PRCI 08 TA Hot Tap

THERMAL ANALYSIS MODEL
FOR HOT-TAP WELDING
Background
The Edison Welding Institute (EWI) developed the

PRCI Thermal Analysis Model for Hot Tap Welding
V4.2 for PRCI. The model is intended to provide
welding engineers with guidance for establishing
safe parameters for welding onto in-service
pipelines (hot-tap welding).
The use of this software model is not a substitute

for procedure qualification. The model provides
guidance for establishing safe parameters, but
provides no means for demonstrating that these
parameters are practical under field conditions. To
demonstrate that the parameters are practical, a
welding procedure based on these predictions
should be qualified under simulated conditions.
(1) A brief history of cooling rate prediction
PRCI Thermal Analysis methods for welds made onto in-service pipelines
is given in Appendix A of the user manual.
Model for Hot-Tap Welding
Software Description
There are two primary concerns with welding onto
in-service pipelines. The first is for welder safety The PRCI Thermal Analysis Model for Hot-Tap
during welding, since there is a risk of the welding Welding is a stand-alone, user-friendly Windows
arc causing the pipe wall to be penetrated allowing application based on a complex finite element
the contents to escape. The second concern is for mathematical model. The model uses a
the integrity of the pipeline following welding, proprietary finite-element solver developed at
since welds made in-service cool at an Edison Welding Institute (EWI). Mesh generation
accelerated rate as the result of the ability of the capabilities include sleeve, branch, and bead-on-
flowing contents to remove heat from the pipe pipe geometries, the latter for buttering layers and
wall. These welds, therefore, are likely to have weld deposition repairs. Heat-sink capacity values
hard heat-affected zones (HAZ) and a can also be predicted for comparison with field-
subsequent susceptibility to hydrogen measured values. The multi document user
cracking. The model allows burn- interface (MDI) allows multiple cases to be run and
through risk to be controlled by heat input selection curves to be generated. The
limiting inside surface model was designed and developed to meet the
temperature and hydrogen requirements of API 1104, API 1107, ASME
cracking risk to be Section IX, BS4515, BS6990, and CSA Z662.
controlled by limiting
weld-cooling rates.
Industry Leader in
Pipeline Software Tools
THERMAL ANALYSIS MODEL
FOR HOT-TAP WELDING
Systems Requirements
Running the PRCI Thermal Analysis Model for Hot-Tap Welding V 4.2 software requires the following:
200 MHz or higher processor clock speed recommended
Intel Pentium/Celeron or AMD K6/Athlon/Duron or compatible processor
Software Validation
The PRCI Thermal Analysis Model for Hot-Tap Welding was validated by comparing model predictions to experimental data
generated during a previous PRCI-sponsored program at EWI and to predictions made using the existing Battelle model. The
Cooling Rate Prediction capability results indicate that Battelle model predictions tend to be non-conservative for thin-wall
materials, particularly at low flow rates, and very conservative for thick-wall materials. The PRCI model predictions tend to be
relatively accurate, with a consistent level of conservatism across wall thickness range.
Price:
The current Thermal Analysis Model is available only on a lease basis. The current pricing is as follows:
* For existing customers of the software, it is available on a $995.00 per year basis, minimum three-year lease (one license).
* The software is also available on an unlimited site license lease of $5000.00 per year also based on a three-year minimum
lease.
Please accept this as my order for one copy of PRCIs L51837 Thermal Analysis
Model for Hot-Tap Welding.
Please check one: o Single LIcense o Site Lease
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THERMAL ANALYSIS MODEL

FOR HOT-TAP WELDING

The Edison Welding Institute (EWI) developed the

The use of this software model is not a substitute

Please complete the attached form and fax to TTI at 713-630-0560

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