Bentley sisHYD is a comprehensive analytical modeling and network design application delivering the hydraulic and thermal calculations necessary for pipeline networks. Bentley sisHYD is designed for hydraulic calculations of pressure pipe systems with compressible or incompressible media for district heating networks (two and three conductor networks, steam networks), district cooling networks, and gas networks. Bentley sisHYD can quickly perform complex analyses on distribution networks to identify the asset usage costs, present operational status, location of critical points, failure simulation scenarios, and the calculation of all major hydraulic and thermal parameters of the network. Analysis results can be presented in several ways including reports, profiles, and color maps.
For district heating, Bentley sisHYD calculates both the hydraulic and the thermal situation. Analysis and reports can include media flows, pressures, temperatures, and heat losses. Bentley sisHYD can also model scenarios in both a static and semi-dynamic situation. Semi-dynamic situations model the changes in the input temperature (such as a power plant changes its service temperature level) as it travels through the network. Bentley sisHYD does the thermal calculations dynamically while modeling the hydraulic component as a series of static calculations. The results are particularly useful for utilities investigating how temperature changes can result in heat energy improvements in the network.
Bentley sisHYD supports input from a variety of GIS network data platforms including Bentley sisNET, Bentley Gas, and GE Smallworld. Additionally, customer-specific data, including billing and usage information, can be incorporated into the model for further analysis. This integration capability eliminates the need to replicate data creating processes in multiple systems.
Bentley sisHYD is capable of generating printed maps showing the calculated temperatures of a network and network color-coding based on these temperatures calculations. Create profile plots showing pressure levels on both the network supply and return based upon user-defined paths. Easily generate full-featured prints complete with geographic and tabular reports results from the network analysis.