3D SIM 8030 Liquid Pipeline with Pigging

The TSC liquid Pipeline and Pigging virtual plant is a pipeline operations training model. It contains:

• Main Oil Line and Booster Pumps with Duty Standby.
• Flow Metering with proving and calibration functionality.
• Pig Launcher
• 2x Booster Stations with 3 Pipeline sections
• Pig Receiver

The pipeline is supplied by 2 sets of pumps. The oil then goes through a metering section where calibration and proving can be conducted. Once through the metering the oil passes into the pipeline under normal operation.

The simulation allows the user to perform a pigging operation on the pipeline. The user is required to correctly load a pig into the launcher, route fluids into the launcher safely and launch the pig into the pipeline. The pig’s progress down the pipeline can be tracked and its speed is calculated based on the velocity and pressures within it.

The user must maintain the pipeline operation while the pig is moving and when the pig arrives at the 2 booster stations, they will have to adjust the flow routing at each of the stations to keep the pig moving down the pipeline.

Once the pig has arrived at the receiver, the user will have to make the receiver safe, drain it and then remove the pig from it.

• Learn how a liquid pipeline is configured and operated.
• Understand the function of pressure booster stations.
• Understand what a Pig is and what Pigging is and the potential dangers of carrying out a Pigging operation incorrectly.
• Learn how to launch a Pig safely.
• Learn how to monitor a Pigs position as it moves down the pipeline.
• Learn how to move a Pig through a booster station.
• Learn how to receive a Pig safely.
• Understand what a metering area is and why it is important.
• Learn how to operate and calibrate the metering using a flow prover.
• Understand a liquid pipeline control and instrumentation philosophy.
• Learn how to carry out pump change overs without affecting operation.
• Learn how to startup and shutdown a pipeline.
• Learn how Control Room and Field Operators have to communicate clearly and effectively, especially under adverse conditions.