AFT Fathom is the preferred piping network analysis and system modeling software, providing the engineer a logical and flexible graphical interface. Equipment characteristics, analysis and output are tightly integrated with your system’s schematic representation. AFT Fathom implements a wide array of features without sacrificing the engineer’s need for a short learning curve and ease of use. AFT Fathom provides comprehensive, incompressible pipe flow analysis and system modeling capabilities combined with ease-of-use. Addressing open and closed loop systems, AFT Fathom includes a built-in library of fluids and fittings, variable model configurations, pump and control valve modeling and much more.

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Applications
Pipe Sizing:
AFT Fathom’s extensive capabilities for friction modeling include pulp & paper and non-Newtonian fluids. The comprehensive output details the contribution of individual line losses to the overall system. Visual Report’s color-coding by selected criteria clearly illustrates individual lines in the context of the entire system.

Pump Selection:
Fully explore the interaction of pumps and your system. Pump modeling capability includes parallel and series pump operations, flow vs. head, NPSHA vs. NPSHR, varying pump speeds and viscosity corrections. Able to import external databases, AFT Fathom allows the system engineer to quickly evaluate a large range of potential pump selections.

Coupled Thermal Analysis:
Calculating internal heat transfer coefficients in conjunction with user specified insulation, AFT Fathom determines piping heat transfer and the effect of varying fluid properties from the resulting temperature change simultaneously with the flow analysis. In conjunction with AFT Fathom’s heat exchanger modeling capabilities, your cooling or heating system model becomes a comprehensive fluid and thermal analysis.

System Operation:
A system’s operating envelope can be fully explored by quickly and easily varying system parameters and configuration. Change the number of pumps in operation; pump speed, control valve settings, valve positions, fluid properties, and virtually any modeling parameter. An AFT Fathom model provides a realistic and accurate representation of your system’s characteristics allowing testing under a wide variety of conditions long before committing to hardware.

Control Valve Selection:
With comprehensive output and ease of changing component specifications, determining control valve capacity and insuring adequate pressure drop is greatly facilitated. AFT Fathom goes beyond this by simulating pressure and flow control valves so that interaction with the system can be tested in the design stage. The valve summary report displays effective Cv and K factor values for all valves in the system.
AFT Fathom provides an amazingly broad scope of capabilities. Addressing open and closed loop systems, it includes a built-in library of fluids and fittings, variable model configurations, pump and control valve modeling and much more.
AFT Fathom goes beyond the boundaries of fluid flow analysis, with thermal analysis capabilities including piping heat transfer, heat exchanger modeling and varying fluid properties. AFT Fathom provides everything you need to develop comprehensive models of your piping systems.

System Requirements:

AFT Fathom Add-on Modules