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Close the Gap Between Online Analyzers and Primary Lab Data

Blog, BLISS LIMS, QC/PLUS

Why Crude Operators Cannot Afford a Fragmented Quality Data Strategy

Blog, BLISS LIMS, QC/PLUS

Why Motiva Chose BLISS LIMS to Modernize Its Lab and Reduce Errors

Customer Story, BLISS LIMS, QC/PLUS + 1 more

Cut Data Entry Time 70–80%: How Instrument Data Flows into LIMS with iPRO

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 2 more

Flexible, Accurate Distillation Modeling with CHEMCAD

CHEMCAD, Chemical, Engineer + 1 more

Navigating EPA Part 1090 Technical Amendments with BLISS LIMS and QC/PLUS

Blog, BLISS LIMS, QC/PLUS

Baytek's Top 10 Moments of 2025

BLISS LIMS, QC/PLUS

Pipe Flow Modeling Suite Release Notes: November 2025

Blog, Fathom, Arrow + 3 more

Expanding Our Engineering Software Global Network in Peru, Chile, Australia, and Israel.

Blog, CHEMCAD, Pipe Flow Modeling

Process Intensification Strategies for Biofuel Production

Webinar, CHEMCAD, Engineer + 2 more

Cooling Under Pressure—Get the Engineering Playbook

Engineer, Engineering, Data Centers + 1 more

Strategies for Managing Uncertainty in Process Design

Webinar, CHEMCAD, Chemical + 2 more

Simulation for a circular economy - Best practices learned from modeling plastic resin recycling

Webinar, Sustainability, CHEMCAD + 3 more

How and Why REFPROP Elevates CHEMCAD Process Simulation

Webinar, CHEMCAD, Oil & Gas + 3 more

Accurately Predict Transient Fluid Forces in Piping Systems

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 3 more

Understanding Uncertainties in Viscous Performance Predictions for Centrifugal Pumps

Engineer, Engineering, Pipe Flow Modeling + 1 more

Addressing Low Pressure Transients

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 2 more

Pump Specific Speed And Four Quadrant Data In Waterhammer Simulation – Taking Another Look

Engineer, Engineering, Pipe Flow Modeling + 1 more

Understanding Waterhammer in Pumping Systems and Surge Suppression Options

Engineer, Engineering, Pipe Flow Modeling + 1 more

Surge Transients Due to Check Valve Closure in a Municipal Water Pumping Station

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 2 more

Waterhammer Simulation and Mitigation for a Fire Protection Network at a Nuclear Power Plant

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 3 more

Waterhammer Event in Alumina Refinery Causes Catastrophic Slurry Pump Failure

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 2 more

Viability of the Method of Characteristics for unsteady, non-isothermal, real gas analysis in piping networks

Engineer, Engineering, Arrow + 3 more

How Fast is a Finite Gas Transient Wave

Engineer, Engineering, xStream + 2 more

A Comprehensive Discussion of Sonic Choking In Pipe Systems For Steady, Compressible Flow

Engineer, Engineering, Arrow + 2 more

A Review of Check Valves & Relief Valves in Unsteady Flow

Engineer, Engineering, Impulse + 2 more

Behold The New and Improved Design Alert Manager

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 8 more

Calculate Pressure Drop Across Sharp-Edged Perforated Plates

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 4 more

AFT 2023 Price Increase

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Dewatering Solutions: Streamlined Model Specification, Analysis

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 7 more

Slurry Pumping Solutions: Model and Optimize Pump Systems

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 12 more

Resolving Stormwater Flooding Mitigation

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Pumping System Design Pitfalls to Avoid

Blog, Operations, Chemical + 13 more

Enter & Win an AFT Platinum Pipe Award

Sustainability, Blog, Oil & Gas + 11 more

Iconic Simulation of the UK Joins AFT

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 11 more

ASME PVP Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 12 more

It's a Pump! It's a Turbine! It's a Pump as Turbine!

