phase for construction sequencing and workface planning.

Autodesk RasterCAD – This software is utilized where our customers want to preserve legacy scanned drawings but update with recent data.

AutoTURN – is an AutoCAD based vehicle swept path analysis and turn simulation software. Continuously updated features give us the ability to simulate and perform intricate vehicle movements with reliable engineering results.

ECE PIDMO – For projects where our customers have requested the use of a database linked to P&ID’s, this software enables bi-directional change and improved reporting functions.

ECE PLANTMO – This program allows for flexible queries, comparison, and reporting of piping material items from a database-linked 3D piping model

ECE SPECWorx – A Quality control tool for piping specs that allows detailed verification of piping components

Elecdes – This program is utilized for electrical design and modeling.

Iconstruct – Iconstruct is used to prepare models for review utilizing an adaptive coloration format (using a variety of criteria, 3D model items can be ‘painted’ different colors to represent different processes, statuses, etc during model reviews). It can also be used to manipulate published model information in a variety of other ways, and generate specialized reports.

Intergraph’s CADWorx Equipment – CADWorx Equipment is used to generate accurate representations of facility equipment inside the 3D model.

Intergraph’s CADWorx FieldPipe – CADWorx FieldPipe is utilized to interface between surveyed site laser verification (point cloud data) and the 3D modeling to enable high accuracy of retrofit work and verify site locations of existing features.

Intergraph’s CADWorx P&ID – CADWorx P&ID is used for P&ID development. At customer request, this can be linked to a database.

Intergraph’s CADWorx Plant – CADWorx Plant Professional is used for 3D model development. It is a GLE standard that all facility modeling is performed using 3D modeling, as significant cost benefits and design execution improvements have been realized from being spec driven to SQL materials database for materials management. This software also produces automatic Isometrics using ISOGEN.

Intergraph’s Orthogen – ORTHOGEN is used to automatically annotate / detail piping and structural drawings that are linked to / based on intelligent 3D models.

Proprietary Software

AQUAlibrium – Software designed for systems containing water, hydrogen sulphide, carbon dioxide, and hydrocarbons. It has a well-deserved reputation for being amongst the most accurate software for equilibrium calculations in these types of systems.

GLE Custom Engineering Database – GLE maintains a number of custom in-house databases for various project data functions, which are used to provide data resources to our project teams, and to improve the effectiveness of project communication and design work.

GLE Custom CADWorx Libraries – GLE has spent extensive time building custom libraries for our 3D design / modeling software packages, which enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of our design process.

GLESource – Proprietary software for basic design calculations, preparation of data sheets and equipment sizing.

GLEWPro – A Windows application to estimate the phase, property and flowing profiles along the well bore. It applies the most comprehensive thermodynamic model of flow available in the well bore. Enhanced by the AQUAlibrium Phase Equilibrium Engine, GLEWPro is capable of handling the phase changes in the well bore, the heat transfer between the stream and formation, and the flowing behaviors from wellhead to bottom hole.

MassTrak – An OPC client application used to monitor the streams of a gas facility and provide a detailed material balance for desired components. By obtaining real-time measurements from facility measurement equipment, MassTrak calculates real-time cumulative material balances, utilizing detailed data management and the most accurate possible modeling for stream flowrates and material content. This allows MassTrak to generate the highest accuracy reports for Acid Gas Injection, or CO2 credit reports in accordance with the Kyoto protocol.

Other Tools and Resources

Abadata – This Alberta pipeline license reporting tool is used to verify existing p/l data

Acronis Access – To enable our staff to work globally, we utilize Acronis Access to interface our staff with the data they need.

Adobe Creative Suite – Is used for a variety of project and stakeholder reporting functions

Box.com – A secure, managed cloud-based file sharing solution, Box.com is often used to interface with vendors, contractors, and clients to enable transparency, improved communication, and access to current project data to project stakeholders.

Bluebeam – This is a collaborative master PDF markup tool that utilizes a shared markup session and markup tools to create a master design markup, improve communication, and allow clear communication and interaction with all project stakeholders at the markup stage.

GoTomeeting – A web-based meeting solution that enables global collaboration of project teams and design reviews that capture stakeholders whose other commitments might otherwise prevent their inclusion.

Microsoft Office – Gas Liquids Engineering carries a full suite of Microsoft software products including Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Visio.

NLI Sharefile – Online file-sharing and storage service for project collaboration and information sharing.

Snagit – An image capture and markup tool used to enhance clarity of design change communication.

Techstreet – Gas Liquids Engineering utilizes a third party technical code document management service, www.techstreet.com. We subscribe to a large number of technical codes and the use of Techstreet ensures that the engineering team always has access to the most current version of the applicable codes. Should the engineering team require access to additional codes, they can be added to the subscription service. The engineering team has complete access to this service.