iFILMS® Demo Video




iFILMS® Inputs:(Design Mode)

Mandatory Inputs:

(Basic inputs required to run iFILMS®)

  • Pipe outer diameter (OD)
  • Pipe wall thickness (WT)
  • Pipe position
  • Oil production rate
  • Water production rate
  • Gas production rate
  • Temperature
  • Pressure
  • H2S partial pressure
  • CO2 partial pressure
  • Sulphur content
  • Sulphate concentration
  • Bicarbonate concentration
  • Chloride concentration
  • Total suspended solids (TSS)

Optional Inputs:

(Optional inputs will further enhance the ability of iFILMS® to accurately predict localized corrosion. If the input parameters are not available, iFILMS® will assume default values)

  • Steel type
  • Corrosion allowance (CA)
  • Inhibitor efficiency
  • Emulsion inversion point
  • Contact angle
  • Acetic acid
  • Redox potential
  • Langelier saturation index (LSI)
  • Oxygen

iFILMS® Outputs:(Design Mode)

  • Pitting corrosion rate (PCR)
  • Standard deviation (representing uncertainty in the predicted PCR)
  • pH
  • Type of emulsion
  • Type of wettability
  • Flow velocity
  • Wall shear stress
  • Flow regime
  • Your pipeline is safe from internal corrosion (in years)

iFILMS® Inputs:(Operational Mode)

Mandatory Inputs:

(Required to run the iFILMS® software)

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  • Company name
  • Pipeline name
  • Pipeline coordinates
  • User remarks
  • Construction date
  • Operation date
  • Predicted date
  • Pipe length
  • Absolute elevation
  • Pipe OD
  • Wall thickness
  • Grade
  • Depth
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  • Data collection date
  • Oil flow rate
  • Water flow rate
  • Gas flow rate
  • Temperature
  • Pressure
  • Partial pressure H2S
  • Partial pressure CO2
  • Sulphur
  • Sulphate
  • Bicarbonate
  • Chloride
  • Acetic acid
  • Total suspended solids

Optional Inputs:

(Optional inputs will further enhance the ability of iFILMS® to accurately predict localized corrosion. If the input parameters are not available, iFILMS® will assume default values or will not perform the relevant prediction)

  • Type of accessory
  • Distance or length at which the accessory is located in the pipeline
  • Clock position (location of accessory around the circumference of the pipeline)
  • Date (in which the accessory is installed)
  • Correction factor (that iFILMS® uses to account for the effect of the accessory on localized pitting corrosion)
  • Material composition
  • Oil composition
  • Water composition
  • Gas composition
  • Pigging
  • Batch inhibitor
  • Continuous inhibitor
  • Inhibitor efficiency
  • Internal liners
  • Distance or length at which the monitoring technique is located in the pipeline
  • Clock position (location of monitoring technique around the circumference of the pipeline)
  • Suppress (option not to use the data)
  • Date (in which the accessory is installed)
  • Type of monitoring technique
  • Correction factor (that iFILMS® uses to convert data from monitoring technique to calculate localized pitting corrosion)
  • Corrosion rate (from the monitoring technique)
  • Wall thickness (from the monitoring technique)
Click here for ILI data input format
  • ILI data
  • ILI start distance
  • ILI end distance
  • Clock
  • Type
  • Wall loss percentage.
  • Pit growth rate
  • Maintenance start distance
  • Maintenance end distance
  • Date (in which the maintenance activities were carried out)
  • Corrosion factor (that iFILMS® uses to account for the maintenance activities)

iFILMS® Outputs:(Operational Mode)

iFILMS® produces the following outputs:

  • Pipe length vs pipe elevation
  • Pipe length vs pressure drop
  • Pipe length vs temperature variation
  • Pipe length vs flow regimes
  • Pipe length vs water accumulation
  • Pipe length vs solid accumulation
  • Pipe length vs pH
  • Pipe length vs corrosion damage mechanisms
  • Pipe length vs localized pitting corrosion rates
  • Pipe length vs localized pitting corrosion rates (Monitoring) – only if data from monitoring technique is inputted
  • Pipe length vs localized pitting corrosion rates (ILI) – only if data from ILI is inputted
  • Pipe length vs remaining wall thickness (iFILMS®)
  • Pipe length vs remaining wall thickness (Monitoring) – only if data from monitoring technique is inputted
  • Pipe length vs remaining wall thickness (ILI) – only if data from ILI is inputted
  • Pipe length vs percentage wall loss (iFILMS®)
  • Pipe length vs ILI WL % - orientation
  • Pipe length vs iFILMS® WL % - orientation
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