The Pipe Flow Module is used for simulations of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, hydraulic transients, and acoustics in pipe and channel networks. Pipe flow simulations yield the velocity, pressure variation, and temperature along the pipes and channels. The module is suitable for pipes and channels which have lengths large enough so that flow in them can be considered to be fully developed and represented by a 1D approximation.

The module can be used to design and optimize: complex cooling systems in turbines, ventilation systems in buildings, geothermal heating systems, heat exchangers, pipe systems in chemical pro-cesses, and pipelines in the oil, gas and mining industry. Preset piping components such as bends, valves, T-junctions, contractions/expansions and pumps are available. A dedicated user interface is included for transient simulations of the water hammer effect. Multispecies mass transport is available when the Pipe Flow Module is combined with the CFD Module or any of the other modules that feature multispecies transport. Acoustic wave propagation in pipes is available when the Pipe Flow Module is combined with the Acoustics Module.