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Learn about Full Hydrocor

  • Published on Jan 30, 2025
  • 1 minute(s) read
  • Denis Tkalec
  • Tomislav Renic
  • Elsa Tolsma
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Take Note
Hydrocor Light is free and available with PLSS, however it only gives you a tiny glimpse of what Hydrocor can do! Here are some of the things that the full Hydrocor version can do.

Predicting Corrosion Rate Profiles

In the full Hydrocor version, the corrosion predictions are combined with a multiphase flow model, a heat transfer model, and a chemistry model, which enables reliable prediction of the corrosion rate profiles along a pipeline. The full version also includes additional corrosion models, e.g., Oxygen and Microbial corrosion.

Corrosion Mitigation

Furthermore, the full Hydrocor version also predicts a Mitigated Corrosion Rate. Several mitigation measures can be included in the prediction: Corrosion inhibition (also batch inhibition), cleaning/pigging, dewpoint control, and biociding. Both the effectiveness of the mitigation measures that are already in place, as well as the demand for additional corrosion mitigation, can be assessed. Hydrocor will also guide you towards good operational behaviour and best practices, for instance by advising a pigging frequency.

Material Selection Tool

In addition, the full Hydrocor version can also be used as a material selection tool to design and operate carbon steel pipelines in highly corrosive fields. The outputs that Hydrocor provides on in-situ operational conditions are used as inputs for evaluation of material integrity. Conditions like in-situ pH, water chemistry, temperature, and pH2S are reviewed against identified material integrity limits. Hydrocor also advises on the suitability of other materials.

Integrity Management - IMS PLSS

The full Hydrocor version is also fully integrated with IMS PLSS. This is a pipeline management software, with which you can enhance your Integrity Management approach even further.

Features of the full Hydrocor version

Features of the full Hydrocor version:

Models IncludedOther Key Features

Water chemistry unmitigated corrosion (pH calculation, iron supersaturation, FeCO3 precipitation)

User-friendly web-based environment

Multiphase flow (flow pattern, liquid hold-up, pressure gradient, phase flow velocities)

Keeps all your corrosion data in one place

Temperature gradient

Advanced visualization (e.g., Flow pattern maps) 

Water/alcohol phase distribution

Guiding messages

Water/alcohol condensation

Sensitivity analyses 

Organic acid partitioning in water/gas/oil phases

Multi-case and Multi-year calculations

Corrosion Models for:

  • CO2 (sweet)
  • H2S (sour)
  • CO2/H2S
  • Organic Acid
  • Oxygen
  • Microbial corrosion (qualitative)

Import / Export functionality for bulk data