THE NEXT GENERATION OF

HOT TAP WELDING ANALYSIS

HotTap

TRANSIENT THERMAL
MODEL

ASSESS OR PREDICT
WELDING PARAMETERS

CUSTOM FLUID
MIXTURES

THE SIMULATOR WHY THE E2G APPROACH?

For over 15 years, E2G has developed and maintained an • No installation – No maintenance hassles – Ever
advanced computational model for the simulation of HotTap • Latest advances in weld thermal simulation technology
welding. E2G's model uses Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with • Optimized user experience
adaptive meshing to simulate the weld's thermal history. • Modern graphics
This thermal history is then used to assess the risk of failure • Clear organization of results
due to burn-through and cold cracking, to support the safety
• Actively maintained
of the welder and the integrity of the pipeline.
• Instant access to updates and improvements
The E2G HotTap thermal analysis welding model has • Comprehensive Documentation of input/output
numerous technical and usability enhancements over parameters and charts
historical HotTap welding models, including support for more
geometries such as Weldolets and user-defined custom fluid
mixtures. The weld heat input energy is also distributed
more realistically using methods now widely accepted for
other welding simulation applications. Another significant
advantage of the E2G HotTap thermal analysis model is that
it is deployed through a cloud-based infrastructure with Branch Split-Tee Sleeve
an improved user interface, requiring no installation or
maintenance on the user side. Updates and improvements
are pushed out immediately to users without a lengthy delay
or any IT hassles, always ensuring the most accurate and up-
to-date results.

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TECHNICAL BENEFITS

• Powerful FEA solver with adaptive meshing to maintain high accuracy

• Built-in and customizable fluid mixtures
• No limitations on critical hardness (no longer restricted to 350 HV)
• Evaluates the effects of preheating
• Improved handling of liquid boiling cases, including nucleate, transition
and film boiling
• Warns when there is a heightened risk of an unstable decomposition
of the fluid mixture
• Realistic welding heat source distribution
Cold Cracking
Low Hydrogen Electrodes (≤ 8 ml/100 g)
450
Maximum Allowable Hardness, HV-10kg

400

350

300
≤ 0.375 inch
0.500 inch
250
0.625 inch
≥ 0.75 inch
200
0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 0.6
Carbon Equivalent, CEIIW

Burn-Through

USABILITY BENEFITS VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION

• Cloud-based delivery The E2G hot tap welding model was verified against the historical
• Access from a desktop, tablet or mobile phone Battelle and PRCI v4.2 models for hot tap welding thermal
• Predicts ranges of safe welding parameters analysis. The predictions of inside surface temperature (for
• Generates heat input versus cooling time curves controlling burn-through) and weld cooling rate (for controlling
• Time-dependent visualizations and animations cold cracking) have been validated against experimental data.
• PDF reports with the ability to save and share cases Comparisons show that the model agrees as well or better in
most cases with a more solid technical basis, which extends the
• Parametric analysis of conditions
range of cases where the results can be relied upon.1

Heat Input and Hardness Curves Run-Pipe Max Acceptable

50 500 Heat Input (kJ/in) Acceptable
Heat Input
Hardness (HV) Hardness (HV)
45
Max Acceptable Hardness
450 15.0 462.0 373.5 No
40 Actual Hardness
25.0 399.6 373.5 No
Hardness (HV)
Heat Input (kJ/in)

35 400
30 40.0 310.0 373.5 Yes
25 350
Inside Wall Max Allowable
20 Heat Input (kJ/in) Acceptable
300 Temperature (F) Temperature (F)
15
15.0 953.9 1800.0 Yes
10 250
2 8 14 20 25.0 1197.8 1800.0 Yes
t8/5 (s)
40.0 1448.1 1800.0 Yes
1
Spring, D.W, Panzarella, C.H., Cochran J.D. and Biagiotti, S.F. “Enhanced Hot Tap
Modeling Analysis and Validation.” NACE International Corrosion Risk Management
Conference, 2018.

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