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1. Check your Compressible system conditions within PIPE-FLO Professional
   Through our technical support line, we frequently get inquiries about whether PIPE-FLO Professional results are applicable to systems with compressible gases. PIPE-FLO Professional uses the Darcy-Weisbach method to calculate pipeline pressure loss which assumes a constant density throughout the ...
2. Setup X-Link in Excel version 2010
   Microsoft Excel version 2010 PIPE-FLO needs to be installed to your computer prior to following the procedures in this article. Elevated user privileges may be required to complete all the steps. 1. Open the Excel program. 2. Click the Add-Ins tab at the top of the window. 3. Check for the PIP ...
3. Using X-Link To Change Valve Settings
   PIPE-FLO has no limitation on the size of the projects that can be modeled. As such, many PIPE-FLO users have created very large and complicated piping network models with numerous control valves. Once the project design is completed in PIPE-FLO and the control valves are set to their design con ...
4. Setup X-Link in Excel version 2003
   Microsoft Excel version 2003 If you don't know which version of Excel you have, go to your "Help" menu item and select "About Microsoft Excel". Microsoft Excel 2003 is not compatible with Windows 7. PIPE-FLO needs to be installed to your computer prior to following the procedures in this articl ...
5. Setup X-Link in Excel version 2007
   Microsoft Excel version 2007 If you don't know which version of Excel you have, go to your "Help" menu item and select "About Microsoft Excel". PIPE-FLO needs to be installed to your computer prior to following the procedures in this article. Elevated user privileges may be required to complete ...
6. Modeling a Counter Flow Heat Exchanger in PIPE-FLO with Heat Transfer Calculations in X-Link
   PIPE-FLO does not perform heat transfer calculations, nor does it have a specific tool for modeling both sides of a heat exchanger in one device. However, a user can employ the existing PIPE-FLO tools, the component tool and the X-Link plug-in, to achieve this functionality. In the example sys ...
7. X-Links That Cannot Be Updated in Excel
   X-Links That Cannot Be Updated in Excel If you receive this dialog, your excel sheet workbook page may contain broken links when trying to read data from PIPE-FLO. By pushing the Update button, it should update your links automatically. If your links do not get updated automatically, you will ...
8. Pull PIPE-FLO data into Excel using X-Link
   The ability to pull data out of PIPE-FLO using X-Link is extremely useful if there are any comparisons or further analysis that needs to occur with your piping system. For example: You are monitoring process control data coming in from your plant and you want to compare with PIPE-FLO's calculat ...
9. Import Excel data into PIPE-FLO using X-Link
   This feature is valuable anytime you wish to manipulate your PIPE-FLO system from Excel. Specifically, importing process control data from any program which reports in Excel format (Aspen Tech IP.21 or OSISoft Pi to name a few) can be beneficial to assess the running conditions of your plant. ...
10. International Consideration when using X-Link
    There are differences within Excel between different regional versions which may cause issues with the use of X-Link. It is suggested that when using PIPE-FLO or Excel utilizing the PIPE-FLO XLink feature, you are in the English (US) regional setting of Microsoft Windows. In the Windows Contro ...