Reporting, Blog, Operations + 7 more

Get in Control with Control Valves

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

AFT Impulse 9 is Now Available

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 7 more

Find Help Faster with the Documentation Portal

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

AT Group Colombia

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Applied Flow Technology Partners with Fluor to Host Student Engineering Challenge

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 10 more

AFT Releases New Features to Help Engineering Teams Streamline & Organize

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 4 more

Top 10 Reflections from AFT in 2021

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 9 more

2022 Platinum Pipe Award Winners

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 10 more

2021 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 5 more

Introducing the AFT Arrow XTS Module!

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 8 more

AFT Fathom 12 New Features are Here

Reporting, Blog, Operations + 6 more

Modeling Solutions for the Unsung Hero

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 10 more

Designing for Multiple Operating Points in Power Plant HVAC Heating System

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

A System Approach with Flow Analysis

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 18 more

Quick Guide to Custom Output

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 7 more

Visit AFT at MINExpo 2021

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 11 more

Can You Trust the Joukowsky Equation for Waterhammer?

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 9 more

Having model convergence problems? Start here!

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 6 more

The Benefits of Multi-Pump Arrangements

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 8 more

Check For a Bumpy Ride

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 7 more

Taking Gas & Steam Transients to the xStream

Sustainability, Blog, Process Simulation + 18 more

AFT Supports Colorado Shooting Victims

Blog, Engineer, Financial Management + 5 more

AFT Impulse Used to Help Design UAE Mars Probe

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

AFT Participation in Hydraulic Institute Annual Conference

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 9 more

Understand and Mitigate Waterhammer in Fluid Processes

Blog, Chemical, Engineer + 5 more

Non-Newtonian Fluids - How to Model the Soap, Silly-Putty, or Shampoo in Your Pipe Network

Blog, Chemical, Engineer + 6 more

French Nuclear Energy Cegelec Selects AFT Fathom

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

Scott Lang: Industry Person of the Week

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 6 more

Meet FLUMEN, AFT’s New Canadian Channel Partner

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 5 more

Using Flow Modeling for Efficient Upgrades and Expansions

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 7 more

ASME B31.3 Surge Forces

Blog, Refrigerants, Oil & Gas + 8 more

ASME B31.4 Surge Analysis and Allowable Pressure

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 6 more

2021 Platinum Pipe Award Winning Entries

Sustainability, Reporting, Blog + 15 more

ISO/ASME Energy Standards

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 6 more

ASTM C1055 Surface Temperature Allowables

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

API 674 Pump Pulsation Pressures

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 5 more

Software for System Design and Applications within Pipe Sizing

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 7 more

Thermodynamics of Gas Piping Systems

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 7 more

ASTM Surface Temperature Allowables

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 3 more

NFPA Fire System Calculations

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 3 more

API and HI: Pump Operating Range

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 6 more

ANSI/HI 9.8 Pump Submergence

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Codes and Standards

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 8 more

AFT Impulse Interfaces with AutoPIPE

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

Modeling Fans, Blowers and Compressors - Oh My!

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 3 more

Better than a Rule of Thumb

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Top Considerations for Viscous Flow

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 6 more

AFT Releases AFT Impulse 8 for Waterhammer Analysis

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 8 more

Back to the Basics: Calculating and Defining Head

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Podcast: Considerations for Sizing a Pump

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

AFT Responds to 2020 Customer Survey Feedback

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 7 more

Article: Going Beyond Efficiency Standards Part 1

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 7 more

Article: Published Case Study - Crude Pipeline Surge Analysis uses AFT Fathom and AFT Impulse: Safety Issues Revealed and Resolved

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Article: Gas Handling- Process Control for Compressible Flow

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 8 more

Article: Maximizing Pump Reliability and System Cost

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 7 more

What is the ANS Module Asking For? Introduction to the Sizing window in the ANS Add-on Module

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Analyzing Transients Faster - a Hacker's Guide to Pipe Sectioning

