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2023 Conference

Agenda

 

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Conference Schedule

Pipeline Simulation Short Course

Monday

May

15

Introductions

7:30 a.m.- 8:00 a.m.

PSSC I – Fluid Properties

8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Jon Barley (Emerson)

PSSC II – Pipeline Flow Equations

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Jason Modisette (Atmos International)

Lunch

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

PSSC II – Pipeline Flow Equations

12:45 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.

Jason Modisette (Atmos International)

PSSC III – Multiphase Flow in Pipelines

14:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m.

Ivor Ellul (CiSK Ventures)

Tuesday

PSSC IV – Real Time Systems & Leak Detection

8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
 

Ed Nicholas (Nicholas Simulation Services)

PSSC V – Pipeline Operations & Planning

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Jonathan Fasullo (TC Energy)

Melissa Debevc (Enbridge)

Rick Brown (RCB Consulting)

Lunch

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 pm

PSSC V – Pipeline Operations & Planning

12:45 p.m. – 14:00 p.m.

Jonathan Fasullo (TC Energy)

Melissa Debevc (Enbridge)

Rick Brown (RCB Consulting)

PSSC VI – Compressor Station Modeling

14:00 p.m. – 16:30 p.m.

Cody Allen (Solar Turbines)

Ice Breaker & Registration Opens

18:00 p.m. – 19:30 p.m.

Wednesday

May

17

8:00 – 8:40

PSIG 2301 – Estimating Vapor Cavity Collapse Pressure Surges in a Crude Oil Delivery Terminal

Guohua Li, Michelle Moyer, Hamid Bidmus (DNV)
8:40 – 9:20

PSIG 2302 – Transient Surge Pressure Impacted by Check Valve Closing Time Simulation Methods in Parallel Piping in an Oil Terminal

Fardin Hakimreza, Quinbin Li, Ryan Shindruk (Enbridge)
9:20 – 10:00

PSIG 2303 – A Laplace Transform Method for Solving for Batch Interfacial Volumes

Brett Christie (Plains Midstream)
10:00 – 10:15

Break
10:15 – 10:55

PSIG 2304 – Leak Detection Systems for Short Liquid Pipelines

Vishrut Garg, Junxiao Wu, George Harriott, Ed O’Reilly, Michael Pingitore (Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.)
10:55 – 11:35

PSIG 2306 – A Stochastic Approach to Slack Line Flow in Online Models

Norense Okungbowa (Enbridge), Trent Brown (evoleap)
11:35 – 12:15

Break
12:15 – 13:45

Lunch
13:45 – 15:15

Technology Showcase H1
15:15 – 15:30

Break
15:30 – 17:00

Technology Showcase H2
8:00 – 8:40

PSIG 2307 – Adapting Pipeline Specific Computational Applications to Manage Increasing Hydrogen Content

Paul Dickerson (Emerson)
8:40 – 9:20

PSIG 2308 – Reduction of CO2 Emissions During Operation of Oil and Gas Pipelines

Galen Stanley, Alexander Chamorro (Aveva)
9:20 – 10:00

PSIG 2309 – Integrating Greenhouse Gase and Emission Calculations Into Hydraulic Pipeline Simulation for Natural Gas Pipelines

Alisa Bullard (NMGCO), Samon Kashani (Gregg Engineering), James Gregg (Gregg Engineering)
10:00 – 10:15

Break
10:15 – 10:55

PSIG 2310 – Real Time Systems for Modelling Hydrogen Pipelines

Garry Hanmer (Atmos International)
10:55 – 11:35

PSIG 2311 – Simulation of Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Transportation in Pipelines

Jonathan J. Barley (Emerson)
12:15 – 13:45

Lunch
13:45 – 15:15

Technology Showcase H1
15:15 – 15:30

Break
15:30 – 17:00

Technology Showcase H2

Thursday

May

18

8:00 – 8:25

Keynote Speaker
8:25 – 9:05

PSIG 2312 – Compensation of Flow Imbalances Through Machine-Learned Parameters

Benjamin A. Huntington, Jonathan J. Barley (Emerson)
9:05 – 9:45

PSIG 2313 – Control of Line Pack in Natural Gas System of Israel: Balancing of Limited Resources Under Uncertainty

Criston Hyett (Arizona University), Michael Chertkov (Arizona University), Jean Alisse, Lilah Saban,  (NOGA – Israel System Operator)
9:45 – 10:00

Break
10:00 – 10:40

PSIG 2314 – Tutorial on Manual Tuning of Pipeline Models

Jason Modisette (Atmos International)
10:40 – 11:20

PSIG 2315 – Increased Safety, Operational Reliability, and Decision-Making Through Improved Maximum Capacity Simulation

Mark Chen (Enbridge), Michael Istre (Gregg Engineering), Samon Kashani (Gregg Engineering)
11:20 – 12:00

PSIG 2316 – Incorporating Condensation and Evaporation into the Simulation of Multiphase Pipelines

Daniel Theis, John Hooker, Vadim Shapiro (Statistics & Control)
12:00 – 13:30

Lunch
13:30 – 14:00

Chairman’s Session
14:00 – 14:15

Scholarship Award Presentation
14:15 – 14:45

Vendor Introductions
14:45 – 15:00

Break
15:00 – 15:40

PSIG 2317 – Centrifugal Compressor Performance Maps

Anand Srinivasan, Rainer Kurz, Matt Lubomirsky, Roman Zamotorin, Avneet Singh (Solar Turbines Incorporated)
15:40 – 16:20

PSIG 2320 – Simulating SCADA Systems in Synergi: An Application for Pipeline Controller Training

Amy Eisenbeisz (Southern California Gas Company)
17:00 – 19:30

Reception

Friday

May

19

8:00 – 8:40

PSIG 2319 – Using Gradient-Free Optimization Heuristics to Optimize Flow Rate and Drag Reducing Agent Injection Rates on Black Box Simulation Software

Jennifer Worthen, Abe Pena (Emerson)
8:40 – 9:20

PSIG 2320 – Computational Heating Value Tracking

Martin Styblo, Vit Meistr, Ludek Reinstein (SIMONE Research Group, s.r.o.)
9:20 – 10:00

PSIG 2321 – Indonesia Gas Market Curtailment Planning

Wahyu Dwiagasta Wibowo, Yunanta Rievo Yudhawan, M. Adhenhari Musfaro, Febrian Risdiansyah (Pertamina)
10:00 – 10:15

Break
10:15 – 10:55

PSIG 2322 – Implementation of a Real-Time Predictive Virtual Model (Digital Twin) for Saudi Aramco’s Master Gas (MGS) Pipeline System

Arun Jain, Ken Gunther (Aramco), Fahad Homaid, K. Ramabhoopal (Emerson)
10:55 – 11:35

PSIG 2323 – Supercritical Fluid Flow in Pipelines – A Dense Phase Case Study

Hamed Ghasvari Jahromi,  Fatemah Ekram (Vanmock Leak Detection Technologies), Chuntao Dange (PBF Energy) , Jim Knudson (Keyera Corporation)
11:35 – 12:15

PSIG 2326 – Integrated Pipeine and Wells Transient Behavior of CO2 Injection Operations: Flow Assurance Best Practices

Youcef Kehtib (University of North Dakota), Stephanos Zunez (evoleap) 
12:15

Conference Close