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System
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The Socrates
8.0 system is a comprehensive material selection tool for oil and
gas applications and provides the user access to the material selection
decisions and decision logic of a domain expert and the pooled expertise
of a distinguished group of oil companies, equipment manufacturers
and materials suppliers in selection of CRA. The system also embodies
information from other sources such as published literature on lab
and field experience related to oil and gas field service as well
as proprietary test data on evaluation of specific CRA material
classes.
The latest upgrade,
Socrates 8.0, has been completely updated
with new lab and field data, features, functionality, MR 0175/ISO
15156 requirements and Windows XP compatible interface. This comprehensive
upgrade brings the power of the state-of-the-art in corrosion/materials
technology and computing to global users of Socrates systems
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Details
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The
latest Socrates 8.0 system selects CRAs through material evaluation
at six hierarchical levels:
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CRA
evaluation based on Application Requirements, mechanical strength
parameters, heat treatment/cold work and hardness limitations. |
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Material
selection based on Environment characterization in terms of operating
pressure, temperature, pH, H2S, Chlorides, Elemental Sulfur,
aeration, Gas to Oil Ratio and Water to Gas Ratio/water cut |
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CRA
evaluation for stress corrosion cracking (SCC), hydrogen embrittlement
cracking (HEC) |
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CRA
evaluation for resistance to localized / pitting corrosion |
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Selection
of materials based on special considerations such as sulfide stress
cracking (SSC) |
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Selection
of final set of materials based on NACE MR0175 / ISO 15156
Requirements (Optional) |
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The current Windows implementation is more flexible in that the user
can use and apply constraints at any specific level without regard
to the hierarchy. Socrates comes equipped with a database of more
than 160 alloys that can be accessed by the user from the Socrates
interface. Further, the system comes with a cost analysis module that
allows the user to compare costs of utilization of different alloys. |
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Microsoft®
Windows based tool that can run on most common personal computers. |
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Easy
to use Windows-XP compatible graphical interface makes using the system
a simple task. |
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Can
be easily installed on any stand-alone or network system and compatible
with Windows NT/Windows-95, 98,2000, and XP operating systems. |
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Ability
to export data, results and plots to MS-Word and MS-Excel at the click
of a button |
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Can
lead to significant reduction in time spent assessing corrosion and
can be a means for obtaining cost-effective automated solutions. |