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 6 more

AFT Contributes to Engineering Clean Water Systems in Africa

Blog, Process Simulation, Operations + 8 more

New Feature Highlight - Scenario Comparison Tool

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Article: AFT Releases ANS Module

Blog, Operations, Chemical + 4 more

AFT Arrow 8 is Released with 30 New Features and Enhancements

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 5 more

Article: Pump and System Curves for Multi-branched Systems

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Exceeding Expectations with AFT Fathom 11

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 6 more

Fathom 11 New Features at a Glance

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 3 more

Transition of Chempak and SteamCalc

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 6 more

Article: ANS for Calculating Compressible Flow

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 4 more

Where to Start with Pump Startups

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Platinum Pipe Award Winners!

Sustainability, Reporting, Blog + 15 more

5 Issues ANS Will Solve for the Time-Deficient Engineer

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Size Up Your Options Using the ANS module

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 7 more

Published Article: Oversizing or Undersizing a Pump

Blog, Operations, Chemical + 9 more

AFT Supports the #uhfluor2019 Design Challenge

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

Looking to relieve pressure? Let's talk about Relief Valves in AFT Impulse.

Blog, Process Simulation, Operations + 7 more

Applying the Improved ATKF Method for Laminar and Non-Newtonian Flow

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Connecting Generations

Blog, Oil & Gas, Chemical + 6 more

Trey Walters, P.E. Named ASME Fellow

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 7 more

AFT Fathom Celebrates 25 Years of Dynamic Solutions

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 6 more

AFT Supports Research Students Domestically and Abroad

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 10 more

Raise the bar using Vacuum Breaker Valves

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 6 more

Trey Walters, P.E. to Present to UCCS School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 6 more

Visualize Your Goals

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 4 more

Applied Flow Technology Announces 2019 Platinum Pipe Award Winners

Sustainability, Blog, Oil & Gas + 14 more

AFT Partners with Softdesk CS of Poland

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 9 more

Top 10 Features to Look For in a Flow Analysis Software

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 13 more

Meet the Import Piping Layout Wizard

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

"Water" you waiting for? Checkout these water system features!

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 8 more

AFT to Present at Prestigious Pressure Surges Conference

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 9 more

AFT Will Be in the Flow at the 2018 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia

Food & Beverage, Blog, Oil & Gas + 14 more

AFT Donates Software to Bright Engineering Minds at the University of Delaware

Reporting, Blog, Process Simulation + 9 more

Top 3 Features Engineers Love in AFT Arrow

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 5 more

Get More Flexible With Your Fluids

Blog, Refrigerants, Engineer + 4 more

AFT Partners with Cortex Engineering Software of Australia

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

It’s a Pump Properties Party!

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 3 more

Centrifugal Pumps

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 5 more

Channel Partner Spotlight - ImageGrafix Dubai

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Liquids And Gases And Slurries, Oh My!

Blog, Process Simulation, Oil & Gas + 10 more

Pulsation Frequency Analysis Takes a New Turn

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

Iso love the new Pipe Drawing Mode!

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 5 more

AFT President to Present Three Papers at ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping (PVP) Conference

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 7 more

AFT Impulse Adds ROHR 2 Force Files Interface

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Learn About the Acceleration Head and How To Model It

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 7 more

Congratulations to the winners of AFT's 2018 Platinum Pipe Award!

Sustainability, Blog, Operations + 8 more

Let the Heat Flow: Modeling Heat Transfer in Pipes in Datacor Fathom and Datacor Arrow

Blog, Refrigerants, Oil & Gas + 9 more

Bring the Heat: Modeling Heat Transfer in Heat Exchangers in AFT Fathom and AFT Arrow

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 5 more

Are you for real? Understanding and Troubleshooting Artificial Transients in AFT Impulse

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 4 more

Using Branch Junctions to Model Desuperheaters

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 4 more

Closing the Loop on Modeling Closed Loop Systems in AFT software

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 5 more

Inherent vs. Installed Control Valve Curves and How They Relate to AFT Software

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 4 more

Tolerable Convergence

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 4 more

Give me some details about Detailed Tees!

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 3 more

Congratulations 2016/2017 Platinum Pipe Award Winners!

Sustainability, Blog, Operations + 6 more

AFT Impulse Over the Years

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

Combining Pipes in AFT Impulse to Decrease Model Run Times: How Resistance Curves Are Merged into Pipes to Increase Pipe Section Length

Blog, Process Simulation, Engineer + 7 more

That was EASY! Quickly Change Pipe and Junction Input Data into AFT models using Excel Change Data

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 4 more

Getting your Pressures Right: How to Account for Changing Ambient Pressure with Elevation

Reporting, Blog, Oil & Gas + 5 more

A Clever Way to Mitigate Waterhammer During a Valve Closure

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 6 more

Calibrating Your Hydraulic Model with Multiple Data Sets

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 3 more

Abstract: Hydraulic Model Calibration Of A Nuclear Plant Service Water System

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Getting that Stubborn AFT Fathom Model to Converge

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Congratulations 2015 AFT Platinum Pipe Award Winners!

Sustainability, Blog, Operations + 6 more

Making the AFT Workspace Your Own: Workspace Customization Options and Modeling Tips that Visually Enhance Your Hydraulic Model

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

Calculating Flow Through an Orifice Using ASME MFC-3M-1989 and Irrecoverable Pressure Drop Equations Equations

Blog, Oil & Gas, Operations + 6 more

Platinum Pipe Award Winners Announced!

Sustainability, Blog, Oil & Gas + 10 more

Viewing Output Across Multiple Scenarios

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 3 more

Announcing the Winners of the 2013 Platinum Pipe Award!

Sustainability, Blog, Operations + 9 more

Challenges Executing Fluid Flow Projects?

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Modeling a submerged pump in AFT Impulse

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 2 more

Using Three Way Valves in AFT Fathom

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

Automatic Renumbering

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

Jumping From Pipe to Pipe or Junction to Junction

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Multi Scenario Output

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

How to Fill as Quadratic

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 4 more

Using Orthogonal Pipe Drawing in AFT Fathom 7.0

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more

Viewing the Output on the Workspace

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Displaying the Fluid Name in Chempak Excel Add-in

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Using Zoom Select

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Is This Valve Choked?

Blog, Oil & Gas, Engineer + 5 more

Setting the Default Property Unit Values

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Applying a Default Unit System

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Calculating Properties at Two Points

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Preferred Solution Method to Use for Optimization

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Quick Inspection of the Connected Pipes or Junctions While in a Specification Window

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Modeling Component Resistance Curves

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Resources to Validate AFT Software

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Morphing Junctions

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

How to Display the Parameter Name in Chempak Add-in for Excel

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Chempak Viewer Parameter Display by Column or Row

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Add Custom Pipe Data to Your Database

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Hiding/Showing Items With Zero Costs in the Cost Report

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 5 more

Use Bookmarks to Accelerate Model Navigation

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Quick Inspection of Pipe and Junction Properties

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Keyboard Shortcuts

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 5 more

Adjusting Ambient Pressure

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Selecting English or SI Units

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Highlight the Required Data Fields for Pipes or Junctions

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Calculating Saturated Liquid or Vapor Properties

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Model Pump Curve Families With Multiple Pump Configurations

Blog, Engineer, Engineering + 4 more

Calculating Properties for a Range of Values

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Changing the Order of Magnitude Displayed in the Cost Report

Reporting, Blog, Engineer + 5 more

Configuring the Output Data

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Setting Preferred Units

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Building Large Models - The Building Block Approach

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Setting Excel Add-in Units

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Calculating Results in Pipes and Junctions Not in Service

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 5 more

Eliminating 'Negative' Flows

Blog, Operations, Engineer + 2 more