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Save Money, Reduce Energy and Improve Sustainability with AFT

Sep 29, 2011

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Trey Walters, P.E.
Trey Walters is currently Principal, R&D, Engineering Software at Datacor. He previously founded Applied Flow Technology which is now part of Datacor. He has developed simulation software for pipe flow, system optimization, slurries, waterhammer, and pulsation modeling. He has 40 years of experience in thermal/fluid system engineering and has consulted in numerous industries including power, municipal water, oil & gas and chemicals. He holds both a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He sits on several standards committees of the Hydraulic Institute and is Chairman of their Waterhammer Committee, and he is a Fellow of the ASME.

The growing emphasis on sustainable business practices and environmental responsibility has impacted AFT software in several areas.

In recent years we have added built-in capabilities to AFT Fathom and AFT Arrow to calculate energy usage and to estimate the cost to operate rotating equipment. This is available on the Analysis menu in the “Cost Settings” window.

Using AFT Fathom, TME Energy Services Division developed a model of the chilled water system at the University of Arkansas. The project realized an annual energy savings of 1.9 million KWHr and $67,000 in pumping power and $1,200,000 in annual chiller electrical and gas energy savings. .

Further, our Automated Network Sizing products use energy costs to drive their automated design processes. An example is the $3 million in energy costs saved on a sea water pipeline as documented in this article: .

Pumps, fans and compressors use 20-40% of all electrical energy generated to run fluid handling systems. Tools like those offered by AFT can help manage and reduce their impact on our planet.