RISE Structural Design's Innovative Approach to Pipe Stress and Structural Analysis in Methanol Plant
Technology Category
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Middleware, SDKs & Libraries
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Structural Health Monitoring
- Time Sensitive Networking
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
RISE Structural Design, Inc. is a company based in Tokyo, Japan, that specializes in structural design and analysis for overseas plant, building, and piping design. The company is known for its work in seismic diagnosis, where it identifies situations and formulates proposals based on its broad experience in providing safe and durable structural design and piping analysis. For this project, RISE was contracted to perform pipe stress analysis at a methanol plant in Japan, with the responsibility of delivering accurate assessments and reducing costs for steel materials.
The Challenge
RISE Structural Design, Inc., a Tokyo-based company specializing in structural design and analysis, was tasked with a pipe stress analysis project at a methanol plant in Japan. The project required the company to perform pipe stress analysis on pipes near the plant’s furnace, which operated at temperatures ranging from 300 to 900 degrees Celsius. The company was responsible for delivering accurate assessments and reducing costs for steel materials. One of the challenges was installing spring supports to ensure the piping system’s flexibility to react to the furnace’s extreme temperatures. The project also required effective coordination across various design teams, such as structural and piping, to avoid delays. Traditional workflows, where each discipline conducts their analyses independently and uses different conditions, were not suitable for this project. This traditional approach made it nearly impossible to create 3D data and increased analysis time.
The Solution
To overcome these challenges, RISE used Bentley’s AutoPIPE, a software that can manage thousands of nodes and segments, to keep the design’s progress on schedule. The application’s quick processing speed enabled the design team to analyze more complex models in less time. The team also used STAAD’s pipelink function to create conjoined models of the piping and framework, which automatically joined the beams at support points. This approach helped reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Bentley’s integrated structural modeling (ISM) solutions were used for coupling analysis, which helped RISE reduce inefficient work processes, including checking differences in design policies between departments, adjusting schedules, and reducing project delivery costs. The integration of models improved analysis efficiency and led to a decrease in design costs.
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