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Pipeline Design & Compliance Assistant

This app helps pipeline engineers design, check, document, and learn pipeline engineering decisions using summarized engineering code logic. It keeps project data local in the browser and gives junior engineers a structured path from design basis to calculations, compliance checks, workflow, and reports.

Engineer Mode

Use this for real project work: create pipeline projects, define the design basis, run calculations, check compliance, build workflows, and generate PDF reports.

Training Mode

Use this to train junior engineers through lessons, scenarios, instant feedback, and competency tracking.

Assurance Goal

The intended result is a traceable engineering package: basis, calculations, findings, workflow evidence, reports, and learning history.

What The App Should Achieve

Reduce scattered spreadsheet/PDF work by keeping project data, calculations, compliance findings, and reports in one place.
Guide inexperienced engineers through code-driven choices such as fluid service, class location, OD/NPS, material, design factor, MAOP, and hydrotest pressure.
Flag incomplete or risky engineering inputs early, before reports or design records are issued.
Train engineers by explaining why each decision matters, how to make the selection, and what drives the result.

Engineer Workflow

1. Load or create a project

Start in Projects. Load the 5 sample projects for practice, or create a new project and enter the project name, client, region, fluid, installation, code, material, OD/NPS, wall, MAOP, and hydrotest basis.

2. Complete the Design Basis

Use the wizard to confirm the fluid, route/installation, class location, design pressure, design temperature, material, corrosion allowance, and governing code.

3. Run calculations

Open Calculations and check wall thickness, MAOP, hydrotest pressure, hoop stress, velocity, pressure drop, sizing, and class-location design factor.

4. Review compliance

Open Compliance Review to resolve missing data, code mismatch, hydrotest ratio issues, wall-thickness failures, sour service, CO2, hydrogen, and integrity triggers.

5. Build the workflow

Use Workflow Builder to map the engineering sequence from design basis through hydraulics, wall thickness, material, hydrotest, integrity, and approval.

6. Generate reports

Generate the Design Basis Memo, Wall Thickness Report, Hydrotest Report, Compliance Summary, and Workflow Summary for review or audit files.

Training Workflow

Read Guided Lessons to understand the core design ideas.
Run Scenario Simulator exercises and read the instant feedback.
Use Code & Calc Practice to reinforce formulas and code selection logic.
Track progress in Competency Tracker and repeat scenarios until the reasoning is clear.

Important Limits

This is an engineering decision-support and training tool. It does not replace the governing code, licensed standards, client specifications, a qualified engineer, or formal checker approval. Code text is summarized only to avoid reproducing protected standards.

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