AFT Fathom
Incompressible Pipe Flow Analysis & System Modeling Software
AFT Fathom is fluid dynamic simulation software for engineers, used to calculate pressure drop and flow distribution in liquid and low velocity gas piping and ducting systems.
Designed for fluid systems containing:
Water
Petroleum and refined products
Chemical products
Cryogens
Refrigerants
Low velocity gases
And more
AFT Fathom is particularly useful for:
Pipe Sizing
Pump sizing and Selection
Control Valve sizing and Selection
Simulating System operation and component interaction
Evaluating heat transfer in pipes and heat exchangers
Troubleshooting existing systems to determine the cause of operational problems
Evaluate New Designs and Improve Your Installed Systems
AFT Fathom…
Accurately simulates individual system components and their interaction
Tightly integrates equipment characteristics, analysis and output with your system’s schematic representation
Provides a wide array of features without sacrificing your need for a short learning curve
Frees you to focus on your system, not the mechanics of software manipulation
Significantly improves the quality of systems engineering you can achieve, leading to less costly, more efficient and more reliable piping systems
Features
Advanced hydraulic solver using Newton-Raphson matrix methods
Detailed modeling for centrifugal and positive displacement pumps
NPSH evaluation
Variable speed pumping
Impeller trimming
Viscosity corrections using standards from the Hydraulic Institute
Wire-to-water efficiency calculation including pump, motor and variable frequency drive efficiencies
Power usage and motor sizing
Energy cost calculation
Scenario Manager to track all design variants and operational possibilities in a single model file with data linkage
Integrated graphing and reporting
Pump vs. system curve generation including individual head curves and composite efficiency
Conduct thermal analysis including piping heat transfer and heat exchanger modeling
Calculate the costs of pipes and other components
Supports Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids
Address viscosity and frictional changes associated with pumping non-settling solids
Built-in library of fluids and fittings can be extended and customized
Optional Chempak add-on utility provides a thermophysical database of almost 700 fluids
AFT Fathom Add-On Modules
Building on the foremost modeling software for incompressible flow systems, the AFT Fathom add-on modules extend capabilities into these areas:
EXtended Time Simulation (XTS) - model dynamic system behavior
Goal Seek and Control (GSC) - automate the identification of input parameters that will yield desired output values and simulate control functions within systems
Settling Slurry (SSL) - model the effects of pumping fluids containing settling solids
Modules can work individually or together within AFT Fathom and with your existing AFT Fathom models.
World Class Support
Your software license purchase includes 1 year of technical support provided by our team of professional engineers. More than software support, Applied Flow Technology provides the pipe flow analysis knowledge that comes with extensive real world experience.
