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PRCI Thermal Analysis

An industry standard software allowing pipeline engineers to model heat input and predict the cooling rate to avoid hydrogen cracking for all in-service pipe.

An industry standard software allowing pipeline engineers to model heat input and predict the cooling rate to avoid hydrogen cracking for all in-service pipe.

What You’re Getting with Hot Tap

PRCI Thermal Analysis Preserve the integrity of in-service pipes with accurate welding calculations.

Safety and Efficiency

Manage Heat Input & Cooling for Safer In-Service Welding

  • Reduce likelihood of burn through & cracking

  • Optimize welding efficiency

  • Preserve pipeline safety

Detailed Analysis

Accurate Heat Sink Capacity for Welding Attachments

  • Easily assess welding attachments like sleeves and branches

  • Accurately calculate heat sink capacity

  • Microstructure analysis included for both pipe and attachments

Enhance welding accuracy and prevent hydrogen cracking in in-service pipelines with this industry trusted software offering with the PRCI Thermal Analysis (Hot Tap).
The PRCI Thermal Analysis ( Hot Tap) Software provides assessment of attachments (sleeves, branches, etc.) to the pipe along with heat sink capacity calculations that take microstructures of the pipe/attachments into account as well

Better Welding Data, Faster

Safely Accelerate Project Evaluation

  • Run multiple cases at once using Batch Run

  • Easily modify mesh size and parameters for faster in-depth analysis

Full Industry Compliance

Industry Standards at Your Fingertips

  • Calculations support full federal and professional regulations

  • API 1104, API 1107, ASME Section XI, CSA Z662, and more

Pipeline engineers can use this the PRCI Thermal Analysis (Hot Tap) software for modeling heat input and predicting the cooling rate to avoid hydrogen cracking for a given weld location while the pipe is in-service.

